Travel exposure suspected as origin of first Berkeley confirmed COVID-19 case
A resident of Berkeley who recently returned from travel abroad has tested posted for Covid-19, the city’s health officer said Tuesday.
The resident, who ...
County confirms fourth COVID-19 case stemmed from ‘household contact’
A fourth case of Covid-19 in Santa Clara County has been confirmed, the county Public Health Department ...
Dungeness crab season comes with recreational health warning, commercial delay
The recreational Dungeness crab season starts Saturday in California, but it comes with a warning. The start ...
Contradictions cloud Laguna Honda Hospital abuse investigation
San Francisco health officials have walked back an assertion made last week that a Zuckerberg San Francisco ...
Health department lifts shellfish safety notification for Sonoma, Marin counties
The California Department of Public Health on Tuesday lifted a shellfish safety notification in Sonoma and Marin ...
Bill would simplify water reuse for breweries, wineries
State Sen. Scott Wiener announced a proposal to help streamline the process for wineries and breweries who want to reuse onsite processed water.
Navy agrees to retest Hunters Point soil
The U.S. Navy has agreed to retest the soil at a portion of the former Hunters Point ...
Public forum will address radioactive debris
Contra Costa County officials are holding a community forum in Bay Point next week to answer questions ...
SF supes to grill Hunters Point cleanup firm
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will grill executives from Tetra Tech, the firm accused of falsifying ...
Billions sought in suit against Navy contractor
An attorney representing residents in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday.
Company accused of faking Hunters Point cleanup agrees to pay for retesting
Tetra Tech, a firm contracted by the U.S. Navy to clean up radiation at San Francisco's Hunters Point Shipyard, said Wednesday it would ...
State expands recreational shellfish warning
The California Department of Public Health's latest warning of poisons found in recreationally harvested bivalve shellfish was ...
State issues shellfish toxin warning
The California Department of Public Health issued a warning Tuesday for paralytic shellfish poison found in shellfish ...
Mussel-eating beach visitor poisoned by shellfish toxin
Marin County Public Health has confirmed one case of illness from paralytic shellfish poison.
Marin issues warnings over toxic shellfish
Marin County Public Health officials are warning people not to harvest mussels, clams and oysters along the ...
Health warning sounds over Monterey shellfish
The California Department of Public Health is advising consumers not to eat recreationally harvested shellfish from Monterey County.
Health risks prompt extension of rock crab ban
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Services Tuesday extended the duration of an emergency closure of ...
Bay Area hospitals fined after patient deaths
Regulators announced fines against four Bay Area hospitals for failures to properly care for patients.
Laguna Honda fined $100k after patient death
State officials have fined San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital $100,000 for mistakes that led to the death ...
SF’s Zika count rises, 10 cases confirmed
Two more SF residents have tested positive for Zika virus, bringing the total number of people infected ...
Outbreak shutters Fairfield taqueria
Solano County public and environmental health officials have closed Alejandro's Taqueria in Fairfield after dozens of people became ill.
Indefinite delay to commercial crab season
Locally-caught Dungeness crab is off the menu until further notice amid fears over neurotoxin levels.
Crab season delayed over neurotoxin
The start of recreational crab season has been delayed just days before its scheduled start.
Warning sounded over Dungeness crab toxin
State officials issued a health advisory Tuesday against eating Dungeness and rock crab caught along the California coast ...
Second Bay Area library discovers bedbugs
Bedbug-sniffing dogs searched the North branch of the Berkeley library and found bedbugs in a men's restroom ...
Baby spinach recalled over cadmium levels
A Salinas company has voluntarily recalled one lot of its organicgirl brand baby spinach because of elevated levels of cadmium.
Health officials warn of ‘Valley Fever’
Valley Fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, or cocci, is an illness caused by fungal spores that grow ...
West Nile virus cases top 800 statewide
More than 800 human cases of West Nile virus were reported throughout California in 2014.
