According to statistics released last month by Feeding San Diego, one out of every eight San Diegans is struggling with hunger. Unfortunately, this issue is most severe among children in San Diego County, where one in six children struggle with hunger. Feeding San Diego is an organization that is on a mission to solve hunger […]

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details the dramatic rise of fentanyl, which is killing thousands of Americans each year. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration back in 1968. The report shows that fentanyl’s role as a driver of the opioid epidemic […]

Great news for resident living in one neighborhood in West Oakland, they are finally getting their first full-scale grocery store in decades. Community Foods Market is expected to open in June and it will provide the area with some much needed access to fresh and healthy food options. This neighborhood is considered a food desert […]

A highly contagious and deadly bird virus was detected at a veterinary clinic in the Bay Area city of Redwood City last month, which has alarmed the Bay Area’s poultry community. The deadly bird disease is called Virulent Newcastle Disease and it has unfortunately spread north from Southern California. The disease was first reported on […]

After two years since the deadly hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego started, the city has finally declared that the outbreak is finally over. The hepatitis A outbreak killed 20 people, sickened nearly 600, and spurred a complete rethink of how the San Diego region handles homelessness. It is believed that the first likely case […]

By: Raul Riesgo Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel from downtown Los Angeles to a farm several hours away. The farm tour was part of an effort by farmers to build bridges with people like me who live in cities and have very little understanding or appreciation of our California-grown food supply. […]

In 2004, voters passed the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) to help counties pay for the treatment of the mentally ill by taxing high-income residents. The proposition has generated billions of dollars to the counties across the state, but much of it has remained unspent. According to the Los Angeles Times, $1.6 billion was […]

Tech mogul Larry Ellison, the co-founder of computer software giant Oracle Corp., has funded what could be a pioneering cancer research center that will open next April. The Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC will be located at 12414 Exposition Boulevard, near Bundy Drive and near a light-rail stop, in the highly […]

The Los Angeles River opened to the public for the summer on Memorial Day. Residents are able to do things such as fish or kayak in the Sepulveda Basin and Elysian Valley until Sept. 30, when the river will be closed again to the public. Despite the river being open, some people are wondering whether […]

According to a survey by the Pest Control Operators of California (PCOC), the state is experiencing an upward trend in reports of rodent and bed bug infestations. The most frequently reported pest problem continues to be ants. The finds are part of the PCOC’s “What’s Bugging California Survey, 2018,” the first annual industry survey of […]