Prison Pepper Spray Videos Shown in Court
The sounds of screaming, mentally ill prison inmates reverberated through a federal courtroom in Sacramento Tuesday. It came from playback of videotaped evidence in a long-running suit over prison mental healthcare.
Furloughs Hit Communities Around Military Bases
California's active-duty military personnel are not being furloughed. They're considered essential to the country's defense and will remain on duty with full pay. But thousands of civilian employees who work alongside those troops have been furloughed. And that's impacting life in and around two of the biggest military bases in Southern California.
Covered California Open for Business
Health insurance reform is now a reality in California. Covered California, the state insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act, is up and running. Business so far has been encouraging
The Giving State: Eye Doctor Gives the Gift of Vision
In this installment of our series "The Giving State," meet an eye doctor who provides free care to low-income, uninsured people in the San Francisco Bay Area.