"The newest Bay Area residents came in quick succession on Jan. 1, with two babies born at Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center at 12:03 a.m. and 12:07 a.m., respectively, followed shortly by a babe born at 12:11 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, and another newborn at 12:29 a.m. in Redwood City."
"At the Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center in the wee hours of Dec. 31, San Jose resident Marlowe Hatchett and her husband, Isaiah Andrews, said they were almost certain that their baby girl, Iyla Marie Andrews, would be born before midnight. But after 22 hours of labor and midnight fast approaching, the marathon mother realized that baby Iyla would instead make an entrance in 2026. She was 6 pounds, 13 ounces, with brown eyes and big red lips."
"And at 5 p.m. Dec. 31 in the South Bay, San Jose residents Barishma and Devajit Asem sought the delivery room at Good Samaritan Hospital and waited as the minutes turned into hours, and the day turned into a new year. Next to his wife's side, Devajit said he watched with admiration as Barishma delivered an 8-pound, 7.5-ounce boy named Wangthoi a name meaning victorious and successful, and a reminder of their home state of Manipur in northeastern India."
Several Bay Area couples welcomed newborns in the first minutes of 2026. Two babies were born at Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center at 12:03 a.m. and 12:07 a.m., followed by a birth at 12:11 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose and another at 12:29 a.m. in Redwood City. Bay Area parents who had children at San Leandro declined interviews. San Jose resident Marlowe Hatchett and husband Isaiah Andrews delivered daughter Iyla Marie Andrews after 22 hours of labor; Iyla weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and had brown eyes and big red lips. San Jose residents Barishma and Devajit Asem welcomed son Wangthoi, an 8-pound, 7.5-ounce baby whose name honors Manipur.
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