County Declares Emergency In Effort To Speed Fix To Mudslide Damage
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency in response to the massive mudslide that has closed Morgan Territory Road since Feb. 24.
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The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency in response to the massive mudslide that has closed Morgan Territory Road since Feb. 24.
A section of Morgan Territory Road in Contra Costa County has been closed due to a mudslide.
A fire caused $104,000 in damage and displaced three people Sunday evening from a home in unincorporated Contra Costa County near Pittsburg, fire officials said.
BART has been ordered to pay $1.275 million in a settlement for failing to implement hazardous materials business plans at facilities throughout the transit system.
An East Bay composting facility has been ordered to stop taking any more green waste shipments at until it gets the smell under control.
The incident was first reported when a caller said that a pedestrian may have jumped into traffic from an overpass near McBryde Avenue.
The CPUC expects that available numbers in the 510 area code will be exhausted by June 2019.
Authorities in Contra Costa County on Thursday have secured the area around a major road washout that happened earlier this week to keep curious local residents safe.
A major road through Contra Costa County has been damaged and made impassable because of the recent storms.
Next month, a new state law kicks in to phase out group homes for foster care. KPIX 5 spoke with a former foster child who is hopeful the law will create a more family-like atmosphere for foster kids, especially during the holidays.
Two Contra Costa County firefighters are facing charges related to an alleged drunken scuffle with Walnut Creek police officers in October, according to the district attorney's office.
The widow of the gunman who carried out a deadly shooting at a Florida gay nightclub before he was killed has filed a petition in a Contra Costa County court to change the name of their son.
Contra Costa County's top law enforcement official is facing penalties after illegally using campaign contributions for his own personal use, including travel, hotels, restaurants and movie tickets over a five-year period.
A retired Oakland police captain who is more than 80 years old will be charged with soliciting prostitution in the sex scandal that has rocked several Bay Area law enforcement agencies, the Contra Costa County district attorney announced Friday.
Voters in Contra Costa County are able to vote early in several locations throughout the county starting Monday, according to elections officials.
Eight school districts in Contra Costa County are asking voters to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds and parcel taxes in the Nov. 8 election, with perhaps the most contentious being West Contra Costa Unified School District's Measure T.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to impose a moratorium on fees charged to parents and guardians of children incarcerated or monitored in the juvenile justice system.
Rescue crews extricated the occupant of an SUV that flipped in a crash in Pleasant Hill Thursday afternoon, a county fire marshal said.
Authorities on Wednesday arrested a Lafayette resident who has worked as a child psychologist for 30 years on child pornography charges, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office.
Investigators are looking for a driver who fled after slamming into the back of a horse trailer and critically injuring a horse Tuesday morning in unincorporated Contra Costa County, officials with the California Highway patrol said.
The crash was first reported around 1:06 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 near Cummings Skyway.
A man accused of killing his wife in the wealthy East Bay community of Blackhawk entered a not guilty plea Tuesday after being charged with murder with use of a deadly weapon and elder abuse enhancements, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
A coyote suffering from mange that prompted a search for the animal was hit and killed by a car in Danville, wildlife officials said.
An overturn injury accident on eastbound I-80 in Vallejo shut down all lanes for a time, creating a massive traffic jam in Contra Costa County.
