Byron News

A 15-year-old inmate who escaped from the Byron Boys Ranch detention facility Monday afternoon was arrested early Tuesday in Oakley, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.

A 15-year-old Antioch boy who escaped from class at the Orin Allen Youth Facility in Byron Monday was still at large Tuesday morning, Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.

The commission will consider a conditional use permit to allow a Taste Tea Gelato restaurant to open at 6560 Lone Tree Way in the Brentwood Junction development.

While only about two dozen people attended Friday's town hall meeting on the proposed Eastshore power plant, event speakers urged those who showed up to remain vigilant and tell their friends to do the same.

RECENTLY, THE CHAIR of the California Energy Commission committee, Jeffrey Byron, recommended that the Energy Commission deny certification of the proposed 115-megawatt Eastshore Energy Center in Hayward.

OAKLEY Memorial funds have been set up for seven Oakley children who were orphaned Saturday when a small plane carrying their four parents crashed outside Las Vegas, Oakley City Councilman Kevin Romick said ...

Parts of a plane are seen on fire at the site of a fatal plane crash in Kyle Canyon on Mount Charleston near Las Vegas Saturday, June 28, 2008.

Four people were killed when a plane heading to Byron crashed and exploded into flames Saturday after apparently striking power lines in a forested area about 40 miles northwest of the Las Vegas Strip, ...

A 17-year-old boy driving with his twin brother and mother suffered major injuries after colliding head-on with a big rig on Byron Highway in unincorporated Contra Costa County this morning, according to the ...

Bethel Island Third: Bethel Island is the third Diablo Valley community to get dial phone service.

It would have been a perfect location to anchor a Delta houseboat. A stunning view of Bradford and King Edward islands, with a private fishing hole and solitude.

Opponents of a proposed 115-megawatt power plant on the Hayward shoreline were encouraged by a state energy commissioner's recommendation Friday that the facility be denied because it poses a hazard for pilots ...

The Kent Stephenson Band. Country & Western at Shanachie Pub, 9 pm Friday $5 cover.

The council will consider amending the lease with La Veranda restaurant to defer rent payment until June 1, 2011.

A month into the fire season, Contra Costa County firefighters battled multiple blazes Wednesday for the second straight day in near 90-degree heat.

Celebrate Brentwood's rich diversity and spend an evening exploring the wonderful cultures and traditions of our world.

Nuns, Quakers, arms-control wonks and liberal scientists may not appear to have a chance of killing the savior of the administration's nuclear weapons stockpile, the next-generation Reliable Replacement Warhead ...

After an often ugly campaign with her former boss, Mary Nejedly Piepho was heading toward a second term as Contra Costa County supervisor for District 3 based on early mail-in returns Tuesday night.

Post condolences for Shawn Powell A passenger killed Monday morning when the car he was riding in crashed into a pole in unincorporated Alameda County has been identified today as Antioch resident Shawn Powell, ...

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