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GUBERNATORIAL RACE

A day after dropping out of the California governor's race, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Monday he is resigning from Congress. The decisions come after a former aide accused him of sexually assaulting her.

A Southern California woman said Tuesday that Rep. Eric Swalwell drugged and raped her in 2018, joining several other women who have come forward in recent days with allegations of sexual misconduct by the East Bay Democrat. (Bauman and Bollag, 4/14)

Because he dropped out after a statutory deadline to formally withdraw from an election, his name will still appear on the June 2 primary election ballot. That makes it possible he’ll still get some votes, but his rivals are already seeking to scoop up as many of his supporters as possible. (Kuang, 4/13)

Democrats, who have run the state for years, are publicly agonizing over the possibility they may be shut out of the general election in November. (Nguyen, 4/13)

The stunning fall has Hunt and others asking how someone who was dogged by persistent rumors of inappropriate behavior toward women similar to what she heard in 2020 could have risen so high and so fast in a party that says it supports women’s rights. (Goodwin, 4/15)

Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, acknowledged on Tuesday that he had long heard rumors that Representative Eric Swalwell was “flirty” with women, but had allowed his longtime friendship with the California Democrat to cloud his judgment and never said or did anything about it. (Gold, 4/14)

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday afternoon that he’s calling a special election to finish the remaining months of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term after he resigned earlier in the day amid sexual assault allegations. (Hase, 4/14)

health industry

A federal appellate court struck down parts of a California law that capped the reimbursement dialysis clinics get for some patients. (Ibarra, 4/15)

Patients say they have faced canceled appointments, difficulties with medical record access associated with a third-party medical records system that has come under scrutiny nationwide. (Sisson, 4/8)

Local hospitals are treating significantly more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees under the Trump administration, federal data show. (Sisson and Taketa, 4/13)

After years of negotiations and a high-profile falling out over a separate film production program, Chula Vista is set to approve an agreement that would bring San Diego State University’s School of Nursing to the newly built Millenia Library — the city’s first formal partnership with a four-year university. (Armstrong, 4/13)

A former longtime University of California, Los Angeles gynecologist at the center of a sexual misconduct scandal that prompted the school to pay $700 million to settle hundreds of claims pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse charges and now faces 11 years in prison. The plea by James Heaps was unexpected -– earlier this year an appeals court threw out a conviction on the charges and his lawyer said it was only a matter of time before he was exonerated. Instead, the 69-year-old admitted his guilt to 13 felony counts, six of which involved sexually abusing an unconscious person. (Ding, 4/14)

A Georgia jury has awarded $58 million to a retired Stanford medical school professor who accused a biotech firm of conspiring to have him wrongfully arrested to pressure him in a contract dispute. (4/13)

HEALTH COSTS AND COVERAGE

The proposed shift would open a $130 million statewide funding gap many counties can't fill, threatening life-saving services for the most vulnerable residents. (Espinoza, 4/11)

The county’s Department of Health Services stands to lose about $662.2 million in federal dollars next year. (Scauzillo, 4/14)

The health care union behind the tax measure argues its plan is the only viable fix for federal funding cuts to Medi-Cal. But even some of the most liberal lawmakers and labor unions aren't convinced yet. (Miller, 4/9)

PHARMACEUTICALS

Gossamer Bio is picking up the pieces after failing to bring its only late-stage drug to market. The local biotech plans to lay off 65 San Diegans, almost half of its total workforce. (Harff, 4/13)

Pfizer is making more changes to its layout in California by stepping away from a South San Francisco office site that used to host the headquarters for its 2022-acquired Global Blood Therapeutics. The 164,150-square-foot office building on Oyster Point Blvd is closing its doors as the office space is “currently underutilized,” a Pfizer spokesperson told Fierce Pharma in an emailed statement. (Becker, 4/8)

The air-based system senses certain pathogens or allergens in the air and activates a purification and filtration response to prevent the spread of airborne diseases and is set to debut at a San Francisco school this fall as part of a multi-year study. (Gurevich, 4/13)

Local researcher will work with wide range of institutions, including UCSD, Scripps Research, Duke University and MIT, to use ultrasound-based methods that could treat many diseases. (Sisson, 4/13)

LGBTQ+

Medical malpractice lawsuits may be one way to stop therapists from using conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth. (Hwang, 4/13)

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

A program that covers the cost for low-income patients seeking reproductive health care in California will run out of money without an amendment in this year’s state budget. (Gurevich, 4/14)

housing

More than half the people who exit interim housing in Los Angeles County leave for the streets or unknown locations. (Khouri, 4/14)

The 280-bed shelter at 711 Post St. will close in March 2027, according to San Francisco’s homelessness department. It was protested when it opened in 2022. (Hodgman and Waxmann, 4/12)

public health

A Sacramento-area measles outbreak is fueling the state’s highest case count in years, just months into 2026. (Ho, 4/14)

The number of syphilis cases dropped by 24%, chlamydia cases by 18%, and gonorrhea cases by 5% in 2025 compared with the previous year. (Gurevich, 4/14)

Elevated bacteria levels detected by routine testing have placed the waterfront areas around the Oceanside Municipal Pier, Buccaneer Beach, and the Buena Vista Lagoon outlet on San Diego County’s beach advisory list. (Diehl, 4/14)

Park-wise, the region has long been a land of haves and have nots. But a new study from researchers at UC Irvine and Chapman University shows that not all parks are created equal. (Mouchard, 4/12)

other california news

In February, the college decided to discontinue its adaptive physical education program, which provides a range of accessible fitness activities in a facility equipped with specially designed machines. (Mehta, 4/10)

“I’m hopeful with this class that it will teach me new skills to get my business on the right path and back on track,” said participant Mary Hernandez, who owns The Wood Shed and was diagnosed with ALS a couple of years ago. (Bojorquez, 4/15)

SUBSTANCE USE

A Los Angeles woman who illegally sold the ketamine that killed the actor Matthew Perry was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison, by far the stiffest sentence yet handed to a person charged in the star’s death. The woman, Jasveen Sangha, pleaded guilty last year to five federal charges connected with Mr. Perry’s overdose: three counts of distribution of ketamine; one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury; and one count of “maintaining a drug-involved premises.” (Morgan and Stevens, 4/8)

Britney Spears, 44, has entered a treatment facility following her DUI arrest last month. (Nelson, Avila and Phillipp, 4/12)

The man accused of firebombing Sam Altman’s home was experiencing a mental health crisis when he attacked the OpenAI CEO’s residence and company headquarters last week, his attorneys said Tuesday. (DeBenedetti, 4/14)

Construction on Napa County’s long-awaited behavioral health treatment center is set to finish in late 2026 at the county’s former reentry facility. (Booth, 4/14)

The dispute underscores the potential for conflicts as non-profit groups seek to expand services to people in addiction recovery, the homeless and others. (McDonald, 4/13)

District attorneys throughout the state are pushing for legislative changes that would tighten up requirements under which a judge can grant diversion. (Saavedra, 4/12)