Contra Costa Animal Services is opening its doors Saturday for a day of free pet adoptions, activities, and community fun as ...

How Alameda County is allocating $80 million to innovate action plans addressing the ongoing opioid emergency By Tegbir Kaur A national lawsuit filed in January 2025 alleging that the popular pharmacy ...

By Jenny Lu According to a July 2023 report by nonprofit news organization CalMatters and based on data from the California Health Department, opioid-related deaths increased 121% between 2019 and ...

A person died after being struck by a freight train on the tracks in downtown Livermore on Thursday afternoon, leading to major backups for commuter trains through the Tri-Valley as the emergency ...

By Aleksandra Hurka Run. Not a word, but a feeling that instinctively floods my mind every time I smell the smoke, see the white powder, taste the irrational fear. To run doesn’t have to be fast or ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Buildings on 2nd Avenue in Happy Camp on Dec. 13, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters For 32 years, the ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Legislature has just a few days to pass a 2025-26 state budget to meet the state constitution’s June 15 ...