San Pablo News

Testifying at a preliminary hearing for a San Pablo grandmother and aunt charged with abusing three young Samoan siblings, the children refused look at the women or speak their names.

The painting with green color of Jose Rizal's historic house in Calamba, Laguna, by the National Historical Institute brings to fore an issue about the name of the Filipino national hero, particularly his surname.

Rickeasha Washington, 25,was a passenger in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday when it came under fire from a nearby sport utility vehicle, according to Richmond homicide Detective Stina Johanson.

Last week a flyer showed up on my porch from "Americana Pizza & Taqueria." The flyer contained a menu with no "American food" and no pizza.

San Pablo officials, reversing the conventional model of building more lanes to accommodate more traffic, want to put one of the city's main commercial strips on a "road diet." Public Works Director Adele Ho proposes to improve traffic flow and safety on 23rd Street south of Market Avenue to the Richmond city line by converting it from two lanes in ...

A 19-year-old Rodeo man has been arrested in connection with an attempted carjacking that caused the victim to strike a pedestrian and drag him to his death in Rodeo in June, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's office announced.

Mary Kaaid, proprietor of Friendly Market & Deli in Oakland, Calif., rings up an order at her store, Monday, April 27, 2009.

Cordero Kelly, 19, of Rodeo is being held at the Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez in lieu of $1.1 million bail.

A blaze that destroyed an unoccupied home Tuesday afternoon may have been intentionally set, the Contra Costa Fire District reported.

A Martinez man convicted of killing his 16-year-old son lost his bid Monday for a new trial based on a juror's background as a high-profile suspect in the kidnappings of four Bay Area girls.

Detectives know how car thieves broke into a locked patrol car and stole it from a fenced Contra Costa College parking lot last weekend.

SAN PABLO, Calif. - Authorities say a 41-year-old San Pablo woman has died after being shot in the head by her husband of one month in a murder-suicide. Marlo Schumacker died Thursday morning, two days after her 63-year-old husband, Walter Schumacker shot her at the couple's home before turning the gun on himself in front of family members.

A 41-year-old woman who was shot in the head by her husband of one month, before he turned his gun on himself, died Thursday morning from her injuries.

Workers at a hospital and two nursing homes in Hollister, Calif., have voted to remain in the Service Employees International Union rather than join a rival group launched by former officers of the giant labor organization.

For years, the powerful Service Employees International Union has played a lead role in the campaign for a landmark federal law that would allow workers to join a labor organization simply by signing petitions.

The incident began shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday when James Gilbeaux of Rodeo was on the 1000 block of Mariposa Street and asked for a ride from a 28-year-old friend, who was driving a Ford F-150 pickup, authorities said.

A man is dead and his wife is in the hospital Wednesday after what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide inside a San Pablo home Tuesday evening, San Pablo police Cmdr.

Cuts to administrator jobs in the Pinole Fire Department threaten the existence of Battalion 7, a team of six fire stations in three agencies that functions as one department for a large chunk of West Contra Costa, some fire officials warn.

Your columnist had the honor of being a guest at the Boys & Girls Club of El Sobrante recognition dinner June 16, when scholarships were awarded to two graduating seniors who had gone through the club's programs.

A 16-year-old Berkeley boy was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of shooting at two Oakland police officers, investigators said.