In Los Angeles, several dozen women, who would otherwise be in jail or prison instead receive addiction treatment and counseling at Prototypes, a substance abuse treatment center about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Their young children are allowed to live there too.
Half a million Californians completed the enrollment process to buy private insurance through Covered California between Oct. 1 and the end of 2013, putting the new health care exchange on track to reach its goals by the end of the open enrollment period in March, officials said. About 400,000 of those people were eligible for subsidies to reduce the price of their coverage through the
There is more help today than ever before for California foster youth who want to go to college. Promise Scholars is one of dozens of programs at state universities and colleges designed to aid foster youth. Full financial aid is available, including Chaffee grants, which are earmarked for foster youth and provide up to $5,000 a year.
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland finds that racism may impact aging at the cellular level. The researchers found signs of premature aging in African American men who had reported high levels of racial discrimination and who had also taken anti-African American attitudes to heart.
ONEgeneration successfully cross-pollinates two distinct day care programs – one for children, the other for older adults – to inject a youthful spark into senior activities while offering children a heightened appreciation for elders at least two generations apart.
Environmental justice advocates throughout California are watching the battle between the San Diego neighborhood of Barrio Logan, where residents have lower incomes and higher asthma rates, and the shipbuilding industry on the barrio’s western edge.
California saw a big spike in deaths from the flu last week. The disease has now claimed nine times as many lives this season as at the same time last year, and those numbers will likely climb even higher soon. Officials with the state Department of Public Health said 45 people under age 65 died from the disease between Sept. 1 and Jan. 11, with
Decades after hippies dabbled in meditation, the practice has found widespread appeal. The military recently started offering meditation to veterans and their families who are struggling to manage chronic stress, pain and other ailments.
A unique and highly regarded school for homeless kids near downtown San Diego could face closure if it loses federal funding that is not supposed to go to schools that segregate homeless children from the general population.
Healthy choices aren’t always easy, but three California cities may be having some success in nudging residents towards better eating and exercise habits.