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A year after taking over Children’s Hospital Oakland, UCSF is transferring some medical services, forcing vulnerable children and their families travel to San Francisco for care.

California is leading on kids’ data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally.

A federal law change lets schools offer nondairy beverages instead of milk, but they’re more expensive. More money became available in the California budget.

California lawmakers are considering making social media platforms with addictive features end — and not pursue — accounts of anyone younger than 16.

The number of kids with chronic illnesses is doubling, but 90% of specialists who know how to treat them are retiring. Rural patients will suffer the most.

"Everyone is going through something," one California teen said about the prevalence of mental health concerns among his peers. Youth advocates are urging the state to expand access to treatment.

When Jazelle Eastman was 16 she was shot in the face by a boy she thought was a friend. She doesn’t remember feeling much, but next thing she knew there was blood dripping from her chin.  That was two years ago. She still has a hard time trusting people. “PTSD is so real, I feel […]

Transitional kindergarten came with an unanticipated downside; it’s making childcare less affordable for many CA families. That can be fixed.

A massive new study concludes the state's school performance "dashboard" and the many local improvement plans aren't enough to help schools markedly improve.

California schools' funding went from next-to-the-last to 13th highest while Gavin Newsom has been governor. But reading and math test scores didn't rise as high.