Rodeo News

Phillips 66 reported sulfur dioxide emissions due to a flaring event at its 120,200 barrel-per-day refinery in Rodeo, California, according to a filing with state pollution regulators.

The tiny John Swett Unified School District is still struggling to get its financial house in order after several years of fiscal difficulty, according to the adviser overseeing the situation for the county Office of Education.

After a five-month trial that ended May 1, Rodeo resident Edjuan Chardon Scott, 29, was convicted of 23 felonies.

A subcommittee that's looking at plans to upgrade the Pinole-Hercules water treatment plant agreed on Wednesday to not spend more staff time on a private company's proposal for a new water recycling plant.

Your donations of canned and other nonperishable food can go a long way to feeding the needy in Contra Costa and Solano counties while helping a Boy Scout earn his Eagle Scout rank.

A Contra Costa County woman with a long criminal record and a history of disruptions while in custody has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for stealing $94,325 from a charity.

The joint committee that oversees the Pinole-Hercules wastewater plant will meet Wednesday to deliberate on the plant budget, planned upgrades, an operational permit and a proposal for recycling water.

Frontman for the band primarily responsible for resurrecting punk as a major label money-maker in the 1990s, Billie Joe Armstrong started off his life in the small, bayside town of Rodeo, the youngest of six siblings in a working-class family.

This week's Historic Pinole is a brief but brutal description of a train conductor's death in a railroad accident.

Phillips 66's 120,200 barrels per day refinery in Rodeo, California, reported flaring, according to a notice the refinery filed with California pollution regulators.

Tuolumne County depends on tourism! It's the largest private sector employer and the biggest generator of revenue in Tuolumne County.

Antioch school administrators and probation officers summoned parents of truant children to a meeting this week and made one thing clear: We don't want to see you in this setting again next year.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire District Board decided to begin station brownouts immediately in Hercules and Rodeo instead of using reserve funds to continue to staff both stations.

Some of the most fantastical advancements in modern science and technology are designed to predict weather patterns.

The Rodeo Hercules Fire District is temporarily closing one of its two stations because of ongoing budget problems, fire Chief Charles Hanley announced in a news release Thursday.

Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection Commission meets at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at 746 Loring Avenue, Crockett.