Drought, Hot Weather Causing Rodent Infestations In East Bay Homes
Business is booming for pest eradication companies as the drought and the hot weather hitting the Bay Area has forced rats to come out of the woodwork in search of water.
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Business is booming for pest eradication companies as the drought and the hot weather hitting the Bay Area has forced rats to come out of the woodwork in search of water.
With the region's water supply already stretched thin by drought conditions, the Contra Costa Water District, along with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, is looking at further expanding the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County.
Two hikers were brought to safety as a growing wildfire in Contra Costa County burned out of control Wednesday.
Friends and coworkers of a young father who was shot and killed Saturday on state Highway 4 in unincorporated Pittsburg are reeling from the loss of their cook, who had essentially grown up in their restaurants, coworkers said.
A worker was critically injured in one of the mines at the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve near Antioch Tuesday , according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Health officials in California are concerned about a large increase in the number of hash-oil explosions stemming from illegal labs.
A one-year-old girl who was found floating face down in a backyard pool in Concord Thursday night has died.
Martinez police are looking for two men who allegedly robbed a Subway sandwich shop at gunpoint Monday evening.
Contra Costa County officials say passengers in a car that landed in deep, fast-flowing waters of an Antioch canal are now safe.
State Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Oakland, believes the money for a planned expansion of a Richmond jail should be used for more job training programs that would reduce incarcerations.
A Contra Costa County dispatcher handling a suspect pursuit last week found herself dispatching calls to her own home in Oakley, according to the sheriff's office.
The state Senate race between Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer and Concord Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla has led to $7 million in campaign spending. Voters decide who goes to Sacramento in a special election on Tuesday.
The former chairman of a disbanded Contra Costa County health care district has been arrested on suspicion of possession of child porn, Concord police said Thursday.
A 29-year-old Danville music teacher was ordered to stand trial Thursday for allegedly molesting three teenage girls last year, prosecutors said Friday.
Traffic planners are ready to test new state-of-the-art signs that have been installed over a 20-mile stretch of westbound I-80 in the East Bay. It's part of an effort to ease the commute between Richmond and Emeryville at a price tag of $79 million.
The family of a 9-year-old boy slain Sunday morning in Discovery Bay was unaware that a family friend staying at their house overnight was showing signs of mental illness, their lawyer said Thursday. Meanwhile, the family spoke publicly for the first time about the incident.
A 9-year-old boy was stabbed to death Sunday in Discovery Bay and a teenage family friend is the prime suspect.
Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in Martinez Wednesday morning.
Contra Costa Fire Protection District officials said they got the initial call around 3:30 a.m. of a fire at a home on the 600 block of La Casa Via.
HazMat crews were in route to the Richmond Chevron refinery as a precaution Monday after reports of flaring at the facility.
A woman drove her car onto the slide of a playground in Richmond on Saturday, police said.
A new urgent care center will open today in San Pablo that aims to meet some of the needs of patients who would have gone to Doctors Medical Center, according to the nonprofit opening the center.
BART's since-suspended "simple approval" practice was the probable cause of an accident that killed two track workers in Contra Costa County in 2013 according to the NTSB.
A chihuahua puppy that was found to have been tortured with major burns is recovering after having its ears amputated. Police are offering a reward to find its attacker.
