A 16-year-old San Ramon Valley Unified School District student faces felony kidnapping and aggravated battery charges following a violent attack on a school official outside a Homecoming Dance at California High School in San Ramon on Saturday night.
Two youths,...
The vanguard of a series of six micro homes built to serve homeless senior citizens arrived at Grace Presbyterian Church on Tice Valley Boulevard Tuesday, with plans for other structures to arrive and be set in place in the...
From Contra Costa Health:
Contra Costa Health (CCH) has been awarded $5.7 million towards compassionately tackling homeless encampments thanks to a significant grant from the State's Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program.
The funding will enable CCH to collaborate with the City...
From the Office of the District Attorney:
Martinez, California -- In an age where there’s so much information available to us, why would The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office start a podcast?
The answer is simple: to inform the public on...
A passenger bus caught fire and burned on northbound I680 north of Treat just before 8 p.m. Sunday, disrupting traffic as crews worked to put out the blaze and remove the damaged hulk.
The driver made it out of the...
To the Editor;
To the surprise of virtually no one apparently we have noted a return to public use of gas powered leaf blowers in Lafayette despite the city's much publicized ban.
Months after the ban we were surprised and...
Odd times provoking odd reactions here in the 24/680 News Bunker. Our normal go-to when things get strange is to crank the music up and dial in some Mexican food, that combo helping to spackle over the rough spots...
Firefighters are responding to a four-alarm fire near the freeway in Oakland at I-580 and Keller Avenue.
The blaze has claimed about four homes, forced evacuations and parks closures - including Anthony Chabot Regional Park. Aerial tankers, helicopters are at...
At 2:36am Friday, the Danville Police Department received a report of a suspicious individual in the backyard of a residence on the 600 block of Park Hill Road, near Morninghome Road.
The individual was described as a Middle Eastern male,...
Fire swept through a home in the 1400 block of Twelve Oaks Court early Friday with neighbors reporting a car "exploding" in a carport and spreading to the residence. All occupants were able to make their way safely out...
