seniors

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Mental Health

Find a senior center near you in California

Use our map to find public places where older adults gather for meals, classes, exercise and community.

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Meisi Li

• 3 月 27, 2026

Two people walk arm in arm through a room with chairs and tables where several others sit together, with framed documents on the wall and windows along one side.

Mental Health

How an aging California is turning to senior centers for romance, community and health

No two senior centers are alike. We visited three very different venues in L.A. to learn how they're changing to meet the needs of California's aging population.

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乔·加西亚

• 2 月 18, 2026

Mental Health

‘We wanted to find new friends’: See how older Californians are proving that senior isolation isn’t inevitable

Los Angeles senior centers are rebounding from COVID shutdowns and offering new programs for older adults. See how life changed for participants since the pandemic.

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Isadora Kosofsky

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Jenny Jacklin-Stratton

• 2 月 18, 2026

An older adult using a walker approaches a small green shuttle bus parked at a curb, long shadows stretching across the sidewalk in bright late-afternoon sunlight.

Mental Health

5 things we learned by spending time in Los Angeles senior centers

No two California senior centers are alike. They're shaped by their neighborhoods with programs that range from gym classes to meals, movie nights and more.

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乔·加西亚

• 2 月 18, 2026

A person speaks at a podium with a sign reading “Delivering for Veterans,” raising one hand while another person stands behind them. Flags are displayed in the background.

数字民主

Newsom takes aim at veterans ‘claim sharks’ as he signs law banning fees for help with VA

Many veterans turn to private companies for help filing disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs and then face bills that run well into the thousands of dollars.

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Adam Ashton

• 2 月 10, 2026

A person in glasses holds a wooden-framed black-and-white photograph to her chest while standing by a window in a dark room. The woman is looking outside of the window while she and the picture are reflected on the glass window.

健康

Remembering Papa: Northern California’s elderly face hidden epidemic of gun suicides

Senior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say.

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 12 月 22, 2025

Nance Parry spends hours each day at home gazing in her computer while searching and applying for jobs at her home in Duarte. Dec. 6, 2021. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters

加州需要的不仅仅是政策来应对劳动力老龄化

Without adequate workforce opportunities for older adults, their quality of life and California's economy could take a staggering hit. The challenge can’t be solved with policy alone.

By Tylor Taylor and Jennifer Taylor-Mendoza • 9 月 24, 2024

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健康

特朗普或哈里斯领导下的加州医保将如何改变？以下是他们的记录

卡马拉·哈里斯调查了加州大型医疗保健公司的市场力量。唐纳德·特朗普强迫医院披露价格。以下是他们 2024 年的健康优先事项。

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安娜·B·伊瓦拉

• 2024 年 9 月 3 日

Unhoused 61-year-old Silvestre Cabrera stands outside his tent talking to members of Flood Ministries near some train tracks in Arvin on May 29, 2024. Flood Ministries is a non-profit organization that helps unhoused individuals with a number of services and to help find housing. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

如果加州不提供经济适用房资金，那么你只能得到你所支付的

California faces twin crises of homelessness and affordability, yet state leaders approved budget cuts and killed a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond. You can't solve the housing crisis on the cheap.

By Maria Briones • 8 月 15, 2024

Trudy Pachon and her late husband Gary in the Valley of the Moon in San Diego in November 2019. Photo courtesy of Trudy Pachon

A terminally ill California man chose a medically assisted death. His experience offers lessons for others

After fighting hard to live, a California man fought to die with dignity. Though medically assisted death is legal, there are still barriers.

By Trudy Pachon • 7 月 17, 2024

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