Oakland CA

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.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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 said. The deal announced Wednesday came...

A jury has acquitted a 24-year-old man of murder and elder abuse — and convicted him instead of involuntary manslaughter — in an attack on an 84-year-old Thai grandfather in San Francisco.

(KRON) — If you ever drive by North Main Street in Walnut Creek, you’ve probably spotted the Chick-fil-A adjacent to the 24 Hour Fitness. Since opening in 2012, that location seems to almost always have long lines, especially for its drive-thru. Perhaps to mitigate the traffic and chicken sandwich cravings of the...

Bob Weir 's send-off will be fit for a California rock 'n' roll king. The acclaimed musician and founding member of the Grateful Dead , who died on Jan. 10 , is set to be honored with a public memorial in the band's hometown of San Francisco on Saturday, Jan. 17, according to a press release for the event. In...

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.

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 LEANDRO: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SUES SCRAP RECYCLING COMPANY FOR ALLEGEDLY POLLUTING BAY

Say hello to Babymac. The little sea lion pup was found a long way away from home in a Mountain View parking lot earlier this month. Thankfully, after some tender love and care at the Marine Mammal Center, he is on the mend.