A health care crisis is sweeping the Central Valley, devastating middle-class and poor families and threatening to overwhelm the region's fragile safety net. With it lies a troubling new reality: Across class lines, people are struggling to access care — or simply are going without.

A look at how Central Valley cities and counties are growing, and if their policies are living up to the standards that will benefit their residents.

A pregnant woman who vanished. A husband convicted of killing her and their child. A story that gripped the nation.

Victims and law enforcement agencies are at a loss when burglaries occur. Victims are often frustrated by limited police response. We take a look at the trends, and give guidance to residents on how to protect themselves from becoming victims.

Their faces tell just one piece of the story. They were young and old, a range of races. They came from all corners of the county, though the majority were concentrated inside Modesto's city limit. They are the homicide victims of Stanislaus County.

An interactive look at the Dust Bowl migration that brought more than a quarter-million people to California, more than 70,000 of them came to the San Joaquin Valley.