Reporting

For many CalFresh recipients across Orange County with large concentrations in immigrant neighborhoods like Santa Ana, Garden Grove, and Westminster, November arrived with empty EBT balances, stalled benefits, and no clear answers.

In San Francisco, a growing number of Latinos who work physically demanding jobs are turning to supplements like Artri Ajo King and related supplements to relieve chronic pain. The supplements are marketed as natural remedies for pain relief. But doctors warn of hidden pharmaceuticals that can lead to serious medical conditions, including liver toxicity and death.

Rural EMTs face long shifts, long transports, limited resources, rising mental-health and chronic-disease calls, and a heavy emotional toll.

Nicky Cao is Vietnamese, queer and trans. She calls it being a minority within a minority at a time when her identity is hyper-politicized and under attack in policy, rhetoric, and in practice.

Substance use and mental health are driving preventable maternal deaths in Oregon, as fragile, underfunded programs struggle to support pregnant people, especially Black and Indigenous parents.

For Vietnamese seniors living in a mobile home park in Santa Ana, limited English proficiency make navigating leases, code enforcement, or eviction notices difficult to understand. They teeter on the edge of eviction for failure to comply with the numerous demands from the management.

Unhoused and Housing unstable Vietnamese seniors gather on the streets in Little Saigon, communing with each other and preferring that "freedom" over shelters. Severe rent burdens, an aging population, and low labor force participation are factors that have increased homelessness risk in this population.

As UCSF faces a hiring freeze, Spanish-language medical interpreters say severe short-staffing is jeopardizing patient care for immigrant families.