Multiple arson suspects arrested in connection with weekend East Bay fires
Authorities in Contra Costa County arrested four people suspected of sparking dozens of small brush fires in just a matter of hours over the weekend.
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Authorities in Contra Costa County arrested four people suspected of sparking dozens of small brush fires in just a matter of hours over the weekend.
The office of the Contra Costa District Attorney announced Wednesday it charged a Concord couple with the murder of the woman's husband back in January.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors paved the way for the Marathon Martinez Refinery to be converted into a biofuel facility on Tuesday, after the board unanimously denied an appeal from more than a dozen environmental groups and individuals to stop the project.
Fire crews in the East Bay have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire burning in Pittsburg Monday.
Contra Costa Board of Supervisors will hear an appeal of an approval of a residential subdivision.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors announced this week that it is seeking applicants for its 18-member Racial Justice Oversight Body.
Activists and family members of those who have died in police custody demonstrated outside of the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in Martinez on Tuesday morning, calling on Sheriff David Livingston to resign.
A 28-year-old Contra Costa County woman was sentenced Monday to four years and nine months in federal prison for bank fraud and being in possession of trash bags full of stolen U.S. mail.
The Contra Costa County medical examiner has identified the two people killed in a head-on collision between a Honda SUV and a Tesla on I-80 near the Carquinez Bridge Sunday, one of whom was a San Francisco woman who had been reported missing.
In another sign of the Bay Area's scorching hot real estate market, realtors said the median sales price for a single family home in the East Bay has soared to $1.2 million as inventory has dropped compared to a year ago.
A wrong-way driver traveling west on eastbound I-80 in Contra Costa County early Sunday collided head-on with a vehicle, killing both drivers according to authorities.
The teachers' union and officials in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District have reached an agreement, ending an impasse that has lasted more than a month.
Members of the Mount Diablo Education Association on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if they can't reach a contract deal with the district.
Firefighting and EMS services in most of Contra Costa County will be under one agency, after a merger was approved earlier this week.
Contra Costa County has agreed to pay $4.5 million to the family of a mentally ill homeless man who was killed by a sheriff's deputy in a 30-second confrontation.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will consider taking Vision Zero countywide Tuesday.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to sign off on the environmental impact report for a developer's plan to build 125 condos on the former Palmer School site in unincorporated Walnut Creek.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors officially responded Tuesday to a civil grand jury report from last year that said the county has a serious homeless animal problem that's not being addressed.
Like so many people who've grown up in Contra Costa County, Karen Mitchoff just figured Kirker Pass was named after a rancher who settled near the well-traveled road winding through the hills between Concord and Pittsburg.
On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to lay out the next steps in the state's pandemic recovery as officials transition "from reacting to a pandemic to living with COVID-19."
Health officials in Contra Costa County announced Friday certain businesses, including restaurants and gyms, are no longer required to check patrons for proof of vaccination or a negative test.
The Contra Costa Community College District's governing board on Tuesday unanimously placed district chancellor Bryan Reece on administrative leave due to "personnel matters," the district said in a statement.
Contra Costa County Superior Court on Thursday extended a suspension of new jury trials because of the ongoing effects of the COVID pandemic.
A multi-vehicle crash on Saturday morning in Oakley left eight people injured, according to authorities.
Police in Hercules on Wednesday evening advised residents in the in the Trees neighborhood near Redwood Road and Lupine Road to stay indoors due to ongoing law enforcement activity.
