The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will discuss local immigration enforcement activities Tuesday during a community ...

A 9-year-old boy with autism who was reported missing in Danville on Saturday was found safe on Sunday. The Contra Costa ...

It was late at night when Allen Larson and Heather Gioia heard a loud bang coming from outside their house in Pleasanton. When Larson went outside to see what happened, he was surprised to see their ...

Texas-style barbecue restaurant Armadillo Willy's BBQ recently shut down its Dublin location, following years of reduced sales for the local company also impacted by inflation.

By Prisha Sharma Skateboarding provides stress relief and increases endorphins, both natural mood enhancers, which can reduce the temptation to turn to substances like opioids for emotional support.

By Tanmayi Parepalli Alameda County’s opioid crisis has escalated fast. In fact, the California Syringe Exchange Programs Coalition states that overdose deaths rose over 60% in just one year, from ...

By Priscilla Tenorio To know how opioids affect communities all around us, we must first know what opioids are and how we are affected by them even in ways we do not realize. According the American ...

By Prisha Patel  Opioid abuse cases and deaths have surged across Alameda County in the past few years. This crisis is not only a distant problem reported in the media, but a life-threatening reality ...

By Sue Yeon Park The path to healing can start with a tune. Music can be a very effective tool in providing relief from struggles. Through my experiences volunteering to play music for those with ...

By Ritvik Misra In Oakland, the opioid crisis has deepened, with fentanyl deaths skyrocketing across neighborhoods in the 94612 ZIP code, like Uptown and Lakeside. In 2021, these neighborhoods ...

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 ...

By Hakimuddin Radhanpurwala The first thing you can imagine is a trembling mother, curled up on a stained couch, pitching silence in a dark room imbued with remorse and regret. Her hands catch the ...