9th Straight Spare-The-Air Alert Issued
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued the alert -- its 13th since the district's Winter Spare the Air season began Nov. 1.
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued the alert -- its 13th since the district's Winter Spare the Air season began Nov. 1.
The Chinese government imposed the ban after recent shipments of clams from Northwest waters had high levels of arsenic and a toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning.
Older Californians are continuing to enroll in the state's health exchange at a higher rate than younger residents, according to figures released Thursday.
A new report from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Legislative Analyst has found that the consumption of sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages costs San Francisco residents millions in health care expenses.
California's health insurance exchange has a backlog of 25,000 paper applications that must be processed by Dec. 23 for the applicants to get health insurance starting in the new year.
KCBS In Depth talks to California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on the pending deadline for the Affordable Care Act and what people should do if their health insurance policy was cancelled.
Can plants replace eggs? A San Francisco startup backed by Bill Gates believes they can.
The California health exchange is giving the names of tens of thousands of consumers to insurance agents without their knowledge.
Two medical equipment supply company owners and an associate have been convicted in federal court in San Francisco of conspiring in a $1.6 million Medicare fraud concerning power wheelchairs.
Representatives with the state's health care exchange, Covered California, are holding a number of events at Bay Area libraries helping people enroll over the next two weeks.
Genetic testing company 23andMe is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley startup misled customers with advertising for its personalized DNA test kit.
The city of Richmond has voted to ban electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces, including fenced parks.
With a deadline approaching for Californians to apply for health insurance in order to be covered beginning January 1st, KPIX 5 is helping you get the answers you need on health care.
California's small businesses now can enroll for employee health care plans through the state's insurance exchange website.
Firefighters are a tight-knit family, and when they lose one of their own, they come together for support and comfort. That is what happened in Livermore and Pleasanton this month, when a 48-year old firefighter died from what has become an all too common work-related illness.
