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More West Nile virus found San Pablo bird, Oakley mosquitoes
A second bird in Contra Costa County and another group of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus, county vector control officials said Friday. The bird was found in...Read More
Responding firefighter suffers injuries in vehicle rollover
A firefighter with the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District received minor injuries Tuesday in a rollover crash that happened while crews were responding to a fire in Oakley....Read More
Vehicle passenger dies in collision with train
A train struck and killed at least one person in Oakley near Cypress Road Wednesday afternoon, city officials said. The city of Oakley wrote on Twitter that a vehicle...Read More
Police scramble to stop sideshows across four East Contra Costa County cities
Police responded overnight to raucous sideshows in four eastern Contra Costa County cities, where spectators threw fireworks at officers and one driver was arrested after crashing a car, police...Read More
Police investigate Oakley collision where vehicle injures two young girls
Oakley police are investigating after two children were struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon, requiring one to be flown to the hospital by helicopter, the East Contra Costa Fire...Read More
Winds fuel 75-acre Knightsen fire
Evacuations are underway all along Holland Tract Road because of a vegetation fire Monday evening in unincorporated Contra Costa County south of Bethel Island, a fire spokesman said. The...Read More
Fast moving Oakley fire prompts immediate evacuation orders
Residents in Oakley’s Summerlake neighborhood and those along Sandmound Boulevard have been ordered to immediately evacuate due to a fast moving moving fire, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office...Read More
Cash-strapped fire district changes policies, reduces service
The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District announced Wednesday night that a lack of funding is prompting several policy changes, including firefighters not entering a burning building unless human...Read More
Girl flown to UC Davis with injuries after bicycle accident
A 9-year-old girl was taken by helicopter to a trauma center Saturday evening after being injured in a bicycle accident in Oakley, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District...Read More
Helicopter airlifts 1-year-old with severe burns to UC Davis
A 1-year-old child in Oakley was airlifted to the hospital Friday with severe burns, according to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District. Emergency crews were called to the...Read More
Woman dies in Oakley duplex fire
A woman was killed Friday in a residential structure fire in Oakley. Firefighters with the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded Friday at 5:41 p.m. to a structure...Read More
Contra Costa District 3 supervisor race highlights environmental issues
Most of the way through her first four-year term in office, Diane Burgis believes she deserves a second term as the supervisor representing the east end of Contra Costa...Read More
Contra Costa deputies investigate pair’s death as murder-suicide
Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide following the discovery of two bodies Tuesday in a home in the Mountain View area...Read More
Oakley high school player flown to hospital after helmet-to-helmet hit
A 14-year-old football player was taken to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for observation after a helmet-to-helmet collision rendered him unconscious for a short time, firefighters said. The player,...Read More
Police arrest teen boy suspected of fatally shooting girl in drug deal
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of shooting and killing a 17-year-old girl and injuring a 17-year-old boy in Antioch on Tuesday evening, according to police. Police...Read More
Crews stop progress on 58-acre Oakley fire, evacuations lift
Evacuation orders have been lifted after fire crews stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire burning in unincorporated Oakley on Wednesday afternoon, according to Contra Costa County officials....Read More
Crews quickly extinguish brush fire near Oakley
Fire crews extinguished a blaze that burned about 3 acres of grass and brush near Oakley on Sunday night, according to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District. Firefighters...Read More