Poverty and Class

Chasing memories inside Silicon Valley’s Desi grocery stores

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

Candles create a vigil outside the tent of an unhoused community member who was shot in West Oakland

Alameda County doesn't track deaths of unhoused people — here's why that impacts the opioid crisis

Unhoused people are reversing overdoses and saving lives on the street, but these efforts aren’t showing up in official counts.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety

photo by Dana Ullman / The Mendocino Voice

Al expirar la moratoria de desalojo de California, muchos residentes del condado de Mendocino ya han sido afectados

Dana Ullman is reporting on health-related stories for The Mendocino Voice with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. This article was produced as a series for the 2021 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety

Santa Maria City Public Information Manager Mark van de Kamp

Lost in translation: Language gaps hinder critical COVID-19 outreach in Santa Maria

As COVID-19 spread through Santa Maria in early 2020, basic information about preventive measures failed to reach much of the population.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

Tameka Issartel and her daughter Nalani, 5, laugh with Tenshin, 7 months, in their El Sereno living room

Pregnant during pandemic: COVID-19 fears fuel increased interest in home births

More women have been opting for home birth as hospitals postponed or moved most of their health care online due to COVID-19.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health

Part 2: Health and Mortality Impacts of COVID-19 on Burmese Americans

This story was written by SweSwe Aye while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2021 California Fellowship.
Her other stories include:
Part 1: Burmese American Community's Vaccination Efforts

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

As California’s pandemic eviction moratorium expires, many Mendocino County residents have already slipped through the cracks

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety

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Poverty and Class

Chasing memories inside Silicon Valley’s Desi grocery stores

Alameda County doesn't track deaths of unhoused people — here's why that impacts the opioid crisis

Al expirar la moratoria de desalojo de California, muchos residentes del condado de Mendocino ya han sido afectados

Lost in translation: Language gaps hinder critical COVID-19 outreach in Santa Maria

Pregnant during pandemic: COVID-19 fears fuel increased interest in home births

Part 2: Health and Mortality Impacts of COVID-19 on Burmese Americans

As California’s pandemic eviction moratorium expires, many Mendocino County residents have already slipped through the cracks

Living with fear: COVID spread among Santa Maria's frontline workers fueled by crowded homes, trust gaps

Alzheimer’s caregivers share stories of stress, heartache

Left behind: Why Santa Maria became the epicenter for COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County