Concord News

Honors, awards and scholarships earned by many of our community's most deserving and accomplished young women and ladies are featured this week.

If you're curious about how the City of Concord plans to stabilize the 2012-13 budget or to learn about its 10-year financial plan, mark your calendars: two hearings have been scheduled to address a proposed operating budget.

A Concord man was arrested early Monday after allegedly mugging three women, trying to carjack another and fighting with police, investigators said.

The Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek branch of the American Association of University Women has announced seven scholarship winners.

Today is the final day of theA 23rd annual Bay Area KidFest in downtown Concord.

WWII vets gather at a Denny's to share stories about their service. They call themselves the Third Thursday Lunch Bunch, and the decades haven't dimmed their memories.

Police have identified three people arrested in a stolen car Saturday night after a high-speed chase that spanned two East Bay counties, authorities said.

A police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that began in Concord and raced on freeways through the Caldecott Tunnel at speeds of up to 80 to 90 mph ended in Emeryville, police said.

Walnut Creekers were out Saturday at KidFest at Mount Diablo High in Concord. A number of Walnut Creek Patch readers stopped by the bold green Patch tent on the midway.

CONCORD, May 26, 2012 -- All parents of special education students in the Mt. Diablo school district are invited to a meeting Tuesday to find out about changes coming in the fall.

5700 block of Verna Way.A Unlawful Sex w/Minor; Oral Copulation.A Two juvenile males were arrested during the course of an investigation.A Both were transported to Juvenile Hall for booking.A Kirker Pass Rd./Hess Rd.A DUI.A A 63-year-old Antioch male was arrested after being contacted by officers.A He was transported to Concord PD for booking.A 200 ... (more)

Submitted by the organizers of Kids Fest. Dozens of activities for young children, teens and parents.

On May 21, the regional theater community lost Harvey Berman, a magnetic leader whose influence stretched from Contra Costa County across the nation and whose directorial expertise formed the foundation of East Bay institutions including the Lesher Center for the Arts' Center REPertory Company and Diablo Valley College's Department of Performing ... (more)

Michael Fiore, left, and his son Matthew Fiore, 18, stand on the corner of Diane Avenue in Pittsburg, Calif.

When Assemblyman Roger Hernandez was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving after pulling into the parking lot of a Concord hotel two months ago, he had a question for the police officer who stopped him.

A former Danville officer and Contra Costa Sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to new felony charges related to a purported scheme to set up men for drunken-driving arrests, according to court records.

You've probably noticed the maroon Cadillac missing a wheel and propped up on a car jack in front of a vacant storefront at the 2400 block of East Street in downtown Concord.

A four-door sedan collided with an SUV on Marsh Creek Road early Wednesday morning, prompting local fire department aid.

One person was taken to a hospital with major injuries, and rescuers were continuing to free at least one other person who may be trapped in a vehicle after an accident on Kirker Pass Road, a dispatcher confirmed.

One person was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a vehicle -vs- bicycle collision on Mendocino Drive & Roland Drive in Concord on Thursday morning.