A veteran Cambridge police lieutenant has sued gun maker Sig Sauer and the City of Cambridge, claiming he was injured in May 2019 when his Sig Sauer patrol gun fired without his pulling the trigger. Four other officers in Cambridge and Somerville have similar complaints.

The Cambridge Housing Authority has expanded its reach far beyond city limits, from an unusual program in neighboring Somerville to consulting with other housing authorities not only in Massachusetts but in Maine.

More tenants have reached the last step in the process – when they may be forced to leave their homes – and those trying to help face greater obstacles.

Cambridge officers brought suspects to the ground, struck their knees and used other types of force in 66 incidents last year, police said. The chair of the city’s Police Review and Advisory Board told city council that she would urge an “audit” of the report.

The loss of five nurse-educators by July dominates a press conference, and city councillors ponder Cambridge Health Alliance real estate and public health.

The Cambridge Health Alliance has a huge deficit to fill with staff reductions, executives say, referring to $40 million to $45 million in losses for the fiscal year.

The huge and costly project to replace the dilapidated 175-unit Jefferson Park Federal public housing development and add 103 more low-income units has won its first funding approval, a tiny amount compared with what’s needed.

Cambridge eviction filings for nonpayment of rent shot up in April, and the city’s housing liaison office says it responded to 900 requests for help in the past year.

A group of Cambridge teenagers is tackling growing mental health needs among their peers and down into elementary schools by launching a website offering their own choices about ways to deal with emotional problems

The end of the Covid-19 pandemic emergency was marked Thursday by officials with recollections and thanks in a ceremony at Cambridge Cemetery.