A guide to help people, including those with severe mental illness and their loved ones, navigate the complicated legal process.
California’s coercive control law was enacted too late to help Blanca in her divorce from a husband she describes as manipulative and emotionally abusive.
A judge in Southern California embraced a new state law allowing victims to claim coercive control, that was designed to tip the balance in favor of women seeking child custody and restraining orders.
A California law broadening domestic violence protections could help restrain abusers who manipulate their partners financially and psychologically. Two women who sought remedies through the courts share stories of a justice system stacked against them.
Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
Many Bay Area seniors worry about how they can afford to live out their retirement years here — and they have reason for concern.
Many seniors in the Bay Area are already struggling to make ends meet, and it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
This story is part of a larger project for the 2021 Data Fellowship, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism....
One in three middle and high school students say they’ve been bullied, a new Southern California News Group analysis shows.
The same advice parents give children before heading to school or a friend's house can protect them from cyberbullies.
