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Skip to main content Currently Reading Piedmont is the most vaccinated city in Alameda County - but maybe not for all the reasons you think FacebookTwitterEmail The San Francisco skyline is seen as dark cloudy skies hang over much of the Bay Area in this view from Piedmont, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.MediaNews Group/Bay Area News vi/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Piedmont has the highest COVID-19 vaccine rate of the 14 cities in Alameda County despite reporting among the lowest coronavirus case rates in the county, according to county data. In the small East Bay city (population 11,...

Staying at home brings pandemic babies to Bay Area Staying at home brings pandemic babies to Bay Area While overall the birth rate slowed during 2020, thousands of babies were born in the Bay Area. Gasia Mikaelian reports DUBLIN, Calif. - As the Bay Area looks back on one year of COVID, many people are doing so with a new member of the family. While overall, the birth rate slowed during 2020, thousands of babies were born in the Bay Area. One couple in Dublin, who'd hoped to start a family for years, got pregnant last spring. Nelson and Erin Geter welcomed Eden Avery Geter into the world on...

14 residents have died with COVID-19 at Silverado Berkeley care home The home, which specializes in treating people with dementia, only received vaccines this week. The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent deaths has been devastating for the home, which cares for about 80 elderly residents who all have dementia. Photo: Pete Rosos Fourteen people who had COVID-19 have died at Silverado memory care home in central Berkeley, making its outbreak the second deadliest at a long-term care facility in Alameda County, according to state data. On Wednesday afternoon, the outdoor lobby of the care facility ...

Family of Black doctor who delivered Kamala Harris reflects on his legacy Bay Area family talks about their connection to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Wendy Driver-Guinn and her brother Brad Driver spoke with KTVU’s Cristina Rendon about their father, Dr. Maynard Douglas Driver, who delivered Harris at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland on October 20, 1964. OAKLAND, Calif. - As Kamala Harris gets ready to make history as the country’s first female, Black and South Asian vice president, her story is resonating with a Bay Area family whose connection to Harris started in the 1960s. Wendy Driv...

LHI, a state site, is running pop-up COVID-19 testing sites in Berkeley. The bus was parked on Allston Way between MLK and Milvia on Tuesday. Photo: Pete Rosos Update, Jan. 14.: Kaiser has made vaccine appointments available through the My Doctor Online phone line, 866-454-8855. While some have been able to make an appointment as early as next week, others say the line is overwhelmed and hold times are unmanageable. Original story: All Berkeleyans who are 65 and older will soon be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new guidelines announced Wednesday, but del...