Ventura County, Calif., is home to roughly a thousand children who end up in the tough and disruptive world of foster care. These adolescents live transient existences, sometimes changing homes two or ...

“And despite all best intentions, when youth leave the foster care system as adults, they are typically only given a sheaf of papers that detail their complicated histories. These records are easily ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. A partnership of private organizations and public agencies launched a pilot ...

Students who bounce from one foster home to another often bounce from one school system to another. That kind of tortured educational odyssey brings with it predictable consequences — lower graduation ...

Backpacks are joining the family of electronic wearables and accessories with Pix‘s announcement of a “smart backpack” that allows you to put electronic images on the fabric to show off your personal ...

The county is home to at least three makers of cases, backpacks and related accessories for computers and other electronics. They are part of an increasingly competitive niche in which back-to-school ...

As clever as we humans like to think we are, plenty of things we invent have already been done more effectively by nature. Our drones are pretty handy, but nature's drones – bees – are far more ...