Hercules News

A nationally known researcher and educator has been appointed to the Contra Costa County Board of Education, where she plans to contribute her knowledge to local schools.

Two adults and a 12-year-old child were taken to the hospital with minor injuries Tuesday morning after a gas explosion set an apartment building in Rodeo on fire, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokeswoman Emily Hopkins said.

Some Hercules residents want the City Council to adopt an ordinance that would limit the number of people who can attend a house party, to prevent a recurrence of a recent gathering of several hundred on Turquoise Drive that ended with two people shot.

Households can take part in a community cleanup day from 8 to 11 a.m. Nov. 21 at the city Corporation/Public Works Yard, 1000 Sycamore Ave.

West Contra Costa school district leaders will meet Saturday with city council members from all five West County cities to talk about improving safety on campuses, at home and in the community.

English teacher Janet Headington loves to share her passion for learning with her students at Hercules High School, providing them with an experience that often goes outside the classroom.

A firefighters' salary-and-benefits package is on the agenda of Wednesday's board meeting of the Rodeo-Hercules Fire District.

An investigator walks through the apartment building that was the scene of an explosion in Rodeo, Calif., Tuesday, Nov.

Police have arrested two teenagers and are looking for a third in connection with an apparent gang-related shooting in Hercules last month that injured two other teens, authorities said Monday.

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Some Hercules residents are calling for a more open city government, complaining that City Council meetings are long on ceremonial matters while much of the business of the city gets conducted out of public sight.

Che Barnes' twin brother, Noah, talks about the pilot near where Che once recovered Noah's wedding ring on the family farm.

Lt. Cmdr. Che Barnes piloted the Coast Guard C-130 Hercules rescue plane that crashed Thursday in the ocean off San Diego.

Isha Gautam, who participated in the documentary "Going on 13" some years ago, is photographed at home in Hercules, Calif.

The shadow of the plane appears on the water below as a crewman looks out of the back of a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane on a training mission out of McClellan Air Force base on Wednesday, March 10, 2004.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire District board has condemned member Bill Prather over an alleged discriminatory remark against women that someone reported overhearing in a bar.

An elderly woman was killed this evening after driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 and striking another car head-on, the California Highway Patrol reported.

WestCat's Transbay Lynx bus service, which normally connects Hercules/Rodeo and San Francisco, has been redirected to the El Cerrito Del Norte BART station pending reopening of the Bay Bridge.

Author and television cooking show personality Martin Yan will give a free talk and cooking demonstration at 7 p.m. Monday at the Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive.

A Hercules waterfront-area restaurant where the chief executive of the city's affordable housing contractor recently worked part time as a server received a business loan from the Hercules Redevelopment Agency of almost five times the maximum amount, records show.