CONCORD, CA - Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Contra Costa Fire) and Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District (Rodeo-Hercules) are pleased to announce the Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) has unanimously approved the annexation of Rodeo-Hercules by Contra...
A circuitous air and ground pursuit of a suspected car thief snaked through Concord and ended in Pleasant Hill Wednesday after the alleged thief abandoned his vehicle and fled into the neighborhood.
The unidentified suspect was eventually pinpointed hiding...
More local shutterbugs sharing their work this morning with this submission from "A. Reader" (we suspect that's some kind of nom du plume). Anyway, we liked the work!
A pedestrian was struck by a car and seriously injured on Westbound Ygnacio Valley Road east of Oak Grove Road at approximately 6:25a.m. Friday.
The responsible driver phoned police to report they had "hit something" in the area...
If you're still under the covers - and, frankly, who among us doesn't wish we were there, too? - you may not know that the 24/680 is washing away.
The insomniacs, early risers among us were greeted by Flood...
Police in Concord are investigating a homicide reported at around 9:01pm Tuesday at Pear Drive and Oak Grove Road. Officers arrived to find a 53-year-old man down with multiple gunshot wounds. Numerous shell casings were found at the scene.
The...
We've been busy churning out Christmas fare and mood-lifting tunes in recent days, looking for appropriate presents and wondering where tinsel came from (we're thinking the guy who developed radar-blurring "chaff" during the war came home and peddled the...
The family of a 31-year-old Pittsburg man at the wheel of a Tesla Model S when it failed to "see" a Con Fire ladder truck deployed on I680 and struck the larger vehicle at speeds estimated at 71mph has...
Two people with gunshot wounds to the lower extremities were transported to a local hospital for treatment after California Highway Patrol officers located their car on eastbound Hwy 24 at Wilder Road Sunday.
The incident was reported at 10:32 pm...
A thief took advantage of a busy mom's preoccupation and plucked her purse off her shoulder outside the Walgreen's store at 2995 Ygnacio Valley Road Saturday.
The crime was reported at approximately 5:27 p.m., a black male approaching the...
