bacteria

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…

4 years ago

Bacteria lands four Bay Area beaches on ‘most polluted’ list

Four Bay Area beaches ranked among the most polluted in California.

5 years ago

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,…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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.

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago

Lake Temescal closes due to algae bloom

Lake Temescal closed to swimmers due to the detection of a blue-green algae bloom Monday.

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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.

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

Meningitis found in two Santa Clara students

tests confirmed that an undergraduate student who was hospitalized Sunday was found with meningococcal meningitis.

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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.

8 years ago

Six cases of Legion­naires’ confirmed at San Quentin

Six San Quentin prison inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease as of today.

9 years ago

Bacteria prompt Los Altos water warning

Cal Water issued a boil water alert Sunday for customers in a portion of Los Altos.

9 years ago

Disease squeezes California citrus

Not content with ravaging Florida fruit, sap-sucking bugs are now helping spread Yellow Dragon disease to California citrus crops.

12 years ago

Filthy humans covered in germs

Stop worrying about germs on a public restroom doorknob, because there is a new bacteria carrier in town: You.

12 years ago

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