“Down in San Diego it was a way more friendly, musician-loving vibe where, not only do a lot of people show up, but the club owners would actually pay us and feed us and give us beer.”

I rarely do sunrises. Here is one

“PADDLE OUT destroyed me. It’s an emotionally gut-punch about love, community, and never giving up on your passions. It follows Melissa Pappageorgas, a 33-year-old with cystic fibrosis who fell in love with the healing power of surfing.” spoilerfreereviews.com/post/paddle-ou…

“A senior citizen with a chronic illness, for example, needs radically different resources than someone in decent health who is facing financial hardship needs.”

“Some of the most drastic reductions impact areas that support highly vulnerable people, including seniors, homeless veterans and families, and people with disabilities”

Good Morning! This is a dawn moonrise panorama

“Emergency shelters are supposed to be safe havens. But a CalMatters investigation finds they are more deadly than jails – and the vast majority of residents remain homeless.”

Grief Fuels Mom’s Activism “a slow-burning righteous anger at a system that most San Diegans probably would agree is not working as advertised.” voiceofsandiego.org/2025/02/25/sou…

Fellow surfers who were lined up to catch waves “also greatly assisted with the rescue,” the agency said in a Feb. 23 release.

He overdosed waiting for help. Why did S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider turn him away? sfchronicle.com/sf/article/dru…

“To avoid taking on debt, families sometimes make tradeoffs, such as purchasing fewer groceries or not paying rent in order to get the care they need”

A jaw-dropping story. A woman experiencing homelessness was asleep in her van when a drunk driver hit her. The family says the officer didn't look inside. She was alive when her van was towed to a lot where, a month later, workers discovered her body. cbs8.com/article/news/i…

Insightful interview with a San Diego homeless advocate more folks should know. 👇

The longer I work in medicine, the more convinced I am that anxiety and depression are a just response in a deeply unjust society.

And yet here she was, dressed in bright blue medical scrubs and checking her phone to see if any shelter beds had opened up. “I grew up in this city,” she told me. “I graduated from high school in this city. Through my job, I’ve been taking care of men and women in this city. And

New episode of the podcast - Laura shares her journey from Ivy League over-achiever to homelessness (and still overachieving), and ultimately toward a life of helping others. Worth the time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

"Nothing negative, he was friends with everybody," resident Olivia Nisbet said. "Nobody that knew him had anything bad to say about him." Man dead after shooting in Venice, police search alleged suspect cbsnews.com/losangeles/new…

"These are services they need every day to bathe themselves, dress themselves, get themselves to the kitchen." Cuts could lead to hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and in some cases early death, he adds.

“When you think about all the people who were involved, from police to the city attorney’s office to judges and court clerks and so on. That’s probably hundreds of hours of work and thousands of dollars wasted. And that money would be better spent by simply offering Mr. Two Hands