‘Don’t Give Up’: Mental health and unemployment
Workforce Development Board of Solano County and partner agency Caminar help Fairfield woman find her dream job. Leslie Carrillo, 43, of Fairfield, once worked as…
Read MoreWorkforce Development Board of Solano County and partner agency Caminar help Fairfield woman find her dream job. Leslie Carrillo, 43, of Fairfield, once worked as…
Read MoreEditor’s note: Sacramento County supervisors are set to launch a program for health workers to respond to mental health calls Sacramento County is on the…
Lost land Re: “Rancho Cordova residents rally to save one of the city’s last pieces of open space” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, Jan. 27):…
Essay: Instead of adding a mental health facility to Main Jail, Sacramento County should expand community treatment By Tifanei Ressl-Moyer Inside the building, it smells…
While it’s true our 2020 losses have been brutal, the “worst year ever” label is drama and distraction Kick split-thinking to the curb: 2020 isn’t…
Editor’s note: Citizens commission recommends millions more for community groups to respond to mentally ill After all the debate and protests for police reform this…
Editor’s note: Sacramento County joins city in rethinking if armed law enforcement should be answering all emergency calls The city of Sacramento is working toward…
A new film series by Sac Ballet’s former artistic director explores mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic Amy Seiwert began the Sketch dance series with…
A new Sacramento office is supposed to handle emergency calls instead of police. Bridgette Dean’s job is to make sure it works. Daniel Hahn spoke…
And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.
UC Davis Med pulls mental health residents over COVID-19 concerns UC Davis Medical Center pulled its psychiatry residents from the Sacramento County Main Jail on…
A place to be heard Re: “15 Minutes: David Bain, executive director of NAMI Sacramento” by Lindsay Oxford (15 Minutes, April 23): NAMI Sacramento is…
A local mental health organization offers resources and advice for managing stress and anxiety in tough times.
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ Criminal justice reform activists won a huge victory this month, when Sacramento County Supervisors walked away from an $89 million plan to…
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is getting cold feet about proceeding with an $89 million expansion of Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center…
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ Just this month, in a stunning move, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to scrap a $1.7 billion jail…