The Hood Half Marathon through the streets of historically Black Los Angeles taught me important lessons about fear, anxiety and fellowship.
From a small station in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights, 18-year-old Kennia Camacho talks with teens about anxiety, stress and depression. We should listen.
In areas like California’s rural Shasta County, school campuses may be the most effective places to care for children’s mental health needs, and such care will...
Gloria Arellanes became famous for her Brown Beret portrait, but she also led a free clinic. In East Los Angeles, a new generation is working to...
South Los Angeles pastor is demanding better for herself and others with dementia.
In the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, classes at a community art center help to prevent and manage Parkinson’s and other age-related illnesses.
For many young people, peer support can be the first step to accessing effective mental health care.
Painting a mural charting the native origins of chocolate teaches teens how excess sugar and food additives drive health problems in their community.
Los Angeles program helps patients navigate the complexity of early Alzheimer’s and dementia care.
Summer meal program for food insecure students was initially cut under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal.
Group cooking and exercise classes help low-income Californians treat chronic conditions.
South Los Angeles churches invite doctors, researchers and government representatives to bring help to those who need it.
The Legislature and governor will need to act this year if the state is to continue providing food as medicine for low-income residents.
The fresh food rebate pilot program delivered on its promises, but politicians won’t pledge to put it in the budget.
South L.A. churches craft dementia-friendly services aimed at providing solace to a community disproportionately affected by the disease.
Advocates say outreach is needed to ensure deportation fears do not stop immigrants from applying.
More than 74,000 people eat healthier through the CalFresh pilot program.
The state has matched fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets for low-income residents for seven years. That may soon end.
El Sereno residents used grants and their own money to open a store selling healthy foods at affordable prices.
Running Mamis creates a safe space to run — away from road hazards, harassment and the strains of postpartum depression.