The office of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris announced this afternoon that a Hercules woman suspected of stabbing a Nob Hill pizzeria worker to death has been charged with murder.

San Francisco prosecutors are charging a 25-year-old Contra Costa County woman with murder for the fatal stabbing Tuesday of a San Francisco pizzeria worker.

The interior of the Windmill Club after an early morning fire on the corner of Parker Avenue and Second Street in Rodeo, Calif.

A fire broke out at the Windmill Club early this morning, destroying a bar distinguished by the full-sized propeller adorning the top of the building, authorities said.

The Hercules Redevelopment Agency, under public scrutiny of late because of six-figure mortgage loans to some employees of the city and its affordable housing contractor, has responded with a beefed-up newsletter that extols the agency's accomplishments in creating jobs and housing for working people.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire District and its firefighters union have entered into a three-year labor agreement that calls for annual salary increases of 1 percent, 1.5 percent and 2.25 percent but leaves unchanged the current "2 percent at 50" retirement benefit.

Bay Area authors Derick and Jackie Savage will discuss their book "Sunrise Over South Africa" in a free presentation at 10 a.m. Dec.

SOME PEOPLE spend years talking about the restaurant they plan to open someday. Others just will it to happen.

In-Home Supportive Services Authority Local Agency Formation Commission Rodeo Sanitary District Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District THE CONTRA COSTA County retirement association has mistakenly overpaid former public workers for more than a decade, according to a new legal analysis that will set off a ...

A nationally known researcher and educator has been appointed to the Contra Costa County Board of Education, where she plans to contribute her knowledge to local schools.

Two adults and a 12-year-old child were taken to the hospital with minor injuries Tuesday morning after a gas explosion set an apartment building in Rodeo on fire, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokeswoman Emily Hopkins said.

Some Hercules residents want the City Council to adopt an ordinance that would limit the number of people who can attend a house party, to prevent a recurrence of a recent gathering of several hundred on Turquoise Drive that ended with two people shot.

Households can take part in a community cleanup day from 8 to 11 a.m. Nov. 21 at the city Corporation/Public Works Yard, 1000 Sycamore Ave.

West Contra Costa school district leaders will meet Saturday with city council members from all five West County cities to talk about improving safety on campuses, at home and in the community.

English teacher Janet Headington loves to share her passion for learning with her students at Hercules High School, providing them with an experience that often goes outside the classroom.

A firefighters' salary-and-benefits package is on the agenda of Wednesday's board meeting of the Rodeo-Hercules Fire District.

An investigator walks through the apartment building that was the scene of an explosion in Rodeo, Calif., Tuesday, Nov.

Police have arrested two teenagers and are looking for a third in connection with an apparent gang-related shooting in Hercules last month that injured two other teens, authorities said Monday.

The Black Eyed Peas in concert on the main stage during the recent Outside Lands Festival Live Sound , Sound Reinforcement , Festival , Feature , Outside Lands The recent Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park spanned three days, seven stages, and 91 live acts, with Ultra Sound/Pro Media of Hercules, CA and Sound On Stage of ...

Some Hercules residents are calling for a more open city government, complaining that City Council meetings are long on ceremonial matters while much of the business of the city gets conducted out of public sight.