Antioch News

A truck passes through the San Mateo Bridge toll booth in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov.

An Antioch police task force engaged in racial discrimination because a disproportionate percentage of its investigations targeted African-American households in the federal Section 8 housing-assistance program, an expert witness for the American Civil Liberties Union argues in a report filed as part of an ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit.

St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church of Wilkes-Barre is celebrating the 105th anniversary of its founding.

For the past two years, parents at district committee meetings for English learners have raised concerns about attire at Pittsburg High School, including school safety and gang issues.

Antioch has settled a lawsuit filed by the families of three teens involved in a March 2007 fight with police at a gas station near Deer Valley High School.

The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive in Antioch on Nov. 30 in honor of a 4-year-old Brentwood boy who will need blood for a heart and kidney transplant, according to blood drive sponsor Tim Kyle.

The 29-year-old single mother was spooked over rumors about Jaime "Ghetto" Batiste.

A 29-year-old Oakley man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of running a large marijuana grow operation in an Antioch home, police said Wednesday.

The following calls were among those handled by the Antioch police Nov. 10-15, according to information provided by the police department.

Classical magic and illusion will come to life at the El Campanil Theatre in downtown Antioch Saturday night when Brentwood's Peter Morrison and Las Vegas performer Timothy Noonan share the stage for a one-night performance, "An Evening of Comedy Magic and Las Vegas Illusions." While independent acts, Morrison and Noonan have shared the stage many ...

Two people were wounded by gunfire during an argument in a vehicle along Highway 4 on Saturday, police said.

An adult filmmaker reportedly plans to make a movie based on the story of Jaycee Dugard , the alleged rape and kidnap victim who was reportedly held in the backyard of an Antioch, CA man's home for 18 years.

The drama surrounding Contra Costa County's about-face on the proposed Point Molate Indian casino illustrates a powerful political reality: Opposition pays.

The Contra Costa Wind Symphony will perform a concert Sunday night largely of their own making - a diverse array of selections they selected as among their favorites.

Thousands of people lined downtown Antioch to honor America's veterans Wednesday.

HE IS AN old soul; you feel that pretty quickly. It's like he's from another era - maybe a friend of Laura Ingalls, the late author of the "Little House" children's books.

When a mutual friend told Herbert "Herbie" Morean III that Rickey Bernard Evans was homeless, Morean welcomed him into his circle of friends and gave him a place to stay.

Antioch police are looking for two suspects who shot at several teenagers in a car Thursday afternoon and threatened them with a machete.

San Jose parade: Opening ceremony at 11 a.m. at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, followed by the city's 91st annual Veterans Day parade at noon Wednesday.

EVEN THOUGH OUR fall weather has been unusually warm, a glance at the calendar reminds us that the holidays will be upon us before we know it.