Antioch News

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East Bay officials rushed to keep up with the heightened demand for swine flu vaccine Thursday, holding a drive-through clinic in San Pablo and making last-minute changes in clinic schedules.

Police are searching for a man who robbed a fast-food restaurant at gunpoint Tuesday night.

Jaycee Lee Dugard didn't initially reveal her true identity to officials when officials interrogated her earlier this year, according to a report from the state Office of the Inspector General.

After three years of failing to meet academic performance standards, as is the case at Antioch High School, "you need a wake-up call," as school board President Walter Ruehlig put it.

The president of the Antioch Youth Sports Complex was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing sports and maintenance equipment from storage sheds there and reselling it on Craigslist.

Detectives serving a search warrant at a residence suspected of housing a marijuana grow shot and killed a dog that attacked them, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said.

A Jack in the Box restaurant in Antioch was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night, police said.

After serving 11 years in jail for a rape conviction, Phillip Garrido was supposed to be under the watchful eye of parole officers from 1988-2009. But during that time, Garrido allegedly kidnapped Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and kept her hidden in the backyard of his Antioch, Calif., home.

A 22-year-old man was shot twice Saturday night while allegedly participating in a drug deal, according to Antioch police.

The closure of the Bay Bridge for six days has resulted in a net loss of about $1.9 million in revenues on state-owned toll bridges in the Bay Area, Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesman John Goodwin said Monday.

A man was arrested after a money pack given to him during a bank holdup exploded, covering him in dye that helped lead to his capture, police said.

Rosa Hill thought her child was in the wrong hands. In court today, her attorney said she went to the Dublin home of slaying victim Selma Hill on Jan.

Four people are facing charges after local and federal authorities say they broke up a counterfeiting ring operating out of an East Bay hotel.

A brother and sister went on trial Monday on charges they shot to death a 40-year-old Antioch woman in front of her teenage son in 2008.

Police have arrested someone they believe shot and killed an Antioch man found dead Oct.

A 22-year-old man was shot twice in Antioch while allegedly participating in a drug deal on Halloween, according to the Police Department.

When bailiffs escorted Phillip Garrido, charged with abducting Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago, into the courtroom Thursday morning, a woman he kidnapped and raped 33 years ago said she almost had a breakdown.

Bay Area bridge operators have scheduled three public hearings on a proposed toll increase on seven state bridges - including the Bay Bridge.

It has been more than 30 years since Phillip Garrido kidnapped and repeatedly raped Katie Hall in a Nevada storage unit for eight hours.