The Northern California clinic was the focus of a recent ProPublica investigation into inadequate mental health care. Over the course of three days, two veterans who’d been unable to get consistent treatment at the facility fatally shot their mothers.
Two veterans sought psychiatric care at a VA clinic in Chico, Calif. They were bounced between virtual providers and struggled to get support in the thr.
The military has long drawn recruits from remote towns across America, promising them a lifetime of health care. But the VA has seldom staffed those same communities with the mental health professionals needed to help them.
Two veterans sought psychiatric care at a VA clinic in Chico, California. They were bounced between virtual providers and struggled to get support in the threadbare system. A staffer worried, “We are going to kill someone.” Then tragedy struck.
By Matt Appleby
WNCO t-shirt circa 1979 It s amazing what gems are discovered when one does a little spring cleaning. Case in point, this WNCO promotional t-shirt. It s been years since I saw it last and much longer since I could wear it. (It s a men s medium) I am not featured on this shirt. When it was created I was not yet on staff. I didn t set foot in the WNCO building until January of 1980. That s when I was able to begin a sort of internship through high school. I was hired when I graduated that spring. As far as the characters named on the old-west town storefront on that shirt, I remember most of them being around when I started.