Alameda County

Residents in an Alameda County neighborhood are concerned about falling trees after a father of four was severely injured when a eucalyptus tree came crashing down on his house after a recent storm.

Pamela Price, Alameda County’s first Black district attorney, officially started work Tuesday.

The family of 8-year-old Sophia Mason is taking legal action against Alameda County claiming it could have done more to prevent the abuse and murder of the Hayward girl.

Authorities near Coalinga arrested an Alameda County deputy in connection with a double-fatal shooting in Dublin early Wednesday morning, according to police and sheriff’s officials.

Alameda County is reinstating a mask requirement for most indoor public settings starting Friday, health officials announced Thursday.

Detectives in the East Bay say they recently seized a $4.2 million haul of illicit fentanyl in Oakland and Hayward, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

Neighbors are organizing to be the eyes and ears of ongoing crime following a French bulldog, a purse and a vehicle being stolen from an East Bay family.

A day after health leaders decided to reinstitute a statewide indoor mask mandate for everyone, they shifted course.

Gov. Gavin Newsom was in East Oakland Wednesday a day after rejecting efforts to remove him from office in a recall election. Among various topics, Newsom details plans to safely hold in-person classes at schools and the weaponizing of the recall process.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday he will expand the state’s economic stimulus program to middle income families, which means the Golden State Stimulus now provides at least $600 to two-thirds of Californians.

A new federal report says Alameda County in Northern California violated civil rights by failing to provide proper mental health services, especially in a jail where 19 people have committed suicide since 2014

An unusual Bay Area home is up for sale with the listing titled: “Sleepless in Alameda”. A houseboat where actor Tom Hanks used to live with his dad and stepmother in Alameda is on the market for $675,000.

A small plane experiencing engine trouble landed on an overpass near the Livermore Municipal Airport Tuesday afternoon, hitting a vehicle in the process, police said.

Across the Bay Area, those who work in hospitals and nursing facilities are first in line to get the vaccine. But in one East Bay county, people who help the homeless get off the streets are getting vaccinated early, too.

Some people who test positive for COVID-19 in the East bay will soon get paid to stay at home.

Tesla may open next week following a discussion Tuesday between officials of the company and Alameda County, county officials said.

San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez had some choice words for Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the electric carmaker filed a federal lawsuit against a Bay Area county in a bid to reopen its North American factory.

California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez took aim at Elon Musk on social media over the weekend after Musk said he wanted to move Tesla’s headquarters from California to Texas due to the state’s strict restrictions during the pandemic.

Tesla has asked some of its Fremont factory employees to return to work this week and resume production despite county public health orders requiring minimum operations, according to a report from CNBC citing company emails.

Santa Clara County health officials have reported three new confirmed cases of coronavirus, also called COVID-19, now bringing the county’s total to seven.