Alameda County

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.

Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was criminally charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling more than 745,000 prescriptions in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A Livermore family is in shock after someone shot the dog they are fostering. Bella, a Husky-German Shepherd mix, was found injured last Monday off of Cross Road, not far from her home. She underwent surgery and is now recovering. Bella managed to get out of her enclosure and take off. A few hours later, Alex Schenk found her wounded…

Pacific Gas & Electric began restoring power Thursday to some of the 120,000 people it intentionally blacked out to ease the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

PG&E continues to downsize the scope of its latest round of proactive power shutoffs as weather conditions improved Wednesday.

The founder of an artists’ work-live collective in Oakland where a fast-moving fire trapped and killed 36 partygoers three years ago will be tried again on manslaughter charges, prosecutors said Friday.

The defense lawyer for Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena alleged on Wednesday that the fire at the warehouse in Oakland in 2016 was an act of arson that Almena couldn’t have prevented and asked jurors to find him not guilty.

For two hours, victims’ families wept and clutched one another Tuesday while a prosecutor opened a criminal trial by showing photos of and methodically naming each of the 36 partygoers who died in a Northern California warehouse fire.