As the state battles a new coronavirus surge, public health officials and lawmakers are grappling with how to better prepare skilled nursing facilities for the next infectious disease crisis.
By Shiqiao Peng
Shiqiao Peng produced this story as part of her participation in the 2020 National Fellowship, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
By Neil Bedi
Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriff’s Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.
Immigration restrictions and hostile rhetoric against the undocumented have had a heavy emotional toll, not only for migrant families, but also for the activists who advocate for them.
California sent more than 1,000 vulnerable children to out-of-state facilities run by a for-profit company. Reports of rampant abuse followed. Now, confronted with a Chronicle and Imprint investigation, the state is bringing every child home.
A lack of coordination leaves many transition-age youth homeless, hungry, and alone.
In a recent survey, more than three-quarters of nursing home residents said they did not leave their rooms to socialize.
The transition to virtual services upends parents hoping to get kids back from protective services.
By Spencer Kent
The worst pandemic in a century has ravaged Newark and its Black community. It was a tragedy decades in the making.
By Sarah Karp
At Saucedo Elementary in Little Village, Olga Contreras is fighting back against palpable learning loss — one day and one student at a time.
Two reporters share how they cleared tall hurdles to paint a harrowing portrait of COVID-19's impact on Southern California nursing homes.
