WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) -- A group of newspapers in the East Bay plans to cut its staff by 10 percent, but will avoid layoffs because enough workers took buyout offers.
The cuts affect the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune and a string of other daily and weekly newspapers operated by the Bay Area News Group-East Bay. The cuts will come from every department, including the newsroom.
Of the company's 1,100 workers, 107 took buyout offers, sparing the need for layoffs, according to a report published Thursday in the Times.
Cuts are also expected at other Bay Area newspapers. The San Jose Mercury News previously notified its employees that it will need to lay off an unspecified number of union workers.
