A Native American man thrusts lean arms to the heavens, beseeching Father Sky for blessings, for guidance, for peace. That’s the cover of Benjamin Barragan’s memorial program. There’s Barragan, ...

There’s the predictable north-south divide, but age lends a surprising perspective. First, though, the view from 30,000 feet: A recent poll conducted for the California Sober Living and Recovery Task ...

For years, progressive California Democrats have championed a “Housing First” approach to homelessness and drug addiction that prioritizes getting people into housing first, and connecting them to ...

A Bakersfield attorney who Orange County prosecutors said built a $22 million empire by fraudulently billing insurance firms for urine tests that were either not needed or not completed has been ...

Haven House has been nominated as the Best Luxury Sober Living in Southern California in 2025. What makes it stand out from other sober livings? Located in the heart of Brentwood, where palm trees ...

Dear Gov. Newsom: Thanks for the new laws. Thanks for the new inspectors. Thanks, I guess, for trying, even a little. But — and isn’t there always a but? — it’s not working. And it’s maddening that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing the Trump administration to halt plans to divert billions of dollars in homelessness funding away from permanent housing, a move ...

Jacob Ikeokwu, 62, walks past a security guard at Shelter Inc., a non-profit homeless shelter in Sacramento’s River District where he has been staying for the past two weeks, to do his laundry on ...