Sue Dremann is a veteran journalist who joined the Palo Alto Weekly in 2001. She is an award-winning breaking news and general assignment reporter who also covers the regional environmental, health and crime beats.
She has covered plane crashes, murders, police shootings and other breaking news stories. Sue has written about the Bay Area's dwindling water supply,drought,wildfires and COVID-19.
Kaiser has agreed to a $49 million settlement with the State Attorney General's Office and six district attorneys, including in Alameda County, for illegally dumping hazardous medical waste.
[Sunday, September 10, 2023]
One of the biggest culprits of serious viral illness in seniors will soon be rivaled by a powerful new vaccine, according to infectious disease authorities.
[Sunday, August 20, 2023]
Resident physicians at Stanford Health Care have a very serious grouse: They say their working conditions are so strained that some of the doctors must work second jobs after putting in 80 hours a week at Stanford Hospital.
[Saturday, August 19, 2023]
With insurance companies ending coverage of thousands of local homes, state and local officials are working on alternatives to keep residences safe and insured.
[Monday, July 24, 2023]
Graduate-student workers at Stanford University have unionized, the result of an April vote that saw 94% of ballots cast in favoring the move, the Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU-UE) announced.
[Monday, July 10, 2023]
A Stanford Health Care ultrasound technician has been arrested by Palo Alto police for allegedly sexually assaulting two male patients. Police are seeking other possible victims.
[Wednesday, June 28, 2023]
A man who worked in janitorial services at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital has been indicted on charges of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse and making false statements to a federal agent.
[Monday, May 1, 2023]
Black children who are injured because of suspected child abuse are reported to Child Protective Services more frequently than white children and those of other races, a new Stanford School of Medicine study has found.
[Sunday, February 12, 2023]
A new drug requiring only a single injection could be a game changer in keeping people with COVID-19 infections out of the hospital, research by Stanford Medicine has found.
[Sunday, February 12, 2023]
A man convicted of a string of sexually motivated murders of young women pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the 1973 murder of Leslie Marie Perlov, a 21-year-old law librarian, on Stanford University land.
[Thursday, January 12, 2023]