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California promised to boost mental health in schools. Why one key program is behind schedule
California made a huge one-time investment in youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic as rates of depression, anxiety and eating disorders surged among children and teens.
 
California has known that disabled people need help in fires. After LA, can it better prepare?
Hollis, Busacca’s caretaker for the past year, packed the essentials.
 
Some California stem cell clinics use unproven therapies. A new court ruling cracks down
Stem cell clinics have popped up throughout California, promising cures and relief for arthritis, Alzheimer’s and other conditions through cutting-edge technologies.
 
A minimum wage increase for California health care workers is finally kicking in
California health workers this month will finally get a long-promised minimum wage increase.

Gov. Gavin Newsom last year signed a law, Senate Bill 525, that gradually phases in pay increases for the state’s lowest-paid health workers to $25 an hour over a number of years.
 
California expands access to in vitro fertilization with new law requiring insurers to cover it
Having a baby via in vitro fertilization is about to become more accessible for many Californians after Gov.