Bailee Tordai, who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy, barely made it to the prenatal checkup. Her clunky old Jeep couldn't complete the 2-mile trip from her house to the University of Iowa's outreach clinic in her southeastern Iowa hometown.
Dozens of Iowa hospitals have closed their birthing units. A team of University of Iowa nurse midwives can’t reopen them, but they’ve found a way to provide prenatal checkups and other crucial services.
Three contenders competing to become Alameda County s next sheriff faced off in a virtual forum earlier this month hosted by community group Livermore Indivisible.
The goal in 2021, following more than a year of virtual learning for most Richmond students, was to send 10,000 to 15,000 backpacks stuffed supplies to RPS and community organizations. Timmy Nguyen, who coordinates the event and volunteer effort, said they were on their way to reaching that goal.