Image by Andrzej Rostek. OPINION – Increasing costs for infrastructure development, regulatory and environmental compliance and climate resilience have made essential services such as water, energy and wastewater more expensive than ever.
Image by SandraMatic. OPINION – This week, 40,000 University of California workers will strike together across the state. All are members of AFSCME Local 3299, the people who clean patient rooms, prepare hospital meals, keep labs safe, move patients through care facilities, maintain campus infrastructure, and ensure students live and learn in functioning environments.
Image by AnnaStills. OPINION – When outside resources become scarce, individuals within social communities can work together to provide support for our own. It is easiest to help our folk if we have developed close relationships within our community.
Image by Natali_Mis. OPINION – Diabetes isn’t just a growing national concern – it’s a crisis in California. Too often, discussions about this alarming trend focus solely on medical treatments, lifestyle changes, or the rising use of GLP-1 medications. But there’s a critical part of the diabetes story we’re overlooking: oral health.
Image by PIKSEL. OPINION – Older adults are the fastest-growing demographic in the state, especially in rural areas, where one in 11 Californians are ages 65+. This rapid growth represents an opportunity to build a California where aging is not a challenge to solve, but an opportunity to ensure all Californians can age at home and in community
Image by peakSTOCK.OPINION – With the looming federal changes to Medi-Cal eligibility and projected loss of reimbursement, healthcare organizations in California are scrambling to prepare and looking for ways to save on healthcare costs. Palliative care may help do just that.
Image by wildpixel. OPINON – At Moschetti Coffee Roasting in Vallejo, California, we’ve been roasting and delivering fresh coffee beans to Bay Area restaurants since 1990. That’s 35 years of roasting coffee beans daily, working with a team of 13 people. We’re a small business, but we’re part of a much larger story. Right now, we’re being hit hard by Trump’s misguided tariff policies.
Image by Motortion.OPINION – Caregivers aren’t only spouses or parents. In many California households, a sibling, adult child, parent, friend, or neighbor is the one making sure meals happen, rides show up, and plans bend when a hard day arrives. If that sounds like you, your role is real—and it deserves recognition and support.
Attic of a building with wooden beams of a roof structure. Image by Bilano.OPINION – Wildfires continue to devastate communities, while Californians pay the third-highest electricity rates in the nation. While there is no single solution for every vulnerability, one simple, effective approach is to build tightly insulated homes with unvented attics – reducing wildfire risk and improving energy efficiency.
Image by jacoblund. OPINION – Too many of our boys are dying—by suicide, by violence, by slow disconnection. This summer, Governor Newsom issued an executive order to address this crisis – a long-overdue recognition. But it’s not enough.