Eric Bailey now works for Sacramento’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, using his lived experience with bipolar disorder to help connect people suffering from mental health issues to the care they need. Credit: Sammy Caiola / Capital Public RadioHealth advocates are hoping to build a workforce of people living with mental illness to help guide others in need of services toward care. Some people already doing the work, but a new law would make it a billable service through Medi-Cal.

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Measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are seen at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Credit: Seth Wenig / AP Photo / via CapRadioCalifornia state health officials say they're "very concerned" about the 16 confirmed cases of measles in the state, from Los Angeles to Butte County. There were a total of 21 cases over the entirety of 2018. There are 314 confirmed cases nationwide.

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Credit: Bob Moffitt / Capital Public RadioCalifornia's smaller, rural counties have higher arrest rates than larger, urban ones, according to a new report by Public Policy Institute of California.

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