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California's mental health ballot measure is the best chance in decades to change the system

California voters are deciding the fate of Proposition 1, a mental health funding reform and bond measure on the March primary ballot. Below, the guardian of a woman who died after receiving inadequate treatment says Prop. 1 can help change a failing system.

Pittsford-Mendon hosts sci-fi themed cabaret to support music education

Letter: A defamation suit in Connecticut could silence survivors of sexual assault across the U.S.

A student discusses a recent Connecticut Supreme Court suit and the danger it poses to sexual assault cases across college campuses.

Housing alone won't solve homelessness. California must expand its mental health system

I have learned a lot about how easy it is for someone to fall through the cracks, especially when it comes to mental health system

Interfaith group wants investigations into Santa Rita Jail death of Oakland man left languishing for days

A group of interfaith activists on Monday demanded answers and outside investigations into the death of an Oakland man at Santa Rita Jail, where he was left languishing for three to four days without anyone providing him any meaningful care, a story first exposed in a KTVU investigation earlier this month.