COALINGA, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's been more than ten months since Coalinga Regional Medical Center announced it would close its doors. But thanks to the results of a recent special election ...

The largely empty Coalinga State Hospital embodies twin problems of the state’s mental health system: its struggle to hire licensed staffers and its difficulty accommodating sexual offenders ...

Patients leave the cafeteria at Coalinga State Hospital. The hospital was built in 2005 for sexually violent predators who have served jail time, but have mental disorders that keep them from ...

Entrance to the Administration Building at Coalinga State Hospital in 2006. MARK CROSSE Fresno Bee File Photo Patients at Coalinga State Hospital remained on lockdown Tuesday as a few details ...

Coalinga State Hospital officials said Thursday that a patient boycott of activities in protest of conditions at the mental health facility was waning, as some patient concerns were addressed ...

An aerial view of Coalinga State Hospital, a locked mental hospital in the San Joaquin Valley (Tedder / Wikipedia) (CN) — More than 150 patients at Coalinga State Hospital, a locked, maximum security ...

Interstate 5 near Coalinga is back open after a crash led to an hours-long closure and sent one person to the hospital. The crash happened Thursday at about 4 p.m. near Jayne Avenue. The ...

Coalinga (Calif.) State Hospital is hosting two career-related events to recruit for various clinical and nonclinical roles, reports The Fresno Bee. A career fair on April 21 will highlight ...

Coalinga opened in August 2005, the first state hospital built in California in 50 years. It cost $388 million. It sits next to Pleasant Valley State Prison, about four miles west of Interstate 5 ...