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County says youth, essential workers driving elevated Covid-19 cases
Contra Costa County health officials are working to address elevated Covid-19 case rates in several communities, with more testing and an outreach effort to speak directly to those residents...Read More
Coroner identifies 41-year-old Pittsburg woman as big-rig crash victim
A woman who died in a crash involving a big-rig on eastbound state Highway 4 in Concord on Friday morning has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s...Read More
Woman dies after rear-end collision with big-rig on Highway 4
A woman died early Friday after a crash involving a big-rig on eastbound state Highway 4 in Concord, according to the California Highway Patrol. The woman was driving a...Read More
Crews battle 15-acre fire along Highway 4 in Concord
A vegetation fire is burning near state Highway 4 in Concord on Tuesday afternoon and has prompted the closure of highway lanes, according to the Contra Costa County Fire...Read More
Officials identify 39-year-old Concord fatal shooting victim
A man fatally shot Monday afternoon in Concord has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s office as 39-year-old Michael Olsen. Olsen, a Concord resident, was found after...Read More
Concord hosts police reform discussion, falls short of consensus
There was plenty of agreement Wednesday night that police in Concord, and elsewhere, are often cast into situations they aren’t rigorously trained for. But during a special City Council...Read More
Directors approve land use plan for 2,540-acre Concord park at former naval station
The final land use plan for public access improvements and open space preservation at a planned new 2,540-acre regional park on former Concord Naval Weapons Station land on Concord’s...Read More
Contra Costa firefighters respond to more than a dozen fires since Friday
At least three of the fires were structure fires, two were vehicle fires, and there were several vegetation fires reported.Read More
East Bay fire districts conduct training exercises with controlled burns in Concord, Moraga
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District is conducting a training burn Friday on the south side of the Campolindo Ridge. The training, to prepare firefighters for the upcoming fire season, started...Read More
Investigators determine arson involved in Iron Horse Trail fires
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews contained multiple fires reported Monday afternoon along the Iron Horse Regional Trail between the cities of Pleasant Hill and Concord. Crews responded...Read More
Judge sentences alleged Nazi sympathizer for falsifying mental health status in Army application
An alleged Nazi sympathizer from Concord has been ordered to pay more than $17,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to making false statements to a government agency for lying...Read More
Solo crash into pole kills 52-year-old Concord man
A 52-year-old man died in a solo-vehicle crash into a pole off of Monument Boulevard in Concord on Thursday morning, police said. Officers responded at 6:14 a.m. to the...Read More
Coroner identifies Concord father, musician as victim in weekend fatal collision
The Contra Costa County coroner’s office has identified 40-year-old Concord resident Luis Rabanal-Smith as the man who died in a two-vehicle collision on southbound Interstate Highway 680 in San...Read More
‘Xanax King’ charged in fresh federal complaint
A 41-year-old Martinez man who once allegedly dubbed himself "Xanax King" was charged in a federal criminal complaint Friday.Read More
Concord approves cannabis license expansion, including storefronts
It will now be possible for storefront cannabis businesses, locally based marijuana delivery businesses and cannabis cultivation operations of less than 10,000 square feet to set up shop in...Read More
Correction: Coroner identifies 20-year-old motorcyclist killed in Concord collision
A motorcyclist who died in a collision with another vehicle on Clayton Road in Concord on Friday morning has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s office as...Read More
Covid-19 update, Bay Area under shelter in photos
Weekends, and Sundays especially, are data deserts in the Covid-19 era. Instead of trying to dig up relevant news, we decided to give you the best information we have...Read More
Coroner identifies Antioch woman killed by brick through vehicle window
The Contra Costa County coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of an Antioch woman who died Friday night after getting hit with a brick that crashed through a window...Read More
Update: CHP believes brick killed grandmother on Concord highway
Authorities believe someone threw or dropped a brick that crashed through a car window Friday night on State Highway 242 in Concord, killing a 63-year-old Antioch grandmother. The woman,...Read More
Concord paves way for townhome project despite objections
A 70-townhome residential project in northeastern Concord can move forward, with the Concord City Council’s rejection of an appeal of the project’s Feb. 19 approval by the city planning...Read More