Concord News

Police called in members of the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad to assist them in a search of a home Wednesday afternoon, but officials appeared to give the all-clear shortly before 4:45 p.m. The search of a single-story family home on the 1800 block of Johnson Drive began shortly after 3:30 p.m., police said.

Scott Achelis taxis his home built RV6-A, two-seater airplane up to the clubhouse at Buchanan Field Airport, where parents eagerly await the return of their children who have just gotten a taste of flight.

This picture is from 1965 from my Uncle's sheetrock warehouse, Hester Bros. Detroit Avenue in Concord ended there at the time, with the "new" BART maintenance/car construction station in the background.

A driver killed in a crash off of state Highway-4 near Concord on Monday has been identified as 62-year-old Joanne Fellows-Martin, of El Sobrante, a Contra Costa County coroner's deputy said.

A man with a sawed-off shotgun and a knife attempted to break into an apartment on Virginia Lane in Concord, near Monument Boulevard, at about 10:30 on Monday night.

Another accident on Monument. Glad there were no injuries like the skateboard accident on Monument last year.

Former Contra Costa County drug task force commander Norman Wielsch was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a police corruption case that scandalized the Bay Area.

The stretch of Buskirk Avenue between Elmira Avenue and Hookston Road is closed to traffic until December while the city widens the roadway.

Police arrested a Byron man after he took a luxury car for a test drive at a local BMW dealership, then sped off with the vehicle after leaving the accompanying salesperson on the side of the road, authorities said.

A Concord woman was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of arson after police say she used a lighter to set fire to a hillside that in turn sparked a four-acre burn.

The Concord City Council has proclaimed May 19th to May 25th as Public Works Week.

A drive-by shooting was reported at about 10:40 on Saturday night in the area of Granada Drive in Concord, which is off Willow Pass Road.

Concord Police are investigating a strong-arm robbery that occurred near PetSmart on Willow Pass Road in Concord at about 11:50pm on Saturday night.

There's a vehicle collision, which is blocking the roadway at the intersection of Galindo/Cowell/Monument/Oakmead in Concord.

Wings of Freedom World War II bombers the B17 and B24 and a shiny silver P-51 have arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and not only open the planes on the tarmac to the public but take visitors into the air.

The Concord Senior Center and the Contra Costa Humane Society invite animal lovers of all ages to attend the Furry Pet Faire on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Baldwin Park on Parkside Drive in Concord, near the dog park.

Reportedly over 130 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have entered the 100th day of the hunger strike protesting their infinite detention.

Outstanding Mt. Diablo school district employees will be honored during an "Academy Awards" event Friday organized by the teachers' union.

The Zoning Administrator's meeting is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the council chamber of the Civic Center.

Within the last day, we've had reports of two catalytic converter thefts at the Sunvalley Mall in Concord, and two in the Crossings neighborhood, also in Concord, near Cowell & Ygnacio.