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Alameda County courts trim business hours, begin mandatory furloughs to reduce budget
Budget cuts are leading to slightly reduced hours for Alameda County Superior Court clerks’ offices.Starting this Friday, Nov ...
Alameda County court cuts clerks' hours, freezes hiring in budget cuts
The shorter hours are part of a cost-savings plan necessitated by a $4.3 million cut in state funding for the current fiscal ...
Pleasanton Weekly1d
Superior court clerks’ office hours cut by one per week to save money
The shorter hours are part of a cost-savings plan necessitated by a $4.3 million cut in state funding for the current fiscal ...
Alameda's Barnhill Marina houseboat community gets justice with judge's ruling on rent hikes
An Alameda County Superior Court judge recently ended a three year long battle between a houseboat neighborhood and a new ...
East Bay Times1d
These Bay Area counties will launch mental health ‘CARE’ courts. Can they help solve homelessness?
“It’s geared toward the people with the most serious problems who have not typically received assistance,” said Alameda ...
Alameda County judge accused of serious misconduct and lying in vehicular manslaughter case
The judge who made the reversal stated on the record that the prior handling of the case had been “definitely not right,” ...
The New Yorker4d
An Investigation Into How Prosecutors Picked Death-Penalty Juries
One of the notes on potential jurors read, “I liked him better than any other Jew But No Way,” then added, “Must Kick, too ...
Despite struggles elsewhere, Alameda County to launch its own mental health court
A year after San Francisco and a few other counties launched a court process to nudge people with severe mental illness into treatment, the rest of California is following suit — and hoping for better ...
SFGate4d
Superior Court Clerks' Office Hours Cut By 1 Hour Per Week To Save Money
Budget cuts are leading to slightly reduced hours for Alameda County Superior Court clerks' offices. Starting Nov. 22, the clerks' offices at the county's eight courthouses will close at 2 p.m. on ...