Antioch News

Firefighters in Contra Costa County spent the day preparing for fire dangers and removed dangerous brush from several hundred acres of undeveloped property in Antioch.

Parents who host drinking parties for teenagers could get hit with hefty fines and paying for costs associated with the police response under an ordinance the City Council tentatively approved this week to deter underage drinking.

Highway 4 drivers experienced a brief slowdown this afternoon as Caltrans workers on an existing project did some emergency pothole repairs.

The museum will be open from 4 to 9 p.m. with special programs, including a Native American display in the Delta Room, which has been updated to show Miwok Indians and other native people of the Contra Costa County.

The following calls were among those handled by the Antioch police June 10-16, according to information provided by the Police Department.

The Thornton Branch Library, 26341 N. Thornton Road, is offering "Reading is so Delicious," a summer program.

Though construction continues at a feverish pace, there will be relatively few impediments to drivers on Highway 4 this week.

An Antioch man was arrested on assault charges Saturday evening after he reportedly stabbed a man during a fight at his house, police said.

Dave and Juan Chen-Olsen, owners of Pinky's Klassy Kar Wash in Antioch, were recently named Small Business of the Year for California's 11th district.

A stalled development project that would have brought a grocery and retail to the city's west side may soon be revived.

While not a federal holiday like Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the United States flag in 1777, is recognized annually on June 14. Although celebrated throughout the years since the late 1800s, Flag Day became official through of an Act of Congress in 1949.

Shots rang out late Wednesday near a memorial for a man shot to death earlier in the day, as police continued investigations into a string of recent slayings and shootings in the city.

Rumor has it that a certain group in a certain Live Where You Play community is preparing to launch a neighborhood farmers' market .

In an effort to enhance public safety and thwart crime, Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson announced Monday that the county will participate in a gun buyback program in August.

Cordelia Fire Protection District Fire Chief Jay Huyssoon and his wife Patty Huyssoon like joking about their seven-second commute to work from the mobile home behind the district's offices.

DEAR JOAN: I had a puzzling situation on Memorial Day morning. I was awakened by a loud call from my wife, who was going to do a load of laundry.

Police were scrambling to keep up over a violent 8-hour period starting Tuesday night that saw two homicides and a shootout between two groups that injured one person.

Antioch Historical Society Museum invites everyone to attend a NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM open house on Wednesday, June 19 from 4:00-9:00 pm.

Antioch leaders are hoping that it's citizens will agree to increase the sales tax by a half-cent and to charge residential landlords in the city at least $20 a month for their rentals in order to fund a larger police force and improve code enforcement in the city.

Governor Jerry Brown on Friday, June 7 issued a proclamation declaring June as "Great Outdoors Month" in California.