You can’t cheat time,” said Phil Wesseler, a paramedic in Mono County who has witnessed the devastating impact of opioid use ...

Kenny Louie with adopted daughter, Kristina. Photo courtesy of the Louie family. But there’s more work to do to ensure the needs of foster children with disabilities don’t fall through the cracks, ...

The couple, who had lost three houses in three separate fires over the course of four years, became, for Plotkin, the faces of the coming crisis for California — where annual wildfires leave more ...

Still other critics say its reach is simply too limited. Aside from low-level misdemeanor cases, restorative justice doesn’t reduce or replace a significant number of prison and jail sentences, and it ...

Latinos, African Americans, Asians and low-income people in California are breathing in significantly more tailpipe pollution than other demographic groups in the state, putting them at increased risk ...

Over the past five years, with California’s mental health system stretched thin and demand for mental health care growing, more and more domestic violence agencies have set up their own mental health ...

This is also a space where families can share their fears and experiences around racism and disability discrimination. Many members report having to advocate fervently to ensure their children receive ...

Likewise, home visiting programs for pregnant people and new parents offer an opportunity to detect abuse and offer help to survivors. Ashley Skiffer-Thompson supervises a home visiting program in Los ...

Poor health, she says, is a painful but routine fact of life in her South Los Angeles community, an 8.5-square-mile tract surrounded by the largest concentration of oil refineries in California, as ...

For the past five years — ever since her son, Marc, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 2 months old —Denise Williams of Adelanto has been trying to schedule doctor’s appointments. Week after week, ...

The Camp fire swept through Paradise, Magalia and Concow in Northern California in 2018. Photo by Tanner Hembree, U.S. Forest Service. The Camp Fire killed 88 people, destroyed almost 19,000 buildings ...