Homeless in the OC
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More than 15,000 people are homeless in Orange County at some point during the year, according to the latest available figures.
Advocates Tout Gains, Challenges in Restorative Justice Efforts
Santa Ana
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Organizing efforts and local restorative justice programs spearheaded by Orange County groups like Santa Ana Boys and Men of Color were highlighted at a forum at UC Irvine Wednesday evening.
County to Hold Hearing on Mental Health Services
mental health
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In a move that’s being welcomed by public health advocates, two Orange County supervisors are inviting the public to help them identify problems with the county’s massive array of mental health services.
Report Reveals Uneven Progress Toward Well-being of OC’s Children
County Government
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Teen pregnancies and high school dropout rates have plummeted in the past decade. But housing insecurity and mental illness hospitalizations are skyrocketing.
Women’s Prison Blues
Healthy Communities
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A summit at the UC Irvine School of Law explores the consequences of the U.S.’s mass incarceration policies and in particular their effects on women.
Activists Condemn ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline,’ Call for Prisoner’s Release
Buena Park
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The activists say the case of Jesus Aguirre, Jr. is a glaring example of what they call a “school-to-prison pipeline” that ensnares many Latino youth in working-class communities.
Struggles of Second Generation Reveal Long Shadow of War
Countywide
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The author and other adult children of Vietnamese refugees talk about how the fall of Saigon shaped the experiences and character of their generation.
Shandell Maxwell On Being ‘Black Behind the Orange Curtain’
Anaheim
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The writer/director of the groundbreaking documentary about life as a minority in Orange County talks about where she’s been and how she plans to continue serving her community.
Court Case Is Changing Policies on Immigration Holds
County Government
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The Orange County Probation Department is one of many agencies nationwide that has ended its practice of complying with federal immigration detainers after a federal court ruled them unconstitutional.
Controversy Follows UC Irvine Scientist’s Brain Scan Testimony
Healthy Communities
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For decades, Dr. Joseph Wu has used UCI’s PET brain imaging technology as the basis of his forensic diagnoses in murder cases. Wu’s testimony has a dubious reputation among experts in the field, with one calling it “hokum.”