Pinole News

The city of Pinole has seen a surge in crime lately, and the mayor there is blaming it on crooks from outside the city.

First the good news: West Contra Costa students continue to make steady progress in English and math comprehension, with several elementary schools gaining in the number of students found to be proficient or ...

OF ALL THE traditions maintained by Boy Scout Troop 86 in Pinole, none stands out like its record at turning out Eagle Scouts.

Jurors in Martinez Wednesday found a Rodeo man guilty of second-degree murder for fatally beating and strangling his wife in their Rodeo home in 2006.

Steven Burr, 38, killed Diana Basham, 40, on June 26, 2006 by strangling her and hitting her in the head with a bowling trophy.

Maria Alegria, recalled by voters in February, will be on the ballot in November to try to regain a seat on the Pinole City Council.

Police said Monday that three suspects in the weekend robbery of an Antioch Wells Fargo bank that ended in a shoot-out also robbed a Pinole bank two days earlier and a San Pablo McDonald's on July 6. ...

Two bank robbery suspects were shot by police and a third suspect was arrested after a holdup in Antioch that investigators said could be related to a Pinole bank robbery a day earlier, as well as a heist at a ...

Three men escaped with cash Friday from a bank on Pinole's commercial strip near Interstate 80.

In the six months between getting her learner's permit and earning her driver's license, Frannie Ucciferri saw gas prices go up more than a dollar a gallon - and that sense of impending, glorious independence ...

In a vote shouted down by the audience, Richmond city leaders appointed themselves to a committee that will decide how $10 million from a community benefits agreement with Chevron will be spent.

The temporary shutdown of a massage business last month has prompted Pinole officials to take a closer look at the industry and whether its practitioners are operating within the law.

I READ WITH INTEREST Gayle McLaughlin's and Tom Butt's guest commentary in the Times regarding the sellout of the Richmond City Council to Chevron on the refinery vote.

This year's National Night Out crime prevention event will see more than 11,000 communities across the United States participate Tuesday evening, and if you live in West County, the chances are good there is a ...

A fire sparked by a car on Interstate 80 burned 30 acres of hillside near Crockett on Tuesday, briefly threatening houses.

A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of an alleged U.S. Army deserter Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Diane Springer of Pinole talks about her nonprofit "Orphan's Hope Project" while surrounded by donations at her home in Pinole, Calif., on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

Diane Springer of Pinole talks about her nonprofit "Orphan's Hope Project" while surrounded by donations at her home in Pinole, Calif., on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

The equivalent of a three-alarm fire burned about 30 acres and temporarily threatened some homes in Crockett on Tuesday after a freeway car fire spread through the surrounding dry brush, fire officials said.

Diane Springer of Pinole talks about her nonprofit "Orphan's Hope Project" while surrounded by donations at her home in Pinole, Calif., on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.