The CARE Act gives family members for the first time an opportunity to request treatment for spouses, children or relatives experiencing severe psychiatric distress.
Republican Kevin Kiley and Democrat Kermit Jones faced off for an open seat in Congress in a sprawling, rural California district, one of the state's last House races to be called.
California's 3rd Congressional District stretches 450 miles from Death Valley to Tahoe and past Sacramento suburbs. Residents ask what they have in common.
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LOS ANGELES The sea is calm tonight. The breeze is light. An easy swell rolls beneath the Delta Teresa, a tugboat idling at the entrance to Long Beach Harbor.
In the darkness where sky and water meet, nearly three dozen tankers and containers ships ride at anchor. L