A hidden threat lies beneath California's dry cleaners: Toxic chemical plumes endanger communities and their water supply.
Public schools often refuse to disclose abuse by staff. Local journalists can expose the problem.
Abuse and neglect in group homes for the developmentally disabled raise serious oversight concerns.
California faces rising utility costs as PG&E and other major companies undertake wildfire prevention projects. Who bears the burden?
Reporter Lucia Starbuck shares insights, challenges, and hopes for policy change in an interview with KNCC's Lori Gilbert.
Un número considerable de los usos de fuerza que reporta la Policía son contra personas que atraviesan una crisis.
A new investigation looks at the use of force, tasers, and ongoing reforms in how police approach mental health interventions on the island.
When two key sources disappear, a reporter finds a new way forward. "I found the freedom to shed the bulldog reporter persona and adjust my approach," he writes.
A new reporting project will focus on the overlooked experiences of Muslim women during childbirth in the U.S.
California’s ‘failure to protect’ law allows child welfare agencies to take kids from households scarred by domestic violence. Advocates say the separation can worsen a family’s trauma.