Dr. John Jauregui by Robert Kehlmann John Jauregui, a family practitioner who emerged as one of Berkeley’s most respected and beloved family practitioners during the tumultuous ‘60s and 70s, died in his home on May 3 after a long illness, according to his wife Ann. He was 79. While Berkeley residents debated politics and experimented […]
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Alta Bates Summit to lay off 358 in Berkeley, Oakland
Nurses strike against Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in November 2013. Photo: Tracey Taylor Alta Bates Summit Medical Center is planning to lay off 358 employees at its Berkeley and Oakland campuses and shutter its skilled nursing facility and infusion center. The layoffs, which include 133 positions at the main Berkeley hospital on Ashby Avenue […]
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Council seeks more details on Alta Bates’ charity care
Alta Bates Herrick Campus on Dwight Way in Berkeley. Photo: Google By Julia Hannafin For 20 years, Alta Bates has provided more than 7,000 square feet of space on its Herrick campus for LifeLong Berkeley Primary Care to help it provide high-quality health and social services to under-served people of all ages. Additionally, Alta Bates has contributed […]
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UC, Sutter nurses on strike over contracts, patient care
Nurses on the picket line outside Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley on Wednesday May 22. Photo: Tracey Taylor Two separate groups of medical staff have gone out on strike in Berkeley. For the ninth time in two years, a significant number of Sutter Health nurses, including many who work at Alta Bates in Berkeley, have […]
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Nurses at Alta Bates, other Bay Area hospitals, on strike
Sutter Health nurses striking outside Alta Bates hospital on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley on Tuesday Nov. 20. Photo: Tracey Taylor Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Hospital on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley went out on strike today and will do so again tomorrow, the seventh walk-out since September 2011. The nurses are protesting what they term “employer […]
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Alta Bates nurses go on strike, part of Sutter-wide protest
Alta Bates registered nurses last went out on a one-day strike on June 13. Photo: Tracey Taylor Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Hospital on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley plan to strike today, the fifth walk-out since September 2011. The nurses are protesting concession demands they say “would undermine patient care protections as well as health […]
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Nurses strike at Alta Bates, 10 other hospitals
Nurses strike at Alta Bates Hospital: one of 11 Bay Area hospitals run by Sutter Health where walk-outs took place today. Photo: Tracey Taylor An estimated 4,500 registered nurses from 11 Bay Area hospitals, including Berkeley’s Alta Bates, went out on a one-day strike today to protest what they say are some 100 concessions to […]
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On May Day, nurses and Cal staff take to Berkeley streets
Sutter Health nurses participated in a one-day May Day strike, including outside Berkeley's Alta Bates hospital. Photo: Elizabeth Hawk In Berkeley and across the Bay Area employees have been taking to the streets today, May Day, to ensure their voices and grievances are heard. Nurses from the Sutter Health system began protesting outside hospitals, including Alta Bates […]
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Nurses’ strike draws cheers and honking horns
Hundreds of RNs gathered for an enthusiastic rally in front of the Ashby Alta Bates campus. Photos: Lance Knobel A raucous, good-humored crowd of hundreds of nurses gathered this morning in front of the Alta Bates Summit campus on Ashby Avenue to rally for the one-day California Nurses Association strike against “sweeping demands for concessions” […]
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Alta Bates nurses to go on one-day strike tomorrow
The Ashby campus of Alta Bates Summit Hospital, where nurses will be on strike tomorrow. Photo: Lance Knobel Nurses at the two Alta Bates Summit hospital campuses in Berkeley will hold a one-day strike tomorrow to protest what they term “sweeping demands for concessions” on contract terms by Sutter Health, which owns Alta Bates Summit. […]
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Is Berkeley about to lose its heart cath lab?
Bob Hink served until last year as a member of the Alta Bates Summit Foundation Board of Delegates. He contributed this comment to Berkeleyside to alert people to the potential closure of the Alta Bates heart catheterization lab. A medical experience I had at Alta Bates Hospital (right), in December 2004, made me realize that […]
