San Pablo News

The final defendant in the 2009 slaying of a murder trial witness has been sentenced to 73 years to life in prison, concluding a case a prosecutor called "one of the worst things that can happen in the criminal justice system." Hung Quoc Nguyen, 26, was sentenced Friday in a Pittsburg courtroom by Judge Theresa Canepa, who also denied his motion ... (more)

Yesterday morning, the young man that sleeps on the other side of my bedroom wall fired some shots, then put on his body armor, grabbed his .45 & walked two blocks away to the Riverside Elementary School apparently intending to kill & be killed.

A serial 911 caller went to jail this week, after police said she dialed for emergency help more than 3,000 times since September.

A San Pablo man wearing ballistic body armor terrorized an elementary school Tuesday and withstood police attempts to subdue him with a stun gun before finally being arrested.

Call the music of Rita Hosking and her string band Americana. Call it country soul.

Contra Costa County property owners will be asked in the coming weeks to approve a new parcel fee to help clean stormwater runoff.

Richmond Police Lt. Shawn Pickett said one person is in critical condition after the incident, and a second person in Richmond reported being shot at.A Authorities got a report at 12:24 a.m., he said, that 15 shots had been fired in the area of 2000 Virginia Avenue in Richmond.A A Richmond Police officer happened to be around the corner, said ... (more)

A San Pablo resident has been identified as the man who was hit by a car and killed early Monday morning while walking near the Oakland International Airport after the car he was riding in was impounded.

Police arrested four people on suspicion of breaking into a house after a helicopter search Tuesday afternoon, including a pair arrested last month in connection with a similar crime.

An 81-year-old woman, viciously beaten and sexually assaulted last weekend on San Pablo Avenue, is in stable condition at a hospital and will likely survive her injuries, police said Tuesday.

Auto thieves crashed a gold Acura into the garage of an El Portal Drive apartment building Monday night, causing a natural gas leak.

A car smashed into a garage at a San Pablo apartment building on Monday night, causing a gas main to rupture but no major injuries, police said.

Pinole is part of a three-agency battalion with the Rodeo-Hercules and Contra Costa County fire districts.

Acting on a student's tip, college police are investigating the extent of the fraud, said the spokesman, Tim Leong, who declined to detail the allegations.

The El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce hosted an "Open House" party Thursday night to celebrate its move back to the city's main thoroughfare, San Pablo Avenue.

Police arrested a 20-year-old man Wednesday night after a chase that ended in a nearby apartment, where the suspect asked the residents to hide him.

The Friends of the Albany Library will hold their first book sale of the year 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Edith Stone Room of the library, 1247 Marin Ave.

Getting your fix-it ticket signed off by Hercules police will cost you $20 from now on, unless you live in town or you got your ticket there.

"Eureka" - the Greek term for "I have found " - could represent a fortuitous coincidence for the new home of the El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce .

A Contra Costa Community College student was shot and killed in Richmond by a gunman who turned on him after initially targeting someone else, police said Tuesday.