4 big companies to fund $10M plan for downtown Oakland security measures
Four major Oakland employers said Thursday they are ponying up to fund a $10 million program to step up security for their employees working downtown.
SF couple welcomes newborn on Leap Day, but when will she celebrate her birthday?
Julia Persson and Edward Verheij welcomed their newborn baby girl, Luna, just after one in the morning on February 29th. She was the first Leap Day baby born at the hospital.
Kaiser to Oakland workers: stay inside for work - and lunch
Kaiser Permanente has issued a memo directing employees at their Oakland headquarters to stay in their buildings for lunch and work in response to recent incidents of crime involving its workers.
Bay Area nurse crushed in MRI accident highlighting safety concerns
A nurse suffered crushing injuries after she became pinned between a hospital bed and an MRI machine at Kaiser Permanente's Redwood City hospital.
Kaiser, union leaders reach tentative agreement
Kaiser Permanente and a union representing 75,000 of its workers have reached a tentative contract agreement, union officials announced early Friday morning.
Kaiser Permanente strike officially over, another looms on the horizon
The Kaiser Permanente strike is officially, Kaiser management said Saturday morning. But the union and management still have yet to agree on demands, and union leadership said they will strike again if necessary.
Kaiser Permanente, union leaders set to bargain a new deal
Headway has been made in the recent Kaiser Permanente strike.
Kaiser Permanente workers mark 1st day of 3-day strike over 'unsafe staffing levels'
75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job nationwide on Wednesday after the health system and unionized employees failed to reach a new contract agreement.
'We will be striking tomorrow,' says Kaiser Permanente union employee
75,000 union Kaiser Permanente workers prepare to begin a 3-day strike Wednesday.
Union workers authorize strike if deal not reached with Kaiser Permanente
After months of picketing and labor negotiations, the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) announced Thursday that they have authorized a strike to take place at the end of the month if they do not reach a deal with Kaiser Permanente.
Kaiser to pay $49 million to California for illegally dumping private medical records, medical waste
Kaiser Permanente will pay $49 million to settle allegations of improper disposal of private medical records and hazardous waste.
First baby of the New Year arrives at Walnut Creek Kaiser
Baby Ezekiel was the first baby of the New Year in the Bay Area for Kaiser Permanente. He was born at 12:06 a.m. at the Walnut Creek hospital.
Mental health workers "strike" Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest non-profit HMO, is seeing mass picketing at four northern and central California locations. The biggest worry right now is how long will the labor action last?
Kaiser contacting nearly 4,000 people who received low dose of COVID vaccine in Walnut Creek
Kaiser Permanente on Monday said they are in the process of informing 3,900 people that they may have received a low dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Walnut Creek last fall.
Kaiser workers strike, saying healthcare giant 'dishonors the memory of Dr. King'
Kaiser Permanente employees in Oakland and Richmond are striking today, saying Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be a paid holiday.
Kaiser employees get omicron at Wisconsin wedding
A group of fully vaccinated and boosted Kaiser employees are at home recovering from exposure to the omicron coronavirus variant.
Kaiser workers given more time to comply with COVID vaccination rule
Kaiser workers who face termination for not complying with the new vaccination rule will have a little more time to get the shot.
Strike averted for some Kaiser Permanente union workers
Although Kaiser reached an agreement with some unions, there are still engineers and pharmacists that plan to strike on Monday in Northern California.
Kaiser mental health clinicians announce 1-day strike over understaffing, long patient wait times
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians in the Bay Area and the Central Valley will hold a one-day strike next week, union officials representing the workers said on Tuesday.
More than 2,000 Kaiser pharmacists plan to strike this month
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente pharmacists in Northern California are planning to go on strike this month. Kaiser is telling its patients to refill prescriptions before that happens.