Stephen Buehler

"Personal Experience Log" Press Clippings from Sonoma County, CA and across #healthcare industry 2017 - 2023 These articles highlight the severity of community disasters and critical incidents during this time period.

2017: Sonoma County not Spared in Victims of Las Vegas Shooting

An SSU student, Paige Gasper was shot, Jeannine Ruggiero of Petaluma, and Savanna Chasco of Rohnert Park were too.

2017: 130 patients evacuated from Kaiser hospital in Santa Rosa

Some 130 patients were evacuated from the Kaiser Medical Center in Santa Rosa early Monday morning as a raging fire threatened the facility.

2018: Healing Together

When the North Bay Fires hit a year ago, many Kaiser Permanente employees and physicians lost homes, security, or simply a way of life. Since then, bi-monthly seminars created by employees are offering a respite to anyone for free.

2019: Surging Kincade Fire pushed through the natural firebreaks

The surging Kincade Fire pushed through the natural firebreaks provided by vineyards Sunday morning, destroying one winery and damaging others in Sonoma County’s famed Alexander Valley wine-growing region.

2019: Severe flooding along Russian River

The Russian River in wine country north of San Francisco crested at more than 46 feet Wednesday night, exceeding flood stage by some 14 feet. The water swelling over riverbanks inundated homes, businesses, and entire communities, including much of the small town of Guerneville.

2019: 7-year-old boy dies after being hit by fence on playground

"The sheriff’s department said that the fence “became dislodged from its mounting points and fell to the ground,” before hitting the boy. The child then became unconscious, authorities said. Paramedics tried to resuscitate the student. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died."

2020: Nurses voice outrage over shortage of protective masks

Nurses on the front lines at North Bay hospitals say they are running low on the gear needed to protect themselves, their colleagues, patients, neighbors and loved ones at home.

2020: Sonoma County Reports Its First Coronavirus Death

Health officials have announced Sonoma County's first death from the coronavirus, the 11th fatality from COVID-19 in the San Francisco Bay Area since the outbreak began and the fourth death reported in the region on Friday.

2020: Health care workers are concerned they might die

Some health care workers are using words like betrayal and coercion and moral injury to describe this experience. They feel betrayed by their employers, the health care system, and the government, all of which were woefully unprepared for a pandemic and then chose to ignore their warnings.

2020: Walbridge Fire burns 50,000 acres

"In the period of time I've lived here, it's been excessively bad. The fires have been excessively bad. Our fire season has expanded by months." For the first time, one North Bay resident said she's thinking of moving out of California.

2021: A surge produced record hospitalizations

California health authorities reported Thursday 583 new deaths and a record two-day total of 1,042.

2021: Nurse shortages in California reaching crisis point

COVID-19 burnout is driving nurses to quit, and hospital administrators say the state’s new vaccine mandate is compounding the shortage, too.

2021: Stress on the front lines of covid-19

62 percent say worry or stress related to covid-19 has had a negative effect on their mental health. A 55 percent majority feel “burned out” going to work. Nearly half of all health-care workers say worry or stress has caused them to have trouble sleeping or to sleep too much.

2021: Kaiser Permanente Suspends 2,200 Unvaccinated Employees

Health care giant Kaiser Permanente has put more than 2,200 employees nationwide on unpaid leave for choosing not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

2022: California coronavirus cases reach record high

Coronavirus cases in the state exploded into record territory as counts from the holiday weekend were tallied.

2022: Kaiser mental health workers vote to end 2-month strike

A grueling, two-month labor walkout by scores of Kaiser Permanente mental health workers in Sonoma County has ended ... the longest strike by mental health workers in U.S. history.

2023: Sonoma County swamped by widespread flooding

A fortnight after the onset of storms that have deluged Santa Rosa and most of Sonoma County with over a foot of rain, the long anticipated, widespread flooding finally arrived Monday.