Concord News

During the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, when a section of the Bay Bridge collapsed, $6-billion-plus dollars of damage destroyed 147 businesses and 963 homes and Mt.

As Claycord.com first reported in May, Concord's prohibition against outdoor medical marijuana cultivation went into effect, and the Concord Police Department wants to remind the public they are enforcing the ban.

SB 509, authored by Senator Mark DeSaulnier , was signed by Governor Jerry Brown this week.

A Concord man, 25, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance at 3:14 a.m. at Nicholas and Tilson drives.

A lot goes through your mind as you near the end of the quarter-mile with your expensive motor howling at redline.

With its July break coming up, the Mt. Diablo school board scheduled a special meeting next Monday to approve their 2013-14 budget and consider a few other issues.

A home was burglarized on Tuesday in Concord's Colony Park Neighborhood , and the victims want to get the word out about a suspicious vehicle seen in their neighborhood.

Lack of Operation Skywatch post here is said to leave gap in Bay Area defense: Renewed efforts to arouse interest in establishing an observation post in Brentwood were launched this week with the visit of Tech Sgt.

The Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded to a fire in a single story home at 1824 Sunnyvale Ave. in Walnut Creek at 4:49 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18th.

Concord Police are giving away 900 steering wheel security clubs to drivers who live or work in the city and own the types of cars that thieves target the most.

In 1998, the city of Martinez and the Willows Theatre Company began exploring opportunities to bring live theater to the Martinez community.

Firefighters rescued a woman who crawled into a storm drain on Sunday and refused to come out, according to a Contra Costa Fire District dispatcher.

An alleged motorcycle thief was captured in the area near Clayton & Allegro after fleeing from Concord & Clayton Police on Sunday night just before 8pm.

The picture shown above was taken by a fellow Claycordian named Craig, who said "This is a shot looking toward Chuck E. Cheese in Park & Shop on Willow Pass Road in Concord.

A 99 Cent Store in the East Bay could soon have a new item on the shelves -- alcohol.

According to Lt. Joe DeCosta with Contra Costa County Animal Services, officers responded to reports of the attack around 7:46 a.m. No humans were injured.

One person has been detained and three are still at large after officers gave chase to a group of juveniles who may have been preparing to burglarize a neighborhood home Friday afternoon, police said.

A Mount Diablo Unified School District bus carrying students caught fire Friday afternoon in Concord, fire and school district officials said.

A Rottweiler killed an 82-year-old woman's Shih-Tzu on Lynwood Drive at about 7:30 on Thursday morning.

A man arrested in connection with a March shooting and robbery at Berkeley's Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center is scheduled to appear in court today, an Alameda County district attorney's office spokesman said.