El Sobrante News

It's Independence Day and everywhere people are prepping for a day of fireworks, sparklers and family picnics.

As we introduce the new Friday edition of this column, here are some quick-read items for your holiday weekend reading pleasure.

Ramos: Gang buddy thought victims were Nortenos Anthony Bologna, left, and his two sons, Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, were shot and killed on Sunday, June 22, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif.

It's hot today. Do you know where your pets are? Dear Gary: I recently have spoken to two people who have found baby raccoons.

Queen: Loyal subjects, the Queen is dazzled and amazed. Her Majesty included a paraphrase identified only as coming from a "court jester" in her June 24 column, without specifying whether it was uttered by a politician, or in a movie or a book.

Comments on Stories , posted by Community courtesy, a resident of another community, 52 minutes ago Dear Dolores, Contra Costans are becoming more one community with the advent of e-exchanges. This morning, Kensington, El Sobrante, Byron, Bay Point and those yet to be MACs such as Alamo and Dougherty Valley were having active discussions of what is ...

Edwin Ramos, now 22, was arrested at his home in El Sobrante early June 25, 2008, three days after Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, were shot in their car in the Excelsior district while coming home from visiting a relative.

A San Francisco homicide inspector testified in courtA Monday about a conversation he had with a man who implicated the alleged MS-13 gang member accused in the 2008 killings of a father and two of his sons.

Your columnist had the honor of being a guest at the Boys & Girls Club of El Sobrante recognition dinner June 16, when scholarships were awarded to two graduating seniors who had gone through the club's programs.

Cuts to administrator jobs in the Pinole Fire Department threaten the existence of Battalion 7, a team of six fire stations in three agencies that functions as one department for a large chunk of West Contra Costa, some fire officials warn.

The preliminary hearing for an alleged gang member accused in the fatal shootings last year of three members of a San Francisco family continued Thursday morning in San Francisco Superior Court with testimony from a man injured in a separate shooting that occurred hours earlier.

The preliminary court hearing for an East Bay man accused in the fatal shootings last year of three members of a San Francisco family in the city's Excelsior District got underway Monday with testimony about the man's alleged gang associations.

Pinole police arrested three men on suspicion of assaulting and robbing three customers coming out of a bar early Thursday morning.

An El Sobrante man has been arrested in connection with the November hit-and-run death of a Martinez cyclist whose family, friends and colleagues in the cycling community worked tirelessly to garner any leads into who struck him.

A man suspected of robbing a bank and riding away on a bicycle last month was arrested last week in Sacramento County after an officer recognized him from a flier, police said Thursday.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the gas station, prices have soared to almost $3 a gallon.

"? Sandy Kleffman Jun. 7, 2009 -- Caregivers throughout California are up in arms over proposed state budget cuts that would eliminate day programs for seniors and those with Alzheimer's disease.

The Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area, based in El Sobrante, invites people of any faith to join a spiritual march for world peace in Berkeley on Sunday.

A coroner's jury decided Thursday that the death of an Arkansas woman in a crash with an Antioch man fleeing police was a homicide.

A suspect in three Bay Area killings is in custody after police found the man's cell phone at the scene of a recent house burglary.