Reporting

In Bakersfield, Clinica Sierra Vista serves as a lifeline for thousands navigating Medi-Cal cuts, immigration fears, and a healthcare system that has left undocumented Californians locked out.

Indigenous Angelenos speaking Zapotec, Mixtec, or K'iche' face a triple language barrier in healthcare — and immigration raids are making an already impossible situation more dangerous.

Native Californian medical students are reclaiming healthcare for their communities — one pipeline program at a time — as AI/AN life expectancy sits nearly a decade below the national average.

A child who speaks confidently at school can go quiet the moment they walk through their own front door. Same family. Same house. Two very different realities. When Respect Becomes Silence explores the generational communication gap inside Korean immigrant families — and what happens when that silence is finally broken.

A Fresno vendor and breast cancer survivor faces doubled health insurance premiums after federal ACA subsidies expired, showing the human cost of the policy change across California's Central Valley

Breast cancer among AAPI women under 50 surged 52% since 2000. Immigration, westernization, and cultural barriers to screening put Indian American women at hidden risk—but disaggregated data is scarce.

Because of contract disputes, cost and legislative hurdles, it will likely take years before the remainder of the city’s tens of thousands of lead pipes are replaced. In the meantime, experts say residents should take precautions like water filters.

Cesar Vasquez, who has supported families of undocumented immigrants since age 14, has become a community lifeline — and a known ICE target.

Advocates say boosting insurance pay would help expand programs for vulnerable pregnant people.