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California has fostered programs that move students from classroom to careers, but employers need regional help navigating them, and the young people in them need to be paid, a nonprofit executive says.

With the rise in popularity of chatbots and AI use in mental healthcare, lawmakers are pushing legislation that they say is needed to protect consumers.

California lets 16- and 17-year-olds preregister to vote by their 18th birthday, but only 11% do. High schools should be required to teach them how, a graduate says.

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 […]