Assembly to Hear Complaints on Adult Day Health Care Cuts
Adult Day Health Care is designed to help families keep seniors out of costly nursing homes. But state-funded services have been battered by budget cuts in recent years, and in the last round of cuts re-jiggered under a new system of management. Later today, the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-term Care is expected to get an earful about the changes.
Sex Ed Classes Miss Requirements, Central Valley Parents Say
California school districts are required to teach comprehensive sex education classes based on science, if they teach sex education at all. In the Central Valley -- home to some of the state's highest rates for sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancies -- some parents say schools are failing to deliver the information their kids need.