In the fires that devastated Paradise and Santa Rosa, kids were often the most vulnerable.
Environment & Climate
Currently, there is no centralized place for the public to easily access information on air pollution from California oil refineries, power plants and manufacturers.
When it comes to public health and environmental justice, we have yet to understand what causes a disproportionate number of asthma diagnoses and severe symptoms among Memphis children.
Near the gateway to the county’s wine country, hundreds of workers who toil in the fields and clean hotel rooms live in housing filled with mold and bedbugs.
An investigative reporter for Capital & Main shares how data, investigative smarts and stubborn persistence eventually culminated in new state legislation.
Four years after the city of Los Angeles expanded its domestic abuse response team program to all 21 divisions in the Los Angeles Police Department, a report says the program falls short of its target due to low levels of implementation by patrol officers.
In December, when people started to be allowed to return to their homes — if they were standing — benzene was discovered in the water supply.
"Here I was, a stranger dropping into people’s lives, asking that they tell me their deeply personal stories from a traumatic event."
How an agency charged with protecting public health gave talking points to the lead-battery industry.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Courtney Teague, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship....