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Air district issues alert, cities offer services through holiday weekend heat wave
Amid a forecast for poor air quality in parts of the Bay Area and a statewide call for power conservation during a predicted heat wave, many outdoor spots where...Read More
Bacteria lands four Bay Area beaches on ‘most polluted’ list
Four Bay Area beaches ranked among the most polluted in California.Read More
Sea lion leptospirosis outbreak is second largest
The Marine Mammal Center is facing the second largest outbreak of leptospirosis in California sea lions in its recorded history, according to the center.Read More
Monterey County beaches safe after fecal matter advisory
Public health officials in Monterey County have lifted health advisories that were issued at three beaches due to fecal matter contamination.Read More
Fecal contamination advisory for Monterey beaches
Monterey County health officials have posted an advisory at Lover's Point Beach and Monterey Municipal Beach due to fecal contamination.Read More
San Mateo beaches among state’s most polluted
Four San Mateo County beaches made the list of the most-polluted beaches in California, an annual report released Thursday by Heal the Bay.Read More
Tuberculosis case reported at Fairfield school
The Solano County Public Health Department reported Tuesday an active pulmonary tuberculosis case associated with Laurel Creek Elementary School in Fairfield.Read More
Beware of blue-green algae in water, officials warn
Napa Valley health officials are urging people planning to go swimming or boating to avoid close contact with lakes and other bodies of water containing blue-green algae.Read More
Lake Temescal closes due to algae bloom
Lake Temescal closed to swimmers due to the detection of a blue-green algae bloom Monday.Read More
Officials pinpoint bacteria that killed Thanksgiving diners
The cause of the Antioch Thanksgiving dinner illness that sickened 25 people, three of whom died, has been determined to be a bacteria called Clostridium perfringens.Read More
Dog-killing algae closes two San Jose parks
Two San Jose lakes were closed Thursday and remain closed because algae found in the lakes can kill dogs.Read More
Students with meningitis released from hospital
All three of the Santa Clara University students who had been hospitalized after they were infected with meningitis have been released in good condition, Santa Clara County public health...Read More
Meningitis found in two Santa Clara students
tests confirmed that an undergraduate student who was hospitalized Sunday was found with meningococcal meningitis.Read More
Rain fuels unsafe bacteria levels at beaches
An advisory warning residents to stay out of the water at Monterey Municipal Beach has been expanded to all county beaches for at least the next three days.Read More
Monterey beach reopened after bacteria levels subside
The public can take a dip in the water at Monterey Municipal Beach Thursday after elevated bacteria levels subsided.Read More
Six cases of Legionnaires’ confirmed at San Quentin
Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.Read More
Bacteria prompt Los Altos water warning
Cal Water issued a boil water alert Sunday for customers in a portion of Los Altos.Read More
Disease squeezes California citrus
Not content with ravaging Florida fruit, sap-sucking bugs are now helping spread Yellow Dragon disease to California citrus crops.Read More
Filthy humans covered in germs
Stop worrying about germs on a public restroom doorknob, because there is a new bacteria carrier in town: You.Read More