Contra Costa Animal Services is opening its doors Saturday for a day of free pet adoptions, activities, and community fun as ...

By Ihita Deshmukh In the fight for combatting opioid use, an unexpected player emerges to augment traditional treatment—artificial intelligence. Solutions to the multi-layered issue of opioid use ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The first quarter of the 21st century has been, in a sense, a test of whether California — a state enormously blessed ...

How Alameda County is allocating $80 million to innovate action plans addressing the ongoing opioid emergency By Tegbir Kaur A national lawsuit filed in January 2025 alleging that the popular pharmacy ...

A person died after being struck by a freight train on the tracks in downtown Livermore on Thursday afternoon, leading to major backups for commuter trains through the Tri-Valley as the emergency ...

By Jenny Lu According to a July 2023 report by nonprofit news organization CalMatters and based on data from the California Health Department, opioid-related deaths increased 121% between 2019 and ...

By Aleksandra Hurka Run. Not a word, but a feeling that instinctively floods my mind every time I smell the smoke, see the white powder, taste the irrational fear. To run doesn’t have to be fast or ...