This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A farmworker walks through a field at a farm outside Firebaugh on Sept. 11, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Native American Heritage Month turns a spotlight on how we treat issues of importance to Indigenous peoples. Below: An ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Native American Heritage Month turns a spotlight on how we treat issues of importance to Indigenous peoples. Below: A ...

Within her strong story, Janet Johnson talks about her life and how her addiction began, while highlighting that she isn’t ...

The opioid crisis is something that can’t be fought alone, but when one person shows a little sympathy, it might be the one ...

When someone in your life struggles with opioid use, it rarely stays between them and their drug of choice. The effects ...

We see every single day thousands of people’s lives being taken away by the opioid crisis. This tragic uprise in systemic ...

Opioids are usually talked about like a “grown-up” problem – an addiction that happens to stressed out adults with jobs and ...

First, it came with the promise of relief. This drug had become the answer to a life of pain. For the world, it had become ...

Opium is considered to be deadly in today’s world, but have we looked back on history and agreed? A long time ago, Opium was used as medicine back in ancient times, and with technology, it seems to ...

The Amador Valley High School community has been recovering after an "extensive" amount of hate speech, including racial ...