Tim Sheehan
News Reporter, Health Reporting Fellowship at Central Valley Journalism Collaborative
Journalist (@cv_journalism, formerly @FresnoBee); husband; Dachshund dad; college instructor. BA journalism; MA leadership.
Articles
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4 days ago |
turlockjournal.com | Tim Sheehan
BY TIM SHEEHAN CV Journalism Collaborative Over the last seven years, the suicide rate in the San Joaquin Valley has been significantly higher than the statewide rate, according to a review of state and federal data. Across Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare counties, the overall suicide rate in the region was 10.8 per 100,000 residents – a rate about 15% higher than the statewide suicide rate of 9.4 per 100,000 residents – from 2018 through 2024.
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1 week ago |
themercedfocus.org | Tim Sheehan
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn some neighborhoods in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s challenging to go more than a block or two without finding someplace to buy alcohol. Between liquor stores, convenience stores, neighborhood markets and large grocers – and from the smallest rural outposts to the region’s largest cities across eight counties – 2,140 retailers hold state-issued alcohol licenses to sell beer and wine for off-site consumption.
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2 weeks ago |
westsideconnect.com | Tim Sheehan
By Tim Sheehan Central Valley Journalism Collaborative In some neighborhoods in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s challenging to go more than a block or two without finding someplace to buy alcohol. Between liquor stores, convenience stores, neighborhood markets and large grocers – and from the smallest rural outposts to the region’s largest cities across eight counties – 2,140 retailers hold state-issued alcohol licenses to sell beer and wine for off-site consumption.
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2 weeks ago |
turlockjournal.com | Tim Sheehan
By Tim Sheehan CV Journalism Collaborative In some neighborhoods in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s challenging to go more than a block or two without finding someplace to buy alcohol. Between liquor stores, convenience stores, neighborhood markets and large grocers – and from the smallest rural outposts to the region’s largest cities across eight counties – 2,140 retailers hold state-issued alcohol licenses to sell beer and wine for off-site consumption.
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2 weeks ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tim Sheehan
IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS in the San Joaquin Valley, it’s challenging to go more than a block or two without finding someplace to buy alcohol. Between liquor stores, convenience stores, neighborhood markets and large grocers – and from the smallest rural outposts to the region’s largest cities across eight counties – 2,140 retailers hold state-issued alcohol licenses to sell beer and wine for off-site consumption.
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The #SanJoaquinValley has an abundance of retailers licensed for off-sale beer, wine and spirits. How many is too many? What are the health consequences? See the story for an interactive map of census tracts and the number of alcohol retailers in each. https://t.co/kh58D9aICc
The dangers from #COVID19 have diminished, but not disappeared; the virus continues to claim lives in the #SanJoaquinValley. My latest for @cv_journalism https://t.co/jXH06yYVyn
Pleased to share this @KVPR podcast, posted today, in which host Elizabeth Arakelian and I discuss my recent @cv_journalism reporting on the Valley’s shortage of geriatric specialists to care for the elderly. You can give it a listen here: https://t.co/1t8eSTa9zQ