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Suit alleges unequal health care for Latinos

A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that California provides unequal medical care to the 13.5 million people, including 7.2 million Latinos,…

7 years ago

Farm workers hospitalized after pesticide exposure

Eighteen farm workers were hospitalized after being exposed to pesticides at a ranch south of Salinas on Thursday morning.

7 years ago

SF resident charged with disabled parking fraud

A San Francisco resident is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly filing several fraudulent disabled parking placard applications.

7 years ago

Bay Area hospitals fined after patient deaths

Regulators announced fines against four Bay Area hospitals for failures to properly care for patients.

7 years ago

Full tuition offered to Oakland preschoolers

A full tuition option for early childhood education programs in the Oakland Unified School District is now available.

7 years ago

Crews vacuum mercury mess in Antioch

Hazardous materials crews have finished cleaning up a mercury spill that was discovered Monday morning on a street in Antioch.

7 years ago

Two more are sickened by Thanksgiving meal

Two more people have reported being sickened after eating a Thanksgiving meal at Antioch's American Legion Hall, bringing the number…

7 years ago

Rabid fox bites woman, dog near Sea Ranch

A wild fox that bit a woman and a dog in the Sea Ranch area of Sonoma County tested positive…

8 years ago

Escaped inmate apprehended in Richmond

A prison inmate who allegedly walked away from a minimum-security medical facility in Vacaville was apprehended at a Richmond home.

8 years ago

Santa Clara inmates unite with hunger strike

More than 300 Santa Clara County inmates on their fourth day of a two-week hunger strike Thursday demanded sweeping changes.

8 years ago

Vacaville inmate death investigated as homicide

The death of a California Medical Facility inmate found in a pool of blood at the prison hospital is under…

8 years ago

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 in the city…

8 years ago

Invasive grapevine pests discovered in North Bay

Two live glassy-winged sharpshooters were found in nursery shipments to Marin and Sonoma counties.

9 years ago

Activists rally for strawberry boycott

Workers in San Quintin, Baja Mexico, began striking in mid-March and have been waging intermittent strikes.

9 years ago

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