Pharmacies are a place for people to get some simple cough syrup or get their prescription drugs. However, people misusing drugs might attempt to change providers to get multiple prescriptions or hide ...

Pain is no longer something that originates in a physician’s office for so many youths. Pain can begin with just a click or a late night scroll on a cell phone. What used to be prescribed only by a ...

Imagine a cold, bright delivery room at 6 a.m., and the quiet is broken by the cries of a baby. Its small hands are shaking and every second the cries become louder, more piercing and more distraught.

The same platforms that spread addiction can also share truth, support, and hope. But only if we learn to harness their power responsibly. Over the past decade, social media has become a regular part ...

A wave of nearly 30 earthquakes struck the Tri-Valley overnight, ranging up to a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 struck ...

A multi-agency human trafficking operation in San Mateo County led to the arrest of a 22-year-old San Ramon man and the ...

A contingency of Tri-Valley residents and activist groups from across the Bay Area scored a victory last week when the Dublin City Council passed a resolution formally opposing the reopening of the ...

Starting over the weekend, and just in time for the holidays, people are able to adopt adult cats and dogs for free from the East Bay SPCA through the end of 2025.

The BART Board of Directors on Thursday elected Melissa Hernandez to become the new president of the board and Edward Wright as the new vice president.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 27-year-old inmate who died in custody this week after he was found unresponsive at an Oakland courthouse.

A man who was shot and killed in Oakland the day before Thanksgiving has been identified as 36-year-old Terrill James ...

With too much going on this past week, I find myself without a solid, singular subject for my final column in print of 2025. Grab bag it is!