Early Digital TV Migration May Cause Headaches So your $40 coupon comes in the mail to buy that digital converter box. You get it home. Plug it in. And what happens next gets your blood boiling.

Poll Workers in Demand for November 4 Election Alameda County is attempting to recruit more than 4,000 poll workers for the Nov. 4 General Election.

Safe Disposal of Medical Needles Now Required The state has banned the practice of disposing medical needles and syringes in household trash in a new law that became effective on Monday.

Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley May Purchase San Leandro Hospital Eden Medical Center in CV may become the new owner of San Leandro Hospital if an evaluation of the hospital determines that it can no longer operate as an independent institution.

57 Arrested For Internet Prostitution Fifteen people, including a 17- year old juvenile, were arrested in Castro Valley early last Wednesday in a prostitution sting operation by Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies ...

BEHIND THE BADGE: On Patrol in Castro Valley This is the first of a series of reports on the Alameda County Sheriff’s night patrol. Reporter Robert Souza accompanied Deputy Ross Clippinger from the Eden Township Station on routine patrol this past Friday night, to see what happens in Castro Valley after the sun goes down.

New Redwood Alternative Campus Wows School’s Students and Staff Redwood Alternative High School Principal Suzy Williams sat back in the school’s spacious new staff room, smiling like a proud parent as she talked about the new campus buildings. “When I was doing my interview with the district, I came to visit the campus,” recalled Williams, who is starting her first year as principal. “It was half way done then and I knew it would be all new, but had no idea how incredible it would turn out.”

Fire Crews Respond In Force After Strong Chlorine Odor is Detected Alameda County fire crews responded to a first-alarm hazardous material call at the pool room of the Bon Aire Apartments at 20499 Santa Maria Ave. Wednesday morning. A release of strong chlorine fumes resulted apparently after moisture came in contact with a 80-pound bucket of concentrated calcium hypochlorite, a common pool treatment chemical, which in turn caused a thermal reaction.

Airline Now Offers Wireless on Flights out of SFO Flying to New York just got a little more relaxing thanks to a new wireless Internet service that lets you hop on the World Wide Web at 30,000 feet.

County to Improve Residents’ Awareness Of Planned Projects Alameda County is looking for a better way of alerting residents to nearby planned construction and renovation projects.