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REGIONAL — Supervisor Wilma Chan, the first Asian American woman elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and first to serve as state Assembly Majority Leader, died Wednesday after
Marlon Reyes has died by suicide at Santa Rita Jail while he was in the quarantine intake housing unit, which is now standard protocol upon booking all new inmates to prevent COVID. But it does raise questions about out-of-cell time.
Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern was injured in an ATV accident over the weekend but is making a “full recovery."
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Santa Rita Jail's medical provider is target of lawsuits, complaints about lack of care By Brooks Jarosz , Lisa Fernandez and Simone Aponte Published Santa Rita Jail’s medical provider is target of lawsuits, complaints about lack of care DUBLIN, Calif. - Hector Hernandez Jr. died of pneumonia while incarcerated at Santa Rita Jail and his family believes he would still be alive if he’d been given the proper medical care. "He told me in Santa Rita if an inmate suffers something – an illness or an accident, whatever it is, it takes a long time for medical attention to arrive," ...