The decision to expand the Northern Branch Jail has huge financial implications for Santa Barbara County. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to add ...

Dozens of Alameda County residents called last week for the Board of Supervisors to end its engagement of Wellpath, a private ...

A group of advocates last week called on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to refuse to renew its contract with Wellpath, a private for-profit company that provides health care ...

A Pleasanton man was arrested on suspicion of murder after he walked into the city’s police station and said he killed his 71 ...

A 31-year-old Pleasanton man was arrested on suspicion of the stabbing death of his mother, police said Wednesday.

Pleasanton Police on Wednesday said they arrested a man on suspicion of killing his 71-year-old mother. Police said that around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, a man walked into their department and told them that ...

Wellpath, a for-profit company, is facing over 1,500 lawsuits nationwide for deaths and other tragedies inside jails.

OAKLAND — A person was injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in East Oakland, police said. Officers were dispatched to the ...

Maximilian B. Snyder is charged with killing Curtis Lind at his property in Vallejo, allegedly to prevent him from testifying in a murder case against former tenants.

A community group presented an idea to some Alameda County supervisors on Thursday to end a contract with a private ...

A community group of criminal justice advocates are presenting information to a group of Alameda County supervisors on Thursday, trying to convince them to end a healthcare contract with a ...