Alameda County

Alameda Poet Laureate Kimi Sugioka reads her poem "Water Rabbit."

Measure Z is causing debate in Alameda. It would repeal a rule in the city’s charter that limits the density of housing. But some say more dense housing…

On this edition of Your Call, we’re speaking with local food banks and pantries about how they’re coping with the increased demand for food assistance in…

This story most recently aired in the 3/13/23 episode of Crosscurrents.In this Audiograph, we climb inside the third tallest bell and clock-tower in the…

Contra Costa County jail officials are investigating a recent in custody death at the Martinez Detention Facility earlier this month. That inmate is the…

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give inmates the option to be released during the day. The measure was introduced after Jessica St. Louis was…

Five Bay Area counties have won millions of dollars in a lead paint lawsuit, but now they say, paint companies are doing everything they can to prevent…

This is the first in a four-part award-winning series “Persistent Poison: Lead’s Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area.” A 2017 Reuters report showed that a few…

This is the second story in our four-part award-winning series “Persistent Poison: Lead’s Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area,” an in-depth look at childhood…

This is part of our series “Persistent Poison: Lead’s Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area,” an in-depth look at childhood lead poisoning in the region. In part…