An analysis of eight California whooping cough deaths shows doctors were slow to diagnose pertussis in the infants despite several visits to clinics and hospitals.
For decades, motorists zooming over the Dumbarton Bridge have had a fairly stark view:: a muddy industrial salt pond, streaked with white saline markings and devoid of much life. That landscape is about to change.
Jerry Brown employed a populist appeal for his Labor Day campaign kickoff Monday, excoriating his Republican gubernatorial rival Meg Whitman for campaigning in a "bubble" and for promising tax cuts to the "most powerful and affluent."
Three employees were robbed at gunpoint when two armed men broke into Six Flags Discovery Kingdom after the park closed Sunday night, Vallejo police and a park spokeswoman said.
Up to 1,000 people turned out for the annual Labor Day barbecue put on by the Alameda Labor Council, gathering at Martin Luther King Shoreline Park for a feast grilled up by the county's union fire fighters.
Halted by two court rulings, oil giant Chevron's Sacramento lobbying prompts environmentalists to fear a political gambit that could lead to increased pollution over the Bay Area.
With California s marquee races set to pick up steam this month (read: even more TV ads), here s a Labor Day look at where each contest stands and the key tests facing the candidates over the final two months.
This is a sampling from Bay Area News Group's Political Blotter blog. Read more and post comments at www.ibabuzz.com/politics.Sept. 1U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
