When you're noshing with family and friends during the holidays, here are some tidbits to share about Community Medical Centers.   We are one of only 13 – Level 1 trauma centers – in California. We are one of only 5 – combined burn and Level 1 trauma centers -- in California. We provided $137 million in community benefits last year – ...

The grass has turned to straw. The darkened building has a foreclosure sign taped to the door. Past-due notices are scrunched into the jamb. That describes houses in my Clovis neighborhood. It soon may well describe some California hospitals. Members of the California State Rural Health Association gathered recently in Reedley, and one ...