Living in Limbo 

Sonoma County ranks high for 'disconnected youth'—those out of school and unable to find a job—and reversing the trend isn't easy

Bella Ortega didn't spend her 18th birthday with family or friends. Instead, she was locked up in a Sonoma County Juvenile Hall cell on a violation charge, thinking hard about how she'd ended up in such a low place on such an…

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