Contra Costa

Climate change imperils Bay Area highways

Caltrans released an assessment detailing the vulnerability of the Bay Area's highway and transportation infrastructure to the hazards of climate…

6 years ago

12-year-old airlifted after football injury

A boy was flown to a hospital because he may have suffered a spine injury in a football game Saturday…

6 years ago

Fires, air quality close Bay Area schools, colleges

Several school districts and colleges affected by the fires in the Bay Area will remain closed until next week or…

7 years ago

Jogger hurt in Wildcat Canyon hit-and-run

The California Highway Patrol is asking for help to find a motorcyclist who fled Wednesday evening after striking a jogger…

7 years ago

Woman allegedly stabs parents to death

A Pittsburg woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her parents, a police captain said today.

7 years ago

Two kids perish in crash, driver missing

The California Highway Patrol is seeking a person of interest in the hit and run crash on the Highway 4…

7 years ago

Driver sought after Highway 4 crash kills two kids

Two San Pablo children died, a third was hospitalized with major injuries and their mother was hospitalized in a hit…

7 years ago

Magnitude 3.3 quake shakes Kensington

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake was reported at noon Wednesday in the Kensington area.

7 years ago

Surprise spring storms spew hail, snow

A rare bout of late spring thunder, lightening and hail moved across parts of the Bay Area Sunday.

7 years ago

Woman dies in high-speed highway chase

A female suspect was arrested Saturday afternoon in Clayton on suspicion of vehicle theft, evading police and vehicular manslaughter in…

7 years ago

BART maps out plan to spend $3.5 billion in bonds

BART officials are preparing to spend some of the $3.5 billion approved by Bay Area voters.

7 years ago

Man arrested in child molestation, attempted murder case

Detectives with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Thursday in connection with child molestation and attempted murder.

7 years ago

AC Transit mulls chopping student service at three schools

The Alameda-Contra Costa transit District is considering the elimination of supplementary bus service for students at three schools.

7 years ago

Federal help available for storm recovery

President Donald Trump declared a major disaster in eight of the nine Bay Area counties because of winter storms in…

7 years ago

Downed power line mucks up morning BART commute

BART service is resuming between San Francisco and the East Bay Monday morning after a power line fell across the…

7 years ago

Crews vacuum mercury mess in Antioch

Hazardous materials crews have finished cleaning up a mercury spill that was discovered Monday morning on a street in Antioch.

7 years ago

BART station fire strands 400 passengers

BART and fire officials said up to 400 passengers were stranded on a BART train at the Walnut Creek station…

7 years ago

Three gang members sentenced to life for double homicide

A Contra Costa judge sentenced three San Francisco gang members Monday to multiple life sentences in prison for the murder…

7 years ago

Wanted man leads high-speed chase, flees police

A 22-year-old man who has a $1 million warrant for his arrest led sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase Friday…

7 years ago

BART approves quarter-billion in Transbay Tube seismic upgrades

BART board members awarded a $267 million contract for seismic retrofits to the Transbay Tube that could cause disrupt service…

7 years ago

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