Hayward CA

We all know the Emergency Room is the last place you want to be. Especially now. Yesterday, I saw an ambulance parked down the street at the Millers'. Later, I found out Bob had the flu, but complications set in. He waited 9 hours just to see a doctor because the waiting room was packed wall-to-wall.

Doctors and nurses said layoffs of 4% of Alameda Health System’s workforce due to major Medicaid cuts are already causing delayed care and unsafe conditions at the county’s safety-net hospitals.

Valero Refining Co. will begin laying off hundreds of workers at its Benicia refinery this spring.

California is no longer just borrowing barbecue traditions – it’s rewriting the rules in its own bold, smoke-filled way. Across the state, pitmasters are proving that patience, fire, and flavor don’t belong to one region alone. From backyard smokers turned cult favorites to polished BBQ joints drawing...

You see it every day. You've probably walked around it 100 times. But there are tons of interesting things about the Lafayette Reservoir you probably didn't know. 1) It was built as an emergency backup water supply (and it can be "off duty" for drinking water)

Berkeley declares health emergency as leptospirosis outbreak forces homeless encampment evacuations. Multiple rats and dogs infected with disease.

Kaiser Permanente Settlement © 2023, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements, federal prosecutors...

After spending hours cleaning up piles of illegally dumped trash in West Oakland, a neighborhood volunteer says he was robbed of his camera right at the curb he was trying to clean up. The man, who has built a small online following by documenting his solo cleanups, says someone grabbed his camera at a street corner...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A housing watchdog group, Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), said its sweeping undercover investigation exposed landlords around Oakland who illegally thwarted prospective renters who use Housing Choice Vouchers, also known as Section 8. On Wednesday, HRI filed housing discrimination cases...

An unsettling incident unfolded yesterday when an individual was reportedly robbed at gunpoint outside a local Benicia bank. The crime is currently under investigation after details emerged from a victim's social media post. The Benicia Police Department, working to swiftly address the issue, has actively sought...