SF News Backlog of Bodies Piling Up at Short-Staffed Alameda County Coroner’s Office A rash of killings and a staffing shortage are creating a grisly reality for the Alameda County Coroner’s Office, as autopsies are backlogged, and families are delaying funerals because of it.
SF News Decomposing Body Sickens Fifteen At Alameda County Coroner When staffers at the Alameda County Coroner's bureau fell ill Wednesday, the building was evacuated and a hazardous materials team was called to the scene. However, neither toxins or chemicals were to blame