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Why California Has Such A Hard Time Tracking Homeless Deaths

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A man prays with his hands held up, behind others, outside.
Eduardo Adrian Aviles Garza, known as 'Monkey,' prays at a memorial in December commemorating the 201 unhoused people who died in Santa Clara County in 2023. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

California County Working To Better Track Those Who Die While Homeless

As more Californians have fallen into homelessness more have died on the streets — but just how many, nobody knows. That’s starting to change. Spurred in part by the efforts of a few counties, the state recently began taking steps to collect this data.
Reporter: Vanessa Rancaño, KQED

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A case that could limit access to the abortion pill will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Anti-abortion rights groups sued the Food and Drug Administration over rules that expanded access to abortion pill mifepristone. It’s part of a two-drug regimen used in most medication abortions.
Reporter: Jackie Fortier, LAist

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