Contra Costa County News

The men were shot in front of a house on the 1700 block of First Street around 1:25 a.m., the Contra Costa County sheriff's office said.

The 911 dispatcher asked if there was anyone around the naked girl, lying in a dark courtyard on the Richmond High School campus.

CONTRA COSTA CO., Calif. -- A 49-year-old former BART train operator was charged last week for allegedly inviting a woman into the front cab of a train and then making sexual advances toward her, a spokeswoman with the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.

Three months after he begged a judge to let him plead guilty to a double homicide at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza, the suspect pleaded not guilty Friday.

Come chat live with Francie Wise, communicable disease director for Contra Costa County's health department on Friday, Nov.

Arson investigators are asking for the public's help in finding the person or people responsible for setting 12 vehicles on fire in Richmond and El Sobrante early Wednesday morning.

Very early returns show incumbents Dave Hudson and Jim Livingstone edging out challengers to retain their seats on the San Ramon City Council.

John Garamendi was sworn into Congress on Thursday. Garamendi was surrounded by family as he took the oath in the House.

This race to replace Ellen Tauscher has been almost an after-thought given the focus on the NY-23. The CA-10 comprises the East Bay suburbs of San Francisco stretching from Contra Costa county to Sacramento county.

BART driver accused of lewd advance: A BART train operator accused of inviting a female passenger into his cab and asking to fondle her has been charged with two misdemeanors, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office reported Wednesday.

The 15-year-old victim of a gang rape outside Richmond High School's homecoming dance last month issued her first public statement Tuesday, which was read at a rally and vigil on the campus this afternoon.

Fire officials are investigating a series of vehicle fires that torched as many as six vehicles this morning in Contra Costa County.

Contra Costa County is defending censorship as a matter of legal liability in deleting all information from written reports of violence in the psychiatric unit at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez.

A seventh suspect was arrested Tuesday in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance while as many as 20 people watched without calling police.

A friend of the Richmond, California, gang rape victim thinks the school district is doing too little too late.

WE ARE APPALLED by Contra Costa County officials' move to ram through today with little public review a horrible sell out deal that would ease the path to Nevada-style gambling on the shores of San Francisco Bay.

WE'RE GOING TO try something different today. First, close your eyes. Next, empty your head of all thought.

An elderly woman driving west on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 was seriously injured in a head-on crash Wednesday night in unincorporated Contra Costa County near the Solano County line, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

For $12 million a year, Contra Costa County would turn its staunch opposition to outright support for a major Indian casino-hotel resort on the Richmond waterfront, according to a draft of the pending deal.

Overwhelmed by outpourings of support for the victim of last weekend's horrific gang rape at Richmond High School, Richmond police have established a bank account to receive contributions for the 15-year-old girl, and anticipate more arrests in the near future.