Patrick Carroll will undergo mental health counseling for two years, in exchange for Los Angeles prosecutors dismissing a criminal case.

The May 2023 death of baby Phoenix — and the investigation by the Bay Area News Group that followed — forced a reckoning at ...

Judges in Ventura County are beginning to assess defendants charged with serious crimes and found incompetent to stand trial ...

Certified Law Student Michaela Myers argued here in Yolo County Superior Court that the accused, a young mother, deserved ...

Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to "feel like ...

Medicaid is a public health insurance program that covers over 72 million people, including many people with mental health conditions, as well as pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, ...