The latest wave involves using multiple substances at the same time, combining fentanyl mainly with either methamphetamine or cocaine, a new report found.
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California voters will decide on Newsom’s mental health overhaul. How did we get here?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 1 is the latest milestone in California’s long struggle to address mental illness. It would allocate new funding for housing and treatment facilities, aiming to address a crisis that plays out on city streets.
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Review: Brilliant acting buoys ‘Marilyn, Mom, & Me’ at International City Theatre
“Marilyn, Mom, & Me” is the kind of Hollywood story that could only be told by someone who lived it.
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Photos: Silverado Skatepark reopens after $153K upgrade
Dozens of skaters turned out for the grand reopening of the only skatepark in West Long Beach.
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‘We don’t have a backup plan’: Family home, business destroyed by drunk driving crash
Early this morning, a driver in a sedan traveling westbound on Seventh Street at Rose Avenue rear-ended an SUV, causing both cars to drive into the building.
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Long Beach Rescue Mission to open new home for men with disabilities
At an open house celebration on Friday, Executive Director Jeff Levine said he wanted to convert a storefront property owned by the Mission at 223 W. Anaheim St. into a specialized facility that could broaden their outreach ministry.
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Health care workers push for their own confidential mental health treatment
Too often, health care workers wait to seek counseling or addiction treatment, causing their work and patient care to suffer.
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A Poly High student’s nonprofit delivers arts and craft kits to Miller Children’s Hospital
Jocelyn Hebish’s nonprofit Project Patient Pals allows children to express themselves through art from their hospital rooms.
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Narcan at California colleges: Are students getting overdose medication?
The Campus Opioid Safety Act required colleges and universities to put the power of reversing fentanyl overdoses directly into the hands of students. Some campuses are giving out the life-saving nasal spray Narcan, while others are not.
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Column: City Council candidates’ plans to fix homelessness miss the crucial piece — a lot more homes
We asked City Council candidates what they would do about the housing, mental health and addiction crises fueling homelessness, but the first — and biggest — item on that list went largely unaddressed.