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

Amid the federal debt ceiling talks, some lawmakers have their eyes set on cutting Medicaid funding. That would be an ill-advised and costly mistake for everyone, not just for the vulnerable ...

“While we like to think of California as always leading, always being in front of the trend line, this really, really is an area where we are failing to lead and where we are failing California girls, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tania Pacheco-Werner put on her walking shoes. She was halfway through her first pregnancy and had just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Her doctor’s advice? Stay active. But Pacheco-Werner ...

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, ...

California has a variety of programs aimed at supporting the health care needs of children with complex disabilities. But accessing and utilizing these programs is complicated and time consuming for ...