Joaquin Palomino
Data and Investigative Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Investigative reporter @sfchronicle
Articles
-
3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Cynthia Dizikes |Joaquin Palomino
Calling the dangerous conditions in for-profit psychiatric hospitals an "emergency," California's top lawmaker on the state Senate Health Committee proposed legislation Thursday to quickly impose stricter staffing requirements in the facilities that treat tens of thousands of residents experiencing mental health crises every year. Sen.
-
1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Joaquin Palomino |Cynthia Dizikes
Five police officers barged into Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital with their guns at the ready. Inside the psychiatric hospital's adolescent unit on that Wednesday night in May 2023, patients were kicking, scratching and spitting on employees as staff members struggled to pin them down and quell the riot. A girl ripped a block of Sheetrock from the wall and hurled it at workers. The on-call hospital administrator was nowhere to be found.
-
1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Cynthia Dizikes |Joaquin Palomino
Soon after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to finally fix a crisis that had come to define California. Emergency rooms were overflowing with people routed by depression, drug addiction and psychosis, many with unstable housing and nowhere to go except the streets.
-
1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Cynthia Dizikes |Joaquin Palomino
With California engulfed in a mental health crisis, the Chronicle set out to examine a critical and rapidly expanding part of the health care system: for-profit psychiatric hospitals.
-
1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | Joaquin Palomino |Cynthia Dizikes
The sun had burned through the fog on a Saturday morning last April when residents of a hilltop neighborhood on the outskirts of San Francisco noticed a girl face down in a driveway. Her arms lay above her head. A black jacket hung off her body. At first, neighbors on the steep street of worn, pastel row homes thought she might be homeless and sleeping. But when they turned her over, she didn't move. Her skin was pale, her arms marked by scars. She had braces on her teeth.
Journalists covering the same region
Garth Stapley
Editorial Page Editor at The Modesto Bee
Garth Stapley primarily covers news in the Central Valley region of California, United States, including areas around Modesto and Stockton.
Drew Tuma
Morning Meteorologist at KGO-TV (San Francisco, CA)
Drew Tuma primarily covers news in San Francisco, California, United States and surrounding areas including Palo Alto and Mountain View.
Jonathan Linden
Podcast Producer at KVPR-FM (Fresno, CA)
Jonathan Linden primarily covers news in the Central Valley region of California, United States, including areas around Fresno and Merced.
Chelsea Davis
Journalist at Freelance
Chelsea Davis primarily covers news in San Francisco, California, United States and surrounding areas.
Todd Miyazawa
Network News Assignment Editor at NBC News
Todd Miyazawa primarily covers news in California, United States, including areas around Los Angeles and the Sierra Nevada region.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 1K
- Tweets
- 375
- DMs Open
- Yes