Children & Families

When Kendy Mendoza of East Palo Alto and his wife experienced health scares over the last few years, they took action to turn their lives around. Eight years ago, when his wife was diagnosed with diabetes, she cut out bread and tortillas from her diet.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition

Standing in the Fountaingrove neighborhood, you can see the scar of the Tubbs fire stretch across the hillside. Two years later, the trees are still charred and the sounds of reconstruction are constant.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Housing and Homeslessness

Even when the facts are presented and real people share their stories, some readers don’t believe it.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics, Aging

A Cotati woman describes a fragmented system of mental health care that at times treated her with dignity while at others like a criminal or animal. A Santa Rosa mother decries a system of services that abandons all but the wealthy and very poor.

Environmental Health, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics