Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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BERKELEY, Calif. – A routine physical in 2004 at LifeLong Medical Care, a community health center in West Berkeley, showed Kelly Parker, unemployed and uninsured for almost two years, that she was overweight and had diabetes. Doctors at the center quickly put Parker, then 30, on medications, urged her to go on a diet and follow an exercise regimen – all for little or no cost. The incentive was enough for Parker to never miss a doctor’s appointment or periodic checkups at the clinic from then...
ALBANY, Calif. – The long and hard-fought battle Eileen Hadidian has been waging against bone cancer for more than 10 years seems to be drawing to a close. Doctors earlier this month said she is probably just a few days, or maybe even just a few hours, away from death. When that happens, the 64-year-old Lebanese American woman will become just another statistic in a health care system that fails to provide frail seniors and people with disabilities like her the long-term care they need – a situation that is sending many families into ban...
ESCONDIDO, Calif. – It’s lunchtime at San Pasqual High, and students file out of the cafeteria carrying trays of food laden with items that would have made First Lady Michelle Obama proud: a southwestern salad of black beans, salsa, mixed green lettuce, corn, shredded chicken, a carton of milk and baked corn chips. Those who had opted for the oriental salad had pieces of fresh mandarin oranges, rice noodles and shredded chicken. Most every tray contained a green organic apple, as well. “I’ve been eating this kind of food in school since I...
FREMONT, Calif. – A clipboard in hand, wearing a black blouse, jeans and sneakers and with a pencil tucked behind her ear, mayoral candidate Anu Natarajan spent a recent Sunday precinct walking, like she has been doing for several weeks now, a handful of “Team Anu” volunteers in tow. She was hitting the homes of the still undecided, hoping to persuade them that she’s the best candidate to be Fremont’s next chief executive officer. “It’s a completely grassroots campaign, and that’s the wa...
SAN FRANCISCO – Exposure to pesticides is one key reason why children today are more likely to have a wide range of such diseases and disorders as cancer, autism, birth defects and asthma than children of a generation ago, according a study released yesterday. ‘We have waited much, much too long to make the health of our children our national priority,” lamented Kristin Schafer, a mother of two, and lead author of the report, “A Generation in Jeopardy,” by the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA). Schafer, PANNA’s senior poli...
