Dominique Allen was hospitalized over Easter weekend with a tooth infection and swelling that made it hard for her to breathe.

Early in the morning on April 2, Dominique Allen’s family rushed her to the emergency room at Petaluma Valley Hospital because of jaw pain and inflammation. An infection from four rotting or decayed molars had spread into the jaw and neck of Dominique, 16, causing so much swelling that she could hardly open her mouth or breathe. Her condition was “life-threatening,” acc

San Francisco 1994: Everyone agrees it’s expensive to live here, yet residents still crowd the Bay Area’s ubiquitous cafes, movie houses and trendy night-
clubs. Tucked in among these are other buildings, storefronts covered with butcher paper: Walk past them and you’ll hear the raspy hum of sewing machines.

During his first term as president, Ronald Reagan went on national television to set the tone for a stern attitude towards the poor. Many women who went on welfare had plenty of money, he insisted. In fact, he added, he had once witnessed a single mother picking up her welfare check in a Cadillac.