Pleasant Hill News

Legendary San Francisco Bay area hot dog chain Caspers Famous Hot Dogs celebrates 75 years with "The 75 Cent Event," taking place July 28, during National Hot Dog Month.

July 3, 7:44 AM Comment RSS So it's the day before the big day, and you've got all your plan together.

Family photograph of Euvaldo Sisneros, age 79, taken on Thursday, July 2, 2009 in Pleasant Hill, Calif.

Two car theft suspects led police on a short chase early this morning, rammed a patrol car, and prompted an hour-long manhunt before they were caught and arrested, police said.

The Pleasant Hill City Council will again consider sites for a proposed sports complex.

A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS from the John Muir Medical Center-Concord Campus - all residents of Pleasant Hill and Concord - and family traveled to Washington, D.C., in late March on a fundraising trip.

Benicia may soon join other California cities in merging departments to save money.

With the goal of raising awareness and funding for the Special Olympics games this summer, members of the Martinez Police Officers Association and their families will run the Special Olympics torch from Pleasant Hill to the Martinez Marina on Wednesday morning.

Wild cheers and disappointed groans reflected the mood of teens who toiled for hours building cardboard bridges they hoped would hold more than 50 pounds.

A long-term blueprint for lanes, trails and programs for travel by pedaling and walking will be the subject of a public workshop at 7 p.m. Monday in Pleasant Hill about a proposal for the Contra Costa County bicycle and pedestrian plan.

A 22-year-old man was charged Wednesday with assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon among various other charges after an incident involving a knife and a stolen vehicle early Tuesday morning, according to Antioch police.

A year after the police services building at Diablo Valley College was destroyed in a fire, Pleasant Hill police are still searching for the arsonist.

A 39-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of setting fire to his estranged wife's home in Pleasant Hill, police said.

Jealousy motivated a Walnut Creek man to fatally stab his estranged wife's friend and then set fire to the Pleasant Hill home he once shared with the woman and their children, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Some financial advisers are rethinking the idea of: Buy term insurance and invest the difference.

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. -- Liquor store and bar owners in Pleasant Hill: take notice.

A U.S. bank in a Pleasant Hill grocery store was evacuated Saturday because a man in a mask and a jumpsuit left a suspicious package on the counter, according to the Pleasant Hill Police Department.

A Pleasant Hill man who was arrested for arson and murder Thursday had a history of domestic violence and likely killed out of a jealous rage.

Tucked away on a Pleasant Hill side street is this unassuming jewel. Owner Allen Shi and co-owner/chef Shaobin Zhang have been at this location for more than a year and a half.

CHICKENS ARE the new black. Seriously, local feed stores that sell the egg-laying fowl are reporting interest in raising chickens, peaking along with the urban homesteading and Victory Garden movements.