String of home burglaries targeting 4 East Contra Costa Co. cities possibly connected: police
Antioch police say during the investigation into the 16 burglaries, they found that the incidents are all related. No particular neighborhood in any of the cities is being targeted, but all of the crimes follow the same pattern.
Oakland Hospitals Bracing for $100M Medi-Cal Hit and a Wave of Layoffs
Oakland’s public hospital network is staring at a nine-figure budget crater that could take hundreds of jobs with it. Alameda Health System has warned its Board of Trustees that federal changes to Medicaid could blow roughly a $100 million hole in its 2027 finances and trigger deep staff reductions across its East...
One Dead, 20 Suffer Liver Failure In California From Unusual Mushroom, Officials Warn
Health officials are sounding the alarm after a cluster of mushroom poisonings left one person dead and about 20 others with severe liver damage in California, many of them hospitalized in intensive care.AP News.
Why is it so cold? Here’s a look at ‘radiation fog’ and how it’s...
Have you turned your heat on earlier than normal? 🥶 A common winter weather phenomenon is contributing to temperatures being over three degrees below average in some Bay Area cities in December.
Early surge of ‘winter vomiting disease’ from new virus strain hits California
An unusually early spike in norovirus is sweeping across California, with wastewater data and lab tests pointing to a rapidly spreading strain known as GII.17.
‘Swarm’ of earthquakes rattles Bay Area
A series of earthquakes yesterday rumbled through the Bay Area and northern California. According to the US Geological Survey, one of the most powerful earthquakes – measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale – struck yesterday afternoon in the Oakland hills. SFGate reported the quake struck yesterday afternoon just...
Tentative agreement reached to end West Contra Costa teachers strike
After a four-day strike over pay and benefits, and a marathon 12-hour negotiation session, the West Contra Costa teachers' union and the school district reached a tentative agreement at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Here's what's in it.
UC Berkeley PhD student facing felony charges over $46K in intentional damage
The 26-year-old student was arrested on Nov. 12 at Cory Hall on campus, police said.
Magnitude 2.9 earthquake is felt in Oakland
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake shook Oakland and the East Bay Monday afternoon, according to preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey. The small quake’s epicenter was along the Hayward Fault — near the border of Oakland and Piedmont, not far from the Montclair Village shopping district. The earthquake...
Credit card payments begin for Bay Area transit agencies; transfer changes for Clipper Card...
You'll now be able to do contactless credit and debit card payments on all Bay Area transit agencies as part of a new Clipper Card rollout that includes discounted and free transfers between agencies.
