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Nitrogen pollution from agricultural fertilizer contaminates the water for over 14,000 people in the Salinas Valley.

Escalating arrests and assaults on journalists covering immigration crackdowns spur expanded safety, legal, and trauma ...

Anthony Advincula is a New York-based editor, writer and national media outreach coordinator for New America Media (Pacific News Service). He was a former correspondent for the Associated Press and ...

Laura joined Coast News in San Diego County in March 2022 aftr two and a half years reporting on a little bit of everything for the Santa Maria Times in northern Santa Barbara County, including local ...

Mary Chris Jaklevic is a veteran health care journalist. She recently worked as a reporter and editor for HealthNewsReview.org. She's served on the board of the Association of Health Care Journalists ...

I'm a health reporter for ASIA, the Journal of Culture and Commerce, a newspaper serving the Asian and Pacific Islander community in Southern California. My health column, Health Talk, appears monthly ...

Holly J. McDede has spent over four years as a reporter for KALW public radio, producing in depth, sound rich audio pieces on everything from a reunion for former Alcatraz inmates to mental health ...

CROW RESERVATION — When doctors in Billings told Ursula Rides Horse-Russell she had Stage 2 breast cancer, her mind went blank. She had buried her 34-year-old son two days earlier. She couldn’t ...