Environmental Health

Elizabeth Wilson, director of housing development for MidPen Housing, looks over a common area of the new Van Buren apartment co

Housing is the best medicine for seniors, but Monterey County is struggling to build enough

"Only until people really realize there are 70 – and 80-year-old women living in their cars will we as a society be forced to change,” one local nonprofit leader says.

Environmental Health, Aging

Amador County resident Ashley Moore was skeptical about the need for mental health treatment, until she needed it herself.

The ‘S’ Word: How Suicide Is Devastating Amador County and Rural Communities

This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg. ...

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health

Nearly 100 people convened in Jackson at an event organized by CapRadio and Amador County Behavioral Health following reporter S

Energy, resolve after CapRadio’s gathering on rural suicide

Last Tuesday, nearly 100 people gathered in Jackson to connect with their neighbors around a troubling statistic: Amador County has the third-highest suicide rate in California.

Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Aging

Photo by Alan Levine/ Flickr

Two community radio stations team up to tell an urban story as residents see it

In the Northern California city of Santa Rosa, two radio stations are teaming up to cover the story of a low-income neighorhood's annexation in an unconventional way.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class

Maria de los Angeles Quiñones stands in the medicinal herb garden at Bayer Farms. Photo Credit: Adia White

Roseland Community Learns Medicinal Herb Use at Bayer Farms

This reporting is supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

Parent awareness training at Roseland Elementary School. Credit: Adia White

Santa Rosa Hosts Gang Prevention Training for Parents

The reporting is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Community Safety

Community Outreach Specialist Salvador Sanchez Strawbridge. Photo Credit: Jesus Sanchez

Violence Prevention Partnership Keeps Kids out of Gangs

This story is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's Impact Fund.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Community Safety

Nearly 100 people convened in Jackson at an event organized by CapRadio and Amador County Behavioral Health following reporter S

Energy, Resolve After CapRadio’s Gathering On Rural Suicide

This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health

(Photo: "Naked ladies" at proposed Roseland Creek Park in Roseland. Among the subjects we'll be covering in our Roseland health

KRCB Begins Collaboration with KBBF on Roseland Health

This work is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund....

Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs

Community members are speaking up in hope of changing the conversation about suicide in Amador County.

Q&A: How CapRadio Found Data On Suicides In Amador County

This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health