A Wyoming treatment center where California had long sent troubled youth will shut down in March, following a Chronicle and Imprint investigation into violent abuse at its campus and others operated by Sequel Youth & Family Services.
Health Equity & Social Justice
"For years, I avoided stories I deemed too personal. Until the day I couldn’t."
It can be hard for people returning from a prison sentence to secure the housing they need to successfully reenter communities. And the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even harder.
The school district shares student data with the Sheriff’s Office, which uses it to identify potential future criminals.
In the future, pediatricians may turn to biomarkers to flag dangerous levels of stress in children.
The virus has already devastated Camarillo’s family, killing her father and destabilizing the entire family. They say they can’t take any more.
It’s one thing to report about disparities in health outcomes. It’s another to hear DonnaMarie Woodson’s story.
Over the past five years, hundreds of California drinking water systems have suffered damage or destruction amid the state’s increasingly intense climate-driven wildfires.
How are school systems coping with large influxes of immigrant children? A reporter reflects on lessons learned.
The high numbers indicate a continuing surge, researchers said.