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Punishing all for the noncompliance of a few breeds resentment. Schools should confiscate phones from students who repeatedly offend.

In California, almost 40% of the workforce is foreign-born and more than a million parents — immigrant and otherwise — rely on child care providers so they can go to work.

Hundreds of California children are stuck in hospitals because their families wait months or years for private nursing care they’re legally entitled to.

The Inglewood that raised Mike and Joshua has been gentrified. But a cemetery preserves Mike's grave and the memories of their childhood together.

Starting in 2026, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects—a change aimed at closing a gap for Latina mothers.

With suicide and violence stalking students, counselors are often the first to notice kids in trouble. They're also among the first to lose their jobs to budget cuts.

Suicide is 50% higher among rural young people than among others in urban or suburban environments. Many also live too far to get counseling.

Federal cuts to Medicaid will mean fewer slots, longer waits and fewer therapists at Early Start, a program for children and babies with special needs.

Three years after closing its maternity ward, a new state law will help a rural Northern California hospital bring birth services back to the community.

As funding deadlines approach, one Head Start program has closed and three others are about to. More closures are expected in the coming weeks.