Pittsburg News

IT'S HO-HO OR Tow-TOW: More than a dozen streets in downtown Brentwood will be partially closed Saturday for the chamber of commerce's annual holiday parade.

For the past two years, parents at district committee meetings for English learners have raised concerns about attire at Pittsburg High School, including school safety and gang issues.

Contra Costa firefighters have contained a one-alarm fire that burned a garage and an attic at a Pittsburg home this afternoon.

Police arrested one 20-year-old woman Friday and are searching for another who they say robbed and fatally shot a San Francisco man at the Pittsburg marina earlier this month.

James Mitchell repeatedly clubbed his estranged girlfriend in the head while she lay face down in her yard, authorities said.

Contra Costa County prosecutors have charged a former Los Medanos College sports assistant with falsifying his financial-aid form - a scheme discovered as the college investigated a residency scam involving football and men's basketball players.

The community H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccination clinic planned for November 21 at Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord has been relocated to the Concord Pavilion.

Pittsburg leaders on Monday approved an increase in the city's water and sewer rates, even though many said they weren't happy with the decision.

The first in a series of workshops organized by city officials to gauge public opinion on future Livermore BART station sites held some surprises.

Hospice of the East Bay invites the public to participate in its 23rd annual Tree of Lights ceremonies to be held in 15 locations throughout Contra Costa in November and December.

Chris Clark is pleased with the new view outside his Pittsburg home. Despite some traffic hardships as drivers tried to avoid backhoes and the fact the project took a "really long time," Clark is happy with the new sidewalks and roads on West Eighth Street.

Catherine Seter Thompson will join husband Eric Thompson in another Piano Duo Polyhymnia piano recital at 3 p.m. Nov.

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A freight train derailed in Pittsburg this morning, disrupting Amtrak service through the area.

What was he doing in Pittsburg at 3 in the morning? It's a question that police and everyone who knew 22-year-old Benjamin Merrill are asking, and so far there isn't a whiff of an answer.

North Mason YAHOO! BELFAIR - San Francisco Bay-area news outlets are reporting the death of 22-year-old Belfair native Benjamin Merrill.

Come see the staff at Fire House Smog for all your Smog Test and Check needs. Fire House Smog located in the historic old fire house on the corner of Lone Tree and Putnam has two complete service bays to get you in and out quickly and efficiently.

Thirty-one longtime members of Solomon Temple Missionary Baptist Church have sued the Pittsburg church's pastor and his appointed leaders, claiming misuse of power and financial impropriety.

When the new Pittsburg High School opens next summer, students will be spending more time on campus - whether they like it or not.

Through a chance coincidence, police have identified the victim of a Tuesday fatal shooting near a city park.