Alyssa Jeong Perry

Overall, fresh fruits and vegetables accounted for just 5% of the combined food budget for six after-school sites reviewed by KPCC.

Our reporter spent ten months following the story of a young woman living with mental illness.

Rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle ,33, was shot and killed on March 31 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Hussle leaves a big legacy in his community. He contributed to schools and community organizations, started local businesses, and gave people a lot of hope — in an area of the city where there isn't always a lot of investment.

Fear and confusion over a piece of immigration policy has some residents thinking they need to drop their health coverage.

To help fire crews deal with the stress of fighting ever-more frequent and destructive wildfires, officials have set up a peer-support trailer in the middle of the Woolsey fire base camp.

Children as young as 7 years old who face discrimination are at a higher risk for anxiety and depression, according to a new study by UC Riverside and Clark University in Massachusetts.

Having a child with autism or a developmental disability can be tough. But for some immigrant communities, like Koreans, there's stigma attached to disabilities. And that makes it harder to get help.

Whether there’s a mass shooting, a large fire or a fatal car crash, first responders are there. That kind of job can lead to chronic stress and depression. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors asked the fire chief, sheriff's department and other agencies to reevaluate their current suicide and mental health programs with an eye towards improving them.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors moved one step closer Tuesday to placing an initiative on the 2020 ballot that would require the sheriff's civilian oversight commission to study whether the county could redirect the more than $2 billion budgeted for a new jail to programs designed to reduce the number of mentally ill inmates.

The head of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control says it will take two more years to finish removing lead from all of 2,500 properties near the old Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon.

This coming weekend people who rely on the state food and cash assistance program, known as EBT, will be out of luck, at least temporarily.

California fire officials made their annual prediction for this year’s fire season on Thursday. Their forecast: it could be as bad as last year’s, which set historic records. This time, they want to be better prepared, and have asked for $100 million in this year's state budget for pay for more first responders, and equipment like helicopters and fire prediction mapping.