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From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two

Caption: Justina Bauthues (center) poses for a photo with her parents, Lisa and Tom Hilton.

A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...

S2 Ep 1: Help young people grow up healthy

From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two

Caption: Friday Lunch Club having ice cream. , Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...

These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won

From: Lee Romney

Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel

The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

How one Bay Area city is causing national controversy with local gun control

From: Liz Pfeffer

Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer

Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea'

From: WWNO

They’re called bunker up north, and Pogies here in the South, and are sometimes referred to as “The Most Important Fish In the Sea”. These are the ...

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...