One person was pulled from the wreckage of his car after a 2-car crash on southbound I680 north of the N. Main exit brought down a light pole and sparked an adjacent vegetation fire in Walnut Creek Sunday evening.
The...
A motorist was killed and northbound I680 closed at Rudgear Road following a multi-vehicle crash on the freeway at 6 a.m. Friday.
Initial reports indicated that one vehicle had overturned with as many as four occupants trapped inside, passersby...
In need of some good old fashioned American values from an age when the country was filmed in black and white we dialed up an old favorite recently and strapped in for the heart chunking yarn and score served...
An 18-year-old Pleasant Hill man died when his motorcycle struck a car at Contra Costa Boulevard and Dexter Drive in Pleasant Hill Wednesday night.
The motorcyclist was taken to John Muir Hospital with serious injuries after the crash was reported...
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...
