Crockett News

The section that was repaired with an eyebar during Labor Day weekend, came loose and fell onto the ground on westbound of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., Tuesday, Oct.

The trek winds into December and beyond, with the group already lining up dates into next March.

The Bay Bridge isn't the first local aging span to have problems with torn and failing eyebars .

The Crockett and Rodeo Chambers of Commerce are presenting the Zombie Hotel Haunted House from 6 to 11 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday upstairs at Toot's Tavern 625 Second Ave.

The Contra Costa County Board of Education is accepting applications through Nov.

In the race for City Council, incumbents combined have collected $16,000 more in gifts than their challengers, according to the latest financial disclosure reports.

Heads swiveled about in anticipation today as the Arts and Business Council announced it was giving its first Lifetime Achievement award to Wayne Thiebaud at the Prelude to the Season Annual Awards Luncheon in the Doubletree Sacramento Hotel.

An air blast at Vallejo's Syar Industries on Tuesday caused a loud explosion heard and felt by residents throughout Vallejo, and even in Benicia and Crockett.

Eyes gleaming, Phil Joy's voice fills with excitement when he talks about the decaying steam crane next to his boat yard, which some locals say helped build the Panama Canal.

Some local residents have criticized the Berrellessa Palms development proposal left and right, but many ignore the bigger picture.

After returning from the Vietnam War, Steve Wynn descended into addiction. "I tried every drug ... to fix that pain and suffering, but I couldn't do it.

The Vallejo Community Examiner stands to be corrected here...but the nearest bocce ball court to the city of Vallejo is really only a shout away ---across the Carquinez Bridge in Crockett.

Two middle schools in the Oakland hills have new leadership: Sam Pasarow is the 2009-2010 principal at Edna Brewer, while Kenya Crockett has the same post at Claremont.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's statehood, starbulletin.com presents selected articles published in the Star-Bulletin in 1959.

Every married couple remembers who popped the question and when. Alex Wellen's engagement story is such a doozy, he lifted it frame by frame for his romantic, laugh-out-loud-funny first novel, "Lovesick." Images View Larger Images He really did drive his girlfriend from San Francisco to a Wine Country B&B, call her dad at the last minute to ask for ...

Every married couple remembers who popped the question and when. Alex Wellen's engagement story is such a doozy, he lifted it frame by frame for his romantic, laugh-out-loud-funny first novel, "Lovesick." Images View Larger Images He really did drive his girlfriend from San Francisco to a Wine Country B&B, call her dad at the last minute to ask for ...

The California Highway Patrol is investigating why a 29-year-old Roseville man walked into the path of a big-rig traveling eastbound on Interstate Highway 80 early Wednesday morning near Crockett, CHP Officer Tom Maguire said.

A man walking on the freeway on eastbound Interstate 80 was struck and killed early this morning, the California Highway Patrol said.

Firefighters work on hot spots at a vegetation fire in a greenbelt area near Bay Point Way in Rodeo, Calif., on Monday July 20, 2009.

Details: 7:30 and 10 p.m. July 17-18, 7:30 p.m. July 19; $35; 415-655-5600, www.yoshis.com . 2 Sugartown Festival and Streetfaire: Crockett's annual outdoor fest boasts costume and singing contests, arts and crafts, lots of food and beverages and a solid music lineup headlined by the Cajun outfit Zydeco Flames.