Pittsburg News

The Siena Hotel Spa Casino announced today that a Lucky Siena Rewards Member won a total of $31,685.00.

Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a January homicide who frequents the East Bay and is considered armed and dangerous.

While not a federal holiday like Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the United States flag in 1777, is recognized annually on June 14. Although celebrated throughout the years since the late 1800s, Flag Day became official through of an Act of Congress in 1949.

Graduating senior Shannon Gonzales, 17, left, a student in the Puente program, poses for a photograph with Puente program counselor Danni Le in a classroom at Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Calif., Monday June 10, 2013.

It's simply not fair to say that police-canine encounters always end with the use of a weapon against the dog.

The Sacramento River Music Armada Canoe Tour brings hypno-folk pioneers TWIN to Pittsburg for a one-night stop on their musical canoe tour down the Sacramento River.

Once he was known as "Mighty Quinn," a world welterweight boxing champion whose hard left hook propelled him from his native Pittsburg to the biggest of stages.

Students stop going to high school for many reasons. In the case of Sean Fortenberry, it was the tragic loss of both parents within months of each other, an event that turned his world upside down.

The following calls were among those handled by the Pittsburg police May 26 through June 1, according to information provided by the Police Department.

A serial bank robber authorities dubbed the "Button Down Bandit" for the collared, long-sleeve shirts he fancied was arrested Monday morning, ending a nearly three-month investigation into eight East Bay heists, according to the FBI.

As part of the Highway 4 widening construction work, the contractor will be shifting eastbound SR-4 traffic onto a portion of the recently completed pavement in the vicinity of Loveridge Road.

Contra Costa County will give residents a chance to turn in unwanted firearms by holding its first gun buyback program this summer, District Attorney Mark Peterson said Thursday.

Two new educators from outside Milpitas Unified were unanimously appointed to the school district's family, effective July 1, by trustees at the May 28 Board of Education meeting.

The new $300,000 RotaCare mobile health care vehicle that was unveiled in May at the Concord Mayor's Cup tournament has started making the rounds.

A 17-year-old junior at Pittsburg High School and member of the school's football team faces criminal charges and a possible expulsion after he was arrested for brandishing a handgun at another student in the school parking lot during a fight with other football players.

Father Juan Crespi and Capt. Pedro Fages weren't the first Europeans who explored the San Francisco Bay Area.

A spiral monkey has been stolen from Brentwood's Granville Green Park. The monkey is a piece of public art that was taken from a park bench during the week of May 20, according to city officials.

The following calls were among those handled by the Pittsburg police May 19-25, according to information provided by the Police Department.

The Pittsburg fire station is still slated for closure next month, but there will be no immediate layoffs or demotions the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.

The Pittsburg fire station is still slated for closure next month, but there will be no immediate layoffs or demotions the Contra Costa County board of supervisors decided Tuesday.