On August 27, the small Samoan church of about 200 parishioners in North Long Beach held its first ever triple funeral service.
Poverty and Class
Stories of three families weighing fact against fiction as they see it and deciding what is best for them.
The Pinoleville Pomo Nation is making efforts to address the increase of suicide in communities across the county.
When Dr. Josh Bamberger was starting his medical career in the Tenderloin, he wished he could offer something more to his sickest homeless patients. Now he can.
Church leaders spearhead efforts to protect South Sacramento's African American residents.
Aducanumab is the first new drug approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years. But some in the medical community were stunned by the approval.
This story was written by SweSwe Aye while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2021 California Fellowship.
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.
African American are resilient, but enough is enough, says Observer senior staff writer.
A pilot program with San Mateo County’s public health plan aims to stop the revolving door between the emergency room, nursing home and street.