Crockett News

The first two Contra Costa parents charged under a tough new state truancy law were supposed to be arraigned last week, but one was late and the other did not show up at all.

The two-week search for a missing Crockett man will resume Saturday morning when a search-and-rescue team from the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office will scour the Crockett/Rodeo area.

A parcel tax proposal to improve, maintain and operate parks and recreation facilities in Crockett and Port Costa will be the subject of a public hearing Feb.

Caltrans will explain its $93 million plan to relieve traffic congestion on Interstate 80 from Oakland to Crockett during an open house from 6 to 9 a.m. Monday at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium and Convention Center, 403 Civic Center Plaza.

Daniel Stakenburg was missing. He was homeless, but it was strange that no one had seen the lifelong Crockett resident around this small town for a few weeks.

Q When will they turn on the metering lights at the ramps to eastbound Interstate 80 between the MacArthur Maze and the I-580 west split? In fact, when will they even INSTALL them? That one stretch of freeway is one of the most congested in the state 24/7 and especially during rush hour.

Manuel Andrade, 57, was attacked in a parking lot at the corner of Pomona and Alma avenues on New Year's Day, said San Jose police Sgt.

Testimony Tuesday morning in the Marin County Superior Court preliminary hearing for alleged serial killer Joseph Naso revealed details about the murders of two Bay Area women in the late 1970s.

Sheriff's detectives arrested an 18-year-old Crockett man Tuesday morning in connection with the killing of a homeless man, a sheriff's spokesman said.