The largest psychiatric facility in Sonoma County is not a hospital. It’s the jail.
Children & Families
How often do young people in neighborhoods in which gang and drug violence are a daily occurrence receive help and services before they get sent to the alternative school, arrested, or worse?
San Francisco Unified Superintendent takes our reporter on a tour of his hometown — to explain why he’s so passionate about boosting the academic success of black students here.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is on the verge of finalizing a new rule that could make it far harder for immigrants already in the United States to obtain green cards or work visas if the government deems them likely to use public benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps or housing assistan
An apparent link between risky behavior and bias-related bullying tends to be stronger in California’s more segregated counties.
After Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi's coastal economy never fully recovered — and neither have its people.
As I searched and learned about the silent, naturally occurring gas produced from the breakdown of uranium that can cause lung cancer, I became more concerned.
When a psychiatric patient shows up at the emergency room at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, the staff quickly removes anything dangerous before placing them in a treatment room.
The consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure include devastating, long-term conditions that range from difficulty learning to mental and physical disabilities and brain damage.
Very little is known about how well any individual Medicaid managed care plan is delivering quality care to the children it covers, resulting in a big accountability problem.