Oakland's Clorox Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit
The Clorox Company has agreed to pay nearly $200,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged that it shortchanged consumers by only filling specialty bleach bottles to 80 percent of their capacity.
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The Clorox Company has agreed to pay nearly $200,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged that it shortchanged consumers by only filling specialty bleach bottles to 80 percent of their capacity.
In this KCBS Cover Story, reporter Holly Quan looks behind the doors of Unit Four, the maximum security ward at Alameda County Juvenile Hall.
Federal elections monitors will observe voting practices at Alameda County polling places Tuesday to ensure minority voters have equal access to information at the polls, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.
The growing number of Tagalog and Vietnamese speakers in Alameda County has elections officials scrambling to translate ballots, signage and other voter information in order to comply with federal law.
Murder suspect Giselle Esteban appeared in Alameda County Superior Court Monday on the charge that she killed nursing student Michelle Le, but her plea entry was postponed.
Cal Fire and local fire crews contained three vegetation fires in eastern Contra Costa County late Friday.
San Francisco and Silicon Valley showed significant increases in DUI arrests during this year's Labor Day Holiday Mobilization crackdown.
Given the choice, most people who get a traffic ticket would choose community service over paying what have become hefty fines.
According to California law, the hundreds of girls arrested nationwide each year on suspicion of prostitution are both criminals and victims.
California lacks a unified response to human trafficking but several Bay Area officials are making inroads in protecting exploited children and prosecuting their attackers.
In the past decade in Alameda County, more than 230 children under the age of 18 have died by violence. Now, the Alameda County District Attorney says cooperation among various agencies is required to quell rising gun violence.
Underwater homeowners frantic to hold onto their homes have become a tempting target for scam artists offering loan modification help at a hefty price.
On a gray, drizzly afternoon last March, it was mostly empty along Oakland's "Track," a section of International Boulevard in the middle of the city that is known as a hub for prostitution.
Alameda County officials are looking to put a stop to people pilfering from recycle bins, making off with bottles and can and leaving a mess behind.
Alameda County's top recyclers faced off Monday morning after a three-month recycling contest to determine who was best at separating cans from food scraps from landfill waste at a tie-breaking "sort-off."
Ongoing cuts at AC Transit have officials considering whether some parts of its bus operation could be turned over to Bay Area Rapid Transit.
Garbage bills have gone up in Alameda County, and there are questions about one of the area's recycling programs, Stop Waste.
Several assistance programs took a beating from the budget Gov. Jerry Brown signed this week and Alameda County's latest spending plan.
The U.S. Justice Department said eight real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty in a bid-rigging scheme to buy foreclosed real estate at public auctions in two Bay Area counties.
Alameda County fire officials sent out a warning Thursday about the use of illegal fireworks this July 4th weekend, especially with hot weather forecasted.
A 14-year-old California boy has been charged with murder after prosecutors say a robbery attempt led a market owner to have a fatal heart attack.
There has apparently been a major population shift in Alameda County over the past decade.
With its asthma rate one of the highest in the state, Alameda County officials are looking to beef up its Asthma Start program.
The future of San Leandro Hospital remains unclear as Alameda County officials trying to prevent it from closing.
An appeals court has upheld Alameda County's ban on gun shows on government property.
