Suspect Charged In January Shooting, Carjacking In Contra Costa
Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a suspect who they say carjacked and then shot and killed a man in the El Sobrante area of unincorporated Contra Costa County in January.
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Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a suspect who they say carjacked and then shot and killed a man in the El Sobrante area of unincorporated Contra Costa County in January.
Contra Costa County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the homicide of a 52-year-old man in a residential neighborhood in El Sobrante.
A 27-year-old Oakland woman was taken into custody following a chase Tuesday evening that resulted in a crash in Berkeley.
Two suspects have been taken into custody Thursday in connection with a late-night shooting in El Sobrante that left one man dead, according to authorities.
A man was shot to death late Saturday night in El Sobrante, sheriff's officials said.
A 27-year-old Richmond resident crashed on Highway 80 late Monday night after being wounded in a shooting in El Sobrante.
Sheriff's deputies in Contra Costa County arrested a suspect Thursday morning following an hours-long standoff that began Wednesday night.
Several downed trees are raising flooding concerns for people living near an East Bay Creek as a new round of storms rolls into the region.
Several downed trees are raising flooding concerns for people living near an East Bay Creek as a new round of storms rolls into the region.
A third suspect connected to the alleged racially-motivated fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man in El Sobrante last month has been arrested.
The Contra Costa County sheriff's office has arrested a second suspect in the November shooting death of 28-year-old William Sims at a bar in El Sobrante.
Contra Costa Co. sheriff's deputies arrested one man and are seeking two others in the fatal shooting of a Richmond man outside an El Sobrante night club.
A shooting in broad daylight left two men injured in El Sobrante. One man was airlifted to a hospital, the other was taken via ambulance.
A sign in front of an El Sobrante home that has been targeted by drive-by shootings multiple times reads: "Stop shooting. Nobody is here."
A two-alarm fire that burned an apartment building in El Sobrante Tuesday morning has displaced 15 people, according to Fire Marshal Robert Marshall with the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
Three people have died and one person is suffering from major injuries following a traffic collision involving three vehicles Sunday night in El Sobrante.
About all of those on the arrest list were from Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and other East Bay cities.
Firefighters were getting the upper hand on a brush fire in El Sobrante was threatening several homes in the area.
A 32-year-old man was shot and killed in the driveway of an El Sobrante home Sunday night, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office is looking for a 20-year-old El Sobrante man suspected of fatally shooting a 24-year-old man in Tara Hills last month, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
Sheriff's deputies released surveillance photos and were asking the public to help identify an unknown person who entered El Sobrante Christian School in unincorporated Contra Costa County during school hours on Nov. 4.
A 17-year-old El Sobrante boy was arrested at a Wingstop restaurant in Pinole after he was spotted with a loaded gun in his waistband, police said Thursday.
A roadway in El Sobrante is closed Tuesday morning as crews work to clean up dozens of used hypodermic needles that spilled onto the street, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A Hercules man has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of an El Sobrante hardware store employee, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.
Two Contra Costa sheriff's vehicles were damaged by fire near a freeway off-ramp at during a high-speed chase early Monday morning, in which the suspect's vehicle was able to get away, authorities said.
A gasoline tanker overturned on U.S. Highway 101 in San Jose Thursday morning, blocking traffic for hours, authorities said.
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Widespread storm-related damage was reported across the Bay Area and Central Coast on Thursday, as residents awoke Christmas morning to multiple downed trees, power outages, flooding, and other storm impacts.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning in Santa Cruz County Thursday afternoon.
A powerful Christmas Day storm battered the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast with damaging winds, heavy rain and flash flooding.
A gasoline tanker overturned on U.S. Highway 101 in San Jose Thursday morning, blocking traffic for hours, authorities said.
Widespread storm-related damage was reported across the Bay Area and Central Coast on Thursday, as residents awoke Christmas morning to multiple downed trees, power outages, flooding, and other storm impacts.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning in Santa Cruz County Thursday afternoon.
A powerful Christmas Day storm battered the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast with damaging winds, heavy rain and flash flooding.
A police officer in Brentwood shot and killed a man with a rifle during a traffic stop on Wednesday, authorities said.
Peninsula residents dealt with a variety of weather-related issues on Christmas Eve, from flooding to outages.
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A police officer in Brentwood shot and killed a man with a rifle during a traffic stop on Wednesday, authorities said.
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A shooting in Oakland over the weekend left four people injured, police said Monday.
A person who was fleeing from police in Antioch was hit and killed by a vehicle on Highway 4 in Antioch on Monday, authorities said.
A gasoline tanker overturned on U.S. Highway 101 in San Jose Thursday morning, blocking traffic for hours, authorities said.
Tens of thousands of PG&E customers across the Bay Area are again without power on Christmas morning after another wet and windy storm moves through Northern California.
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Heavier rainfall and stronger winds prompted small businesses in low-lying flood-prone areas like Goodman Building Supply in Mill Valley to place sandbags in front of their entrance.
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Despite rain in the forecast, much of Saturday in Santa Rosa remained dry, giving residents a brief window to run errands, enjoy the outdoors and prepare for the storms expected in the days ahead.
Widespread rain will begin in the afternoon and continue into the evening, and a flood watch will go into effect at 4 p.m. until 4 p.m. Monday for the North Bay.
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A police officer in Brentwood shot and killed a man with a rifle during a traffic stop on Wednesday, authorities said.
Police said officers learned the shooting happened on the 400 block of Cottonwood Drive and that they have launched an investigation.
A San Francisco man convicted of sexually assaulting two of his relatives was sentenced to a lengthy prison term, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
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A gasoline tanker overturned on U.S. Highway 101 in San Jose Thursday morning, blocking traffic for hours, authorities said.
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It's been a wet and windy Christmas Day across the Bay Area, with widespread damage and power outages, and more rain is on the way. Veronica Macias reports.
Heavy rains and gusty winds left behind damage across parts of the Bay Area overnight Christmas morning.
Meteorologist Zoe Mintz says stormy weather continues on Christmas Day, but by Friday things will begin drying up.
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