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Sutter lays off 30 support staff

Sutter Medical Centers, Sacramento told 30 employees this week their jobs are being terminated over the next 60 days.

Sacto 9-1-1: Placer County crash sends 6 juveniles to hospital

Six juveniles have been taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with minor to moderate injuries after their car went into a ditch off Rollins Lake Road near Colfax.

Mobile mammograms come to West Sacramento, Rancho Cordova

Catholic Healthcare West-St. Joseph’s Medical Center and the Safeway Foundation have joined forces to bring mobile mammography screenings to West Sacramento and Rancho Cordova next week.

Public Eye: Many Sacramentans smoke pot often, see no great risk

About one of every 11 residents in the Sacramento region smoked marijuana during the last month, and local residents tend to have a casual attitude toward pot usage, a new federal study shows.

Weed Wars: Advocate doctor offers counsel amid rush on cheap pot cards

Not many people who lined up at competing booths for discount pot recommendations at last weekend’s Hempcon 2010 Medical Marijuana Show in San Jose were drawn by the bona fides of any doctor.

Sutter Medical Center plays key role in study of children’s liver ailment

Sutter Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford have partnered to study oral treatments for a progressive disease that damages the bile ducts and liver and has only been cured with a liver transplant.

Weed Wars: Ex-RV salesman now pitches medical pot

Last year as his recreational vehicle business wasfailing, Lino Catabran came up with a back-up plan: going into the medical marijuana business. Lito Catabran turned the former site of an RV dealership into One Love Wellness Center, where medical marijuana is dispensed

Death of San Diego boy by dog ruled accidental

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the death of a 2-year-old boy mauled by the family’s German shepherd mix in a military housing complex was an accident.

Sacramento council backs tighter limits on marijuana dispensaries

Sacramento City Hall isn’t going to limit the number of medical marijuana dispensaries allowed in the city. But that doesn’t mean there’s going to be one on every street corner.

Sacramento-area governments grapple with unfunded retiree health benefits

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Pay Sacramento County retirees to offset their medical and dental insurance costs, the county decided in 1980.