Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center have called a 10 day strike beginning on Dec. 24, according to a press release by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. 

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, or ABSMC, in Oakland and Berkeley have been on a five-day strike to protest the alleged persistence of workplace violence and low retention and recruitment of nurses.  

Registered nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and Berkeley will go on strike from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28 because of “persistent patient care issues."

Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board, or PAB, looked to the future in its final regular meeting of the year Wednesday, hearing updates on search consent policies and other important issues. 

Sutter puts up signs saying "Healthcare heroes work here," but normally, people listen to heroes — and Sutter doesn't seem to be listening.

Early Tuesday morning at 2:22 a.m., an individual stood in the intersection of Dwight Way and College Avenue brandishing a firearm.

Devoted parents and cherished friends were among the 35 people who died from COVID-19 in Berkeley over the course of the pandemic. Some were pioneers in their respective fields, and others were passionate social workers with bright futures ahead of them.

After receiving a stamp of approval from the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup on Sunday, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may be available in Berkeley later this week.

The city of Berkeley and Alameda County are responding with full support of the vaccination rollout under California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Vaccinate All 58” campaign.

As Berkeley awaits shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, frontline healthcare workers at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center will be among the first to be vaccinated.