Vanessa Rancaño
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Three months since Fresno implemented its new law, police have made over 300 arrests, but only a few unhoused people are taking them up on drug treatment services -
California is spending billions of dollars on homelessness and housing, but the state auditor finds it's not doing enough to track the money and whether it's working.
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This week, law enforcement removed several dozen people protesting a new phase of a U.C., Berkeley, project to build housing on a historic site.
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Californians face another electricity rate hike, in part to pay for PG&E to bury power lines to prevent wildfires. As climate change raises energy costs, low-income residents struggle to pay bills.
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Despite measures meant to protect renters during the pandemic, homelessness among Latino residents has spiked in San Francisco.
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California has handed out more than $4.3 billion in emergency rent relief since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. State officials have told nearly 19,000 people that they want the money back.
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Schools in Oakland, Calif., regularly report lower reading levels for Black and Latino students. A parent advocacy group has been demanding the district do better.
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The Glass Fire in Northern California has forced thousands of people from their homes. Among them, residents of Santa Rosa's first government-funded homeless camp, who are now displaced again. -
If police violence is considered a public health issue, then doctors and nurses might be able to compile basic information about shootings involving law enforcement that go unreported.
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Using video to teach good parenting habits when children are babies leads to better behavior in kids later on, a study finds. The program is aimed at helping children in low-income families.
