May 8, 2025 Following the first confirmed carfentanil overdose death in Santa Clara County, San Benito County Health officials are...

April 29, 2025 Little metal stands, reminiscent of newspaper boxes or Little Free Libraries, have been stationed across San Benito County.

Feb 27, 2025 In his quest to become a physician, Dr. Casey Grover found during medical school that when he needed to conquer new...

March 19, 2025 To compensate for their role in the opioid epidemic , drug manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are paying billions...

March 3, 2025 MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — California Highway Patrol said that a traffic stop led to a drug bust in South Monterey County on...

Jan 18, 2025 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A Scotts Valley mother charged with her toddler daughter's murder after she allegedly died of a drug...

Dec 17, 2024 Forty six people died by overdose in San Francisco last month, slightly more than the previous month but still fewer than...

Aug 29, 202 4 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A Santa Cruz mother pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the murder of her daughter, who died from a drug...

July 31, 2024 SANTA CRUZ — A 38-year-old Scotts Valley mother is facing criminal neglect charges after her 18-month-old baby died of a...

March 12, 2024 JSALINAS, Calif. — Salinas police said that a local barbershop was being used as a front for the sale of fentanyl.

December 18, 2023 Just two days after 23-month-old Kristofer Ferreyra died of a suspected fentanyl overdose, an Alameda County social...

December 20, 2023 SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Clara Board of Supervisors is officially pushing for child welfare...

December 4, 2023 WashingtonCNN — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday announced a new Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force to crack down...

December 13, 2023 CNN — Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic...

November 27, 2023 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A San Jose mother and father were in court on Monday facing murder charges after their...

October 18, 2023 Xylazine, a tranquilizer used in veterinary medicine, is quickly becoming a street drug often mixed in with other drugs...

November 8, 2023 FREMONT – A Fremont woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after her 23-month-old son died from a fentanyl exposure...

November 7, 2023 FREMONT — Kristofer Ferreyra was 10 days shy of his second birthday last month when Fremont police say he somehow...

Nov 3, 2023 A Temecula man who gave a pill laced with fentanyl to a 26-year-old woman who died from the drug was sentenced Friday to 15...

October 11, 2023 SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- A MST Bus Rider was taken to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after Narcan was...