Fire season preps: weed abatement deadline arrives in Contra Costa County
Tuesday is the deadline day for weed abatement in Contra Costa County. With abatement efforts, fire departments say all property owners have a safer fire season.
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Tuesday is the deadline day for weed abatement in Contra Costa County. With abatement efforts, fire departments say all property owners have a safer fire season.
Dramatic video shows flames erupting in a West Oakland furniture store in a broad-daylight arson attack earlier in May with the family-run business now struggling to rebuild.
Walnut Creek held its traditional Memorial Day observance Monday morning. But behind the flags and patriotic music, there was a feeling of great sorrow, and a call to help those who quietly suffer the greatest loss of their lives.
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District warned residents on Monday to be careful with outdoor activities because of warm, dry conditions.
Police arrested a man suspected of wielding a machete or large knife during a fight Sunday morning in front of a Fremont business.
Police were investigating a suspicious death after a body was found in the street near downtown Oakland on Monday morning.
Concord vice mayor Laura Hoffmeister was arrested May 25 by Clayton police on suspicion of driving under the influence.
The pastor of Twin Towers United Methodist church is leading her congregation in Alameda in a memorial to the victims of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting.
East Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews battled a fire sparked by an unattended barbecue that quickly spread to other homes Saturday evening.
A deadly virus that kills rabbits has reached the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge outside Modesto.
A female suspect stole an Oakland police car, leading officers on a wild chase all the way to Vallejo before her arrest after crashing into a pole.
An early morning 2-alarm fire erupted inside Pittsburg's Pentecostals of the Bay Area church Friday leading to a partial collapse of the building
The Berkeley Police Department has arrested a man suspected of sexual assaults and kidnapping stemming from cases in Albany, Berkeley, and Oakland, the department announced on Friday.
A federal jury found that former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged misconduct within the city's police commission.
For more than 20 years, KPIX 5 has been telling the stories of Students Rising Above scholars. Now, SRA scholar Brenda Vasquez is leaning into her own story-telling skills as she travels the world.
