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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

All Nirmal Singh and his wife, Daljit Kaur, wanted were a few groceries from Walmart. But as the older couple drove in circles around the suddenly unfamiliar streets of Fresno, Singh feared they’d be ...

California launches widespread screening for adverse childhood experiences. Critics question the science, and the consequences. Has your child ever lived with a parent or caregiver who went to jail or ...

I discovered I had a disability before I realized I was in an abusive relationship, but the two were interwoven in my life for many years. My disability, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, made it ...

She had been three months away from graduating from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. Nearly half of college women in intimate relationships report experiencing violent and abusive ...