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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," ...

In Alameda County, there’s rarely a new sheriff in town. Since 1986, there have been two sheriffs, and neither faced a challenger in any election. Some county residents, especially in the northwest cities of Berkeley and Oakland, want new leadership in the sheriff’s office. The current sheriff, Gregory Ahern, has been criticized for an array of problems with the county jail and is facing two class-action lawsuits brought by detainees, and a federal civil rights investigation. Critics also say his cooperation with federal immigration agents and an incident in which he sent an armored vehic...

Vaccinations Of Local Law Enforcement Start At Sheriff's Office Training Center Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail Bay City News Foundation Employees with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department and the county's local law enforcement agencies received their first of two coronavirus vaccines Thursday during the first of several clinics intended to vaccinate law enforcement countywide. More than 800 sheriff's office and local law enforcement employees, including Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern, received vaccines at the sheriff's Regional Training Center in Dublin. The sheriff's off...

Alameda County sheriff focuses pre-inauguration security on airports Bay Area infrastructure sites on heightened alert ahead of Inauguration Day Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern says while there is no specific threat associated to Bay Area sites ahead of Inauguration Day, security measures are heightened. OAKLAND, Calif. - Bay Area law enforcement agencies are looking at a number of sites that may be potential targets in their security planning leading up to inauguration day. In a one-on-one interview, Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern told KTVU that airports are among the sites law enfo...

Alameda County’s district attorney and sheriff will both face challengers in the 2022 election. Pamela Price, a civil rights attorney who ran unsuccessfully against incumbent District Attorney Nancy O’Malley in 2018, said today that she plans to run again. And 25-year veteran San Francisco Police Officer JoAnn Walker will run against incumbent Sheriff Gregory Ahern. Price and Walker, both Black women, said in press releases today that their campaigns will mount progressive challenges to Alameda County’s two top law enforcement officials. Black women have never held the role of district ...