Doctor’s hospital.
1. The Richmond City Council voted unanimously to give the financially troubled Doctor’s Medical Center $15 million in funds that the city is to receive from Chevron, Patch reports. The cash infusion will come out of the $90 million that Chevron has agreed to pay the city in exchange for the approval of the oil giant’s refinery overhaul in Richmond. However, the $15 million may not save Doctor’s hospital over the long term, because the facility is facing an $18 million annual deficit.
2. Oakland public schools’ bad credit ratings are costing the district millions of dollars in extra interest payments related to bond debt, the Trib$ reports, citing a new Alameda County Grand Jury report. Credit agencies have withdrawn their ratings of the district because of it’s woefully bad record-keeping.
4. A top transportation official said the water that got trapped inside the new Bay Bridge tower and soaked giant steel rods came from rainfall, although exactly when it happened remains unclear, the Chron reports. There is concern that the water may have corroded the rods.
5. And railroad companies have sued the State of California, arguing that new state regulations that require them to finance the cleanup of crude oil spills from train accidents violates federal law, the SacBee$ reports. The railroad companies contend that only the federal government can enact such rules.
