Video: Kenya Wheeler, cancer survivor
Kenya Wheeler is a graduate student at Berkeley who was diagnosed with brain cancer. Read his full feature here.
UC Berkeley computer science professor emeritus Robert Wilensky dies at 61
Robert Wilensky, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus of computer science who was an expert on digital information services and artificial intelligence, died on March 15 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland. He was 61. Read More…
Switching to solid ground
Healthcare workers at Alta Bates will be switching to new union for stronger benefits
Whether it’s Alta Bates Summit Hospital rising above Ashby and Telegraph, or the Herrick Campus serving psychiatric patients, or the towering complex of health facilities at the Summit Campus near Downtown Oakland, East Bay residents are intimately familiar with Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. These are hospitals where our children Read More…
Alta Bates nurses strike for sixth time over contract reductions
Registered nurses at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley went on their sixth strike Thursday along with six other East Bay hospitals in protest of contract negotiations with Sutter Health Corporation. Read More…
Nurses strike outside of Alta Bates
Nurses protest cuts to healthcare and pay
Registered nurses picketed outside Alta Bates Summit Medical Center on Telegraph Avenue Tuesday morning to strike against the proposed cutbacks from Sutter Health Corporation. The nurses gathered starting at 7 a.m. for the third one-day strike held since the conflict with the corporation began, according to Eric Cook, a nurse Read More…
UCOP says that Yudof warning travelers to avoid May Day protests was false
A report that the University of California Office of the President sent a message to students, faculty and staff from all 10 university campuses providing advice for avoiding Tuesday’s May 1 Day of Action protests has been reported as false from UCOP. The Day of Action, largely organized through members Read More…
Faces of Berkeley: Kenya Wheeler, cancer survivor
Berkeley graduate student wins against cancer, loses insurance
On the top of his buzzed head, Kenya Wheeler has a thin, almost unnoticeable line where his hair does not grow — a surgical scar that reminds him that he, as a brain cancer survivor, will always have to live with the fear of relapse. For the last seven months, Read More…
Students, community members discuss cuts to public education at teach-in
About 80 students and community members throughout the East Bay met at Berkeley City College Saturday morning to discuss the ongoing cuts that have affected the public sector and inspired the Occupy Movement. The teach-in, which was sponsored by Against Cuts — a group that educates communities about budget cuts Read More…
Nurses labor union files complaint against Sutter Health following five-day lockout
Two nurses’ unions filed a complaint Tuesday against Sutter Health and eight of its affiliates for what they believe was the unlawful lockout of registered nurses last month. In response to a one-day nurses strike Sept. 22, Sutter Health hospitals hired replacement nurses for five days, preventing nurses from returning Read More…
Local nurses return to work Tuesday after five-day lockout
Following a statewide strike last week, local nurses will return to work Tuesday, amidst the investigation of the death of a patient at an Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campus in Oakland over the weekend. In anticipation of the Thursday union strike, the hospital hired replacement nurses for five days, Read More…