MORE ON: Alameda County

Daily Report: Public Safety

Monterey, Alameda counties have highest youth homicide rates

January 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
Monterey County had the highest youth homicide rate in California in 2010, followed by Alameda County, according to an analysis conducted by the Violence Policy Center, a nonprofit group focused on curbing firearms violence. The homicide rate for 10- to 24-year-olds in Monterey County,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Public Safety

New ambulance service asks firefighters for help

October 31, 2011, 3:24 PM
Paramedics Plus, a private company taking over Alameda County's ambulance service tonight, may be short on paramedics and use a practice called “bird-dogging” to fill the gap – enlisting local firefighters who are cross-trained as paramedics to staff some of its 60 ambulances... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Alameda agrees to help Chinese-, Spanish-speaking voters

July 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
All voting materials in Alameda County must be available in Chinese, Spanish and English, according to an agreement between the county and the federal government announced yesterday. Among other stipulations of the agreement, the county must appoint coordinators for Chinese- and Spanish-... + read more
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