Antioch News

Emergency personnel search for a young child that fell into a water canal along Hillcrest Avenue on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Antioch, Calif.

Two boys, approximately eight years old, fell down a steep hill into the canal around 2 p.m. Saturday, Contra Costa Fire Protection District Capt.

In his first State of the City speech Thursday, Mayor Wade Harper laid out his vision of how Antioch must move forward and establish a "story" as the safest city in Northern California, with thriving businesses, easy transportation and a high-achieving school district.

The Antioch Police Department is excited to announce the 44th installment of the Neighborhood Cleanup Program.

Panting and prancing with eyes fixed on their handler's face, the dogs welcomed the obedience drill with an enthusiasm that most others reserve for a game of tug.

Police arrested a teenage boy on felony assault and robbery charges Thursday in connection with a May 18 robbery and attack that critically injured an 83-year-old man near an Orchard Supply Hardware store, authorities said.

Come November Antioch voters might have their choice of no less than two measures that aim to hire more police and code enforcement officers to help curb crime in the city.

For years, the Oakley Senior Citizens club has met quietly for monthly potluck dinners at the county building on Rosemary Lane, but that's all about to change.

The body of a patient at Sutter Delta Medical Center who left the hospital Monday night and jumped into the Contra Costa Canal near Lone Tree Way was found by a dive team Wednesday afternoon, according to a Contra Costa Water District spokeswoman.

Lafayette's Town Hall Theatre closes out its 2012-2013 season with a fun production of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." Director Chris Hayes brings a new take on the Bard's story of a local government's attempt to control its populace, who has fallen into moral decay by borrowing from the Japanese tradition of Anime.

Do you have a furry friend that needs a friend during the day? Dogs need a break during the day just like we do.

A member of the original Broadway cast of the six-time Tony Award winning musical "The Light In The Piazza, Burnham performed on both The Tony Awards broadcast and the PBS telecast "Live From Lincoln Center, subsequently winning the prestigious 2007 Helen Hayes Award and Garland Award as Best Actor for his portrayal of Fabrizio Nacarelli in the ... (more)

As far as anyone knows, it doesn't appear that Debbie Chin knows how to pour concrete.

On Monday, May 20, 2013 at approximately 8:20 p.m., Antioch Police responded to a report of a shots fired near the 4600 block of Menona Drive.

A search continued Tuesday for a Brentwood resident who walked away from a hospital and jumped into a canal Monday night, authorities said.

A Brentwood handyman is expected to be sentenced to 16 years to life in prison next month for fatally striking and dragging a woman with his pickup on an Antioch road in 2010.

Authorities said Nyjeah Jenkins, 22, was the man found near a fence on the edge of the property at the Hudson Townhouse Manor apartments just before 8 a.m. Friday.

Norman Wielsch arrives at Superior Court in Walnut Creek, Calif. Thursday April 21, 2011 for a CNET-related hearing.

The middle-class American dream, which resided for more than half a century in leafy suburban enclaves such as Mountain View, Lafayette and Antioch -- homogeneous bulwarks built by GI loans and fortified by white flight -- has given way to an alarming rise in suburban poverty over the past decade, according to a study by the Brookings Institution ... (more)

An elderly Antioch man was in critical condition Sunday after being robbed and attacked on Lone Tree Way near a local hardware store, police said.