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Increasingly, hospitals are merging across separate markets within states. It’s a move that health economists and the Federal Trade Commission have been closely watching, as evidence shows such mergers raise prices for patients with no improvement in care.

Hospitals are merging across separate markets within states, resulting in higher patient bills with no improvement in care, evidence shows.

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are reviewing public comments on draft merger guidelines.

An investigation into the Livermore crash that killed winery owner Mitchell Katz found that the other driver was speeding and unsafely passing cars when his car struck Katz’s sport utility

Medrite and Aron Security got $450 million to staff more than a dozen shelters under a shroud of secrecy. Even the city comptroller and Council are struggling to find out more as workers and residents clash.

Although Livermore is not as behind the curve as other wineries in terms of getting to ripeness this year, nonetheless, harvest 2023 can use all the divine help available. And

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Bubbala's Jewish deli pop-up will soon expand into a full storefront in San Anselmo. And Wise Sons' reopens in Oakland after car crash damage.

We never really know what the weekend is going to bring us, breaking news-wise. Unfortunately the Tri-Valley got it in spades last Friday and Saturday with four fatal car crashes in a 30-hour period...