The move comes nearly a decade after the health care giant warned that its Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley would shutter by 2030 because state-mandated seismic upgrades were infeasible for the 120-year-old complex — stirring fears of a “hospital desert” in the East Bay.

Discover Sutter Health's $1 billion expansion plan in the East Bay region, including a flagship campus and enhanced care access within 15 minutes of patients'

Sutter Health announced on Wednesday a $1 billion East Bay expansion plan to build a new flagship campus and medical facility in Emeryville. The Sacramento-based health care giant bought Emery Yards,

Sutter Health announced a $1 billion plan Wednesday to build a new flagship campus and medical center in Emeryville as part of an East Bay expansion. The health care giant’s new campus, which will be located on 12-acres at Horton and 53rd streets,