Pittsburg News

Do you love seafood? Are you ready for some local fun and tasty food in Pittsburg, California? If so, get ready for the 25th annual Pittsburg Seafood Festival in Pittsburg, California, out near the eastern portion of Contra Costa County.

The city's Starry Nights Concert series continues July 17 with Shawna Lynn and her New Country music at City Park, 790 Second St.

Lowell Richards can remember when lunchtime at the Pittsburg courthouse included lively - and free - games of pinochle among staff members.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 2:32 pm US/Pacific ANTIOCH Investigators are looking for four juveniles believed to have robbed three convenience stores in Antioch and Pittsburg at gunpoint early Wednesday morning, Antioch police said.

Pittsburg police called off a chase Tuesday afternoon of a wanted parolee and person of interest in last week's shooting at the Wal-Mart shopping center parking lot when the suspect began driving against oncoming traffic.

Selene was dead when firefighters found her in a bedroom closet in her family's apartment at 1026 Power Ave.

MONEY GROWS ON VINES: People who think they have a viable idea for improving their communities are invited to apply for one of two $25,000 grants.

Tragedy overnight in a Pittsburg neighborhood. A fire in an apartment building has claimed the life of a six-year-old girl.

Jade House is a tiny little Chinese restaurant in Pittsburg, California. It is located at 2931-L Harbor Street, about a block south of Leland Road.

Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg Old Town Pittsburg is clearly undergoing a transformation, as the city strives to develop the area into a modern downtown while retaining its history.

A police investigator inspect a car with blood on the side in the WalMart parking lot on Loveridge Road in Pittsburg Calif.

The Pittsburg school district is looking to use federal stimulus money to fill holes left by the state's budget crisis.

The Pittsburg, California, Fourth of July fireworks celebration will be held at the Pittsburg Marina on Saturday, July 4, 2009, according to a City of Pittsburg press release .

PLANNING COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED: During a series of votes with little disagreement this week, the City Council appointed four residents to the city's Planning Commission - current Commissioners Ed Diokno and A.J. Fardella and newcomers Larry Wirick, a self-employed tax consultant, and David Fogleman, a contractor.

An altercation inside a convenience store led to a man and a boy being stabbed, Pittsburg police said.

THE CITY of Pittsburg is currently working on an exciting project for the local Pittsburg BART station.

A Contra Costa County Superior Court judge in Martinez declared a mistrial Friday for one of two men accused of killing PC World editor Rex Farrance, 59, and pistol-whipping his wife during a home-invasion robbery in Pittsburg in 2007.

Lyons Homes lots sit vacant in the Vista Del Mar subdivision in Pittsburg, Calif., on Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

Gus Kramer, Contra Costa assessor, owns this small stretch of property between the two homes on Green Street in Martinez, Calif., photographed on Tuesday, Feb.

Though it may be scaled down from previous years, Pittsburg's marquee event is still set for September.