Antioch News

Today, Sunday, June 28, was the last day in business for many Gottschalks stores all across the country.

The following calls were among those handled by the Antioch police June 19-24 according to information provided by the police department.

Two suspects were charged Tuesday afternoon in connection with the weekend slaying of 18-year-old Antioch resident Matthew Butler, Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Harold Jewett said today.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 2:32 pm US/Pacific ANTIOCH Investigators are looking for four juveniles believed to have robbed three convenience stores in Antioch and Pittsburg at gunpoint early Wednesday morning, Antioch police said.

Paulette Arbuckle, left, and Esperanza Johnson, who were outbid in an auction of the defunct Black Muslim Bakery shake hands with their attorney as they leave the office building where the bidding took place, Wednesday, Nov.

Police arrested two teenagers and one adult Monday in connection with the weekend murder of an 18-year-old Antioch man during what appears to have been a robbery gone wrong, police said Tuesday.

The victim was found in his bed shortly after firefighters extinguished the blaze at his home on the 200 block of John Gildi Avenue at about 8:35 a.m., said Emily Hopkins, spokeswoman for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

The victim, whose name wasn't immediately released, was found inside his car parked at Williamson Ranch Park at 5000 Lone Tree Way shortly after 10:20 p.m. Sunday, said Antioch police Sgt.

A moment of doubt plagued leaders of the Islamic Center of the East Bay in the months after their place of worship was destroyed in an August 2007 arson: Was it wise to rebuild on the same ground where they also had been beset by vandalism before the fire? But immediate and massive outreach by community groups, city leaders and diverse religious ...

The Antioch school district and the American Civil Liberties Union have reached a settlement on allegations of discrimination and disproportionate discipline of minority students in Antioch schools.

The Antioch Unified School District and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California have reached an out-of-court settlement agreement in response to allegations that the school district has been unfairly disciplining black and Latino students.

An Antioch man has been charged with assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon, among other counts, after pulling a knife on two Antioch police officers while they were arresting him on suspicion of stealing a car and credit cards, police said.

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The Antioch and West Contra Costa school districts have snagged $1 million grants to provide students with multiple pathways to successful careers.

A federal judge has ordered a Contra Costa County library to open its doors to a religious group.

A man suspected in several armed bank robberies - including two in Concord - was arrested over the weekend when police, acting on an anonymous tip, caught him after a frenetic fence-hopping chase in a quiet suburban neighborhood, police said.

A woman in Antioch was shot twice in the legs Saturday when a fight at a party escalated into a spray of gunfire, according to police.

Antioch leaders and many golf aficionados habitually refer to Lone Tree Golf and Event Center as the "jewel of Antioch." But the jewel's brilliance may be starting to fade.

Doreen's School of the Dance will present "Dancin' Down the Decades," a Broadway-style revue, at 7 p.m. Saturday at Antioch High's Beede Auditorium, 700 W. 18th St.

A 35-year-old Antioch woman was arrested after ramming her vehicle into the back of her co-worker's car and brandishing a knife Saturday evening outside a nail salon, Antioch police said.