The man arrested by San Diego sheriff’s deputies over the weekend for allegedly killing two people in a San Marcos house fire has a history of violence involving past landlords and roommates, according to court documents. Luis Alvarado, 33, was arrested Sunday on charges of murder and arson after a midnight fire in the 900 … Read more
In 2004, voters in Miami-Dade County did something extraordinary. They chose to raise their own taxes to help people with mental illness by building a facility that would transfer them from the county jail, where they often languished without treatment, and instead send them to a place where they could get the help they needed. … Read more
State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would create a new Office of Health and Nutrition within the Louisiana Department of Health, part of a larger push to focus on diet and exercise to move the needle on the state’s poor health metrics. The proposal, Senate Bill 219 by state Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington, cleared … Read more