A health insurer serving low-income Southern Californians has awarded Catalina Island's only hospital a $2-million grant, which is expected to keep Catalina Island Health open for the time being. But it looks like the hospital will run out of cash again in December. The emergency grant from L.A. Care is one of the largest cash infusions received by the financially strapped healthcare facility. Catalina Island Health Chief Executive Jason Paret had sounded the alarm in an Avalon City Council... Read this story
