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California mental health agency on the hot seat as lawmakers review 'groundbreaking' law

A 2020 California law expanded the number of mental health conditions that insurers must cover. Now, lawmakers are reviewing whether the law is working as intended. Story from @CalMatters.

Why California Wineries are Embracing Fire to Avoid Disaster

If you’ve perused a selection of California wines recently, you might have noticed something strange. There are 2019 vintages available and 2021 vintages,

A fish that's swum in Maine ponds since the Ice Age faces an uncertain future

As a species, Arctic charr are remarkably plastic, meaning they can adapt to many different habitats and diets. In Maine, some populations specialize in eating snails, while others eat insects, and others prefer fish. But it remains to be seen whether climate change might pose some sort of danger to them.

Profit and pain: How California's largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted

Profit and pain: How California’s largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted Debbie Cenziper, Joel Jacobs, Alice Crites, Will Englund © Nick Otto/For The Washington Post The Novato Healthcare Center is one of about 80 facilities in California’s largest nursing home chain. (Nick Otto for The Washington Post) The largest for-profit nursing home operator in California took control of his first home in 2006 in a Los Angeles suburb that calls itself “the city of opportunity.” Over the next decade, he built a sprawling network of facilities from San Diego to the state’s northern coast. The chain known as Brius Healthcare received more than $800 million from Medicare and Medicaid in 2018 to care for thousands of elderly residents in about 80 nursing homes. Instead of relying upon outside vendors, Brius pursued a business practice long used by a majority of for-profit nursing homes nationwide: paying related companies for goods, se