Hercules News

HERCULES, Calif. a " Hercules police are asking any possible witnesses to come forward after what they believe was a street race came to a fatal end.Police say one man was killed Wednesday afternoon when he lost control of his Chevrolet Camaro and it crashed into a high-voltage pole.The crash knocked down power lines, with some dangling near the ...

Suspect shot in Hercules House raid: A Hercules police officer shot and wounded a 19-year-old carjacking suspect while helping Oakland officers serve a search warrant in town Thursday morning.

HERCULES, Calif. - A man killed in a crash during what police say was a street race has been identified as a San Francisco sheriff's deputy.

One of the most dangerous gangs in recent memory was broken up Thursday morning when police raided several places in five East Bay cities, arresting three gang leaders from the Waterfront, a notorious South Berkeley street gang, police said.

Police believe that a man killed in aA Contra Costa CountyA car crash was street racing with another vehicle at the time.

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A man was killed this afternoon when he crashed his car into a high-voltage power pole while racing another vehicle, police said.

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Bob Boldt, Boundary Oaks' longtime golf superintendent, relaxes Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Walnut Creek municipal golf course he's managed for 32 years.

The Pack Test that appears to have spurred a drive to oust the Rodeo-Hercules fire chief and suspend or remove a district board member is at the center of a statewide debate involving wildland fire experts, fire chiefs and unions on how to gauge firefighter fitness to fight wildland fires.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire board on Thursday censured member Bill Prather, accusing him of creating a hostile working environment in connection with his comment at a February board meeting that 5-foot-2 women are unqualified to be firefighters.

STEPHANIE WONG is spending part of the summer before her senior year at El Cerrito High School in the waters off the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Contra Costa Coroner's Office has identified a man who was struck and killed Tuesday afternoon when a carjacker tried to commandeer a truck belonging to the victim's friend.

A special board meeting on the fate of Rodeo-Hercules Fire Chief Gary Boyles fizzled Monday when an exiled board member attended over the objections of the Fire District's attorney.

A family was displaced by a two-alarm blaze early Sunday that destroyed the garage and second floor of their home and took the life of their dog.

Cuts to administrator jobs in the Pinole Fire Department threaten the existence of Battalion 7, a team of six fire stations in three agencies that functions as one department for a large chunk of West Contra Costa, some fire officials warn.

Two cats and an iguana were rescued from a two-alarm fire that destroyed a Hercules house early Sunday morning, but a dog and another cat were not as lucky, a battalion chief said.

A University of Pittsburgh anthropologist argues in a paper published today that humans most likely share a common ancestor with orangutans, and not chimpanzees, which is the prevailing belief.

At the San Diego County Fair, you can meet Hercules, a horse so huge that he looks super-sized. Billed as "The Giant Horse," the 13-year-old Brabant stands six-feet-six inches at the shoulder, weighs approximately 3,000 pounds and eats an entire bale of hay a day plus 10 pounds of grain.

A recent rash of safety problems at West Contra Costa school campuses has some mulling the need for an additional police presence at middle schools, but budget shortfalls could threaten the idea before it gains ground.