Planning commission in Elk Grove votes against hospital project Share Updated: 3:54 PM PST Feb 19, 2021 KCRA Staff Share Updated: 3:54 PM PST Feb 19, 2021
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Show Transcript TEO: YES. DEIRDR GOOD MORNING. IT’S FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK. TEO: AND I’M TEO TORRES. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR BIG STORIES TODAY. WINTER STORMS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE DELAYING COVID VACCI DELIVERIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. PROVIDERS LIKE SUTTER HEALTH AREN’T MAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR FIRST DOSES DUE TO SHORT SUPPLY. SACRAMENTO COUNTY SAYS SHIPPING DELAYS MAY FORCE SOME CLINICS TO CANCEL, POSTPONE, OR REDUCE APPOINTMENTS AND YUBA-SUTTER HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY MODERNA IS NOT SENDING OF THE WINTER STORMS. THE COUNTY SAYS IT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE FIRST DOSE VACCINES TO 70% OF THE PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR A CLINIC THIS WEEKEN THE REST WILL BE CONTACTED T REREGISTER FOR THE NEXT CLINIC. DEIRDRE: THE NATOMAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BEGIN
Elk Grove hospital plan faces community opposition
California Northstate University Medical Center goes before planning commission Share Updated: 8:19 AM PST Feb 18, 2021
California Northstate University Medical Center goes before planning commission Share Updated: 8:19 AM PST Feb 18, 2021
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Show Transcript THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEIRDRE: ELK GROVE IS A GROWING CITY OF 175,000 PEOPLE, WITHOUT A HOSPITAL. TONIGHT THE CITY’S PLANNING COMMISSION WILL TAKE UP A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT. CALIFORNIA NORTHSTATE UNIVERSITY, A MEDICAL SCHOOL, WANTS TO BUILD A LARGE TEACHING HOSPITAL ON ITS CAMPUS ALONG INTERSTATE 5 IN ELK GROVE. KCRA 3’S BRIAN HICKEY IS LIVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THERE’S OPPOSITION TO THEIR PLAN. THIS IS WHERE THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE LOCATED, THE CURRENT SIDE OF THE STONE LIKE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY WANTS TO BUILD THIS MEDICAL CENTER READ IT WOULD JOIN THE CAMPUS THEY ALREADY HAVE W