For Colin Herrick’s Alameda record labels, the packaging is as important as the sound.

Here’s an update on new health-related laws in California.

Jamal Rana, MD, PhD, FACC is an award-winning heart researcher and cardiologist at Kaiser Permanente. He is chief of cardiology at the Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center, and president-elect of the American College of Cardiology, California Chapter.

Now, at only 26, Noemi Tungüi has used her family’s history to guide her as she establishes herself as a voice for indigenous peoples of the Americas.

The former Alamedan is a rising star and a non-binary role model.

Dr. Jennifer Slovis serves as the medical director of the Kaiser Permanente Multi-Specialty Transitions Clinic at the Oakland Medical Center, a comprehensive care specialty clinic serving gender diverse people in Northern California since 2013. She is a physician leader in LGBTQ health care at Kaiser Permanente and is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.