Hercules News

Pinole Valley High School remains on lockdown and students are being evacuated as police continue to search for a student reported with a gun near the campus this morning.

Contra Costa Supervisor Gayle Uilkema is seeking applicants from District 2 to fill openings on several boards and commissions that have an advisory capacity and influence county policy in a number of issues ...

Plans to destroy a decade-and-a-half worth of Hercules City Council and Planning Commission meeting videotapes to free up storage space are on hold, after a council member cast doubt on the adequacy of written ...

Siding with a determined group of opponents, the Hercules Planning Commission nixed a planned restaurant at the historic Civic Arts building, agreeing it would clash with the serenity of the surrounding ...

A proposal to have West Contra Costa Unified School District board members elected by district rather than at-large as they are now was rejected by the county Wednesday night.

It's the number one question every Fourth of July: Where will you watch the fireworks this year? Now is the time to find that perfect place to watch the sky light up -- whether you find a spot in the park or on ...

To the Editor: In industrialized countries, blood culture is negative for 2.5%31% of infectious endocarditis cases .

Supporters of a new community of homes, offices and shops around an intermodal transit center by the Hercules waterfront say they have gathered more than enough signatures to get the plan on the November ...

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The annual concert series will continue with shows July 23, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24. For details, visit www.richmondmainstreet.org . El Cerrito learn how to travel with little ones: New parents can learn about the ...

There'll be no shushing from bespectacled ladies in charge going on at the Berkeley Main Library this coming Thursday at lunchtime.

The Pinole City Council approved a three-year capital budget plan this week that calls for $36.6 million in appropriations over the period.

HERCULES, Calif., June 19, 2008 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. , a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced new Bio-Plex ProTM Human ...

Aiming to end years of deadly violence, terror and intimidation linked to the Acorn drug gang of West Oakland, more than 100 Oakland police and other law enforcement officers raided more than 30 sites ...

Barbecue is difficult to do well, but Kinder's Meats-Deli-BBQ - a family-owned business for more than five decades - pretty much nails it.

A scaled-down, 690,000-square-foot River Oaks Crossing retail center was approved by the Oakley City Council Tuesday.

Norma Jean Brearley wheeled her garbage can to the curb one afternoon last week when she felt a sharp pain on her bare left foot that reminded her of a wasp sting.

Events in Richmond this weekend will give dear old dad his due for Father's Day: Richmond Vice Mayor John Marquez is hosting a "Pre-Fathers' Day Dinner" on Saturday to honor men who have made a lasting ...

Brandon Young, 19, was shot numerous times inside Pinole Lanes at 1580 Pinole Valley Road at about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

The Masonic hall building under the engineering skill of Mr. C. Hagenmeyer, has been safely moved and it now stands even with the lot lines at the north corner of Lansing and Ukiah streets.