Pittsburg News

Voters' rejection in November of a Contra Costa Fire District parcel tax -- it would have cost a typical property owner $75 per year -- was widely seen as a two-part ultimatum to those in charge: 1) Learn to live within your budget, and 2) find a less costly way to deliver emergency services.

A draft proposal for the social host ordinance that was up for a first reading at Monday night's meeting was apparently not ready to taken up by the council.

Nearly 18 months after opening, Oakley's clinic for those with little or no health insurance is, by all appearances, thriving.

The 911 call brought nearly every patrol unit in the city as well as a helicopter to the southeast Antioch neighborhood, where a foot chase ensued as two suspected burglars jumped over side gates and scaled backyard fences in an effort to escape.

KPIX reports that 30-year-old Christopher Beardon, of Pittsburg, Calif., and 28-year-old Terrance Marks, of Richmond, Calif., were shot while driving on Highway 880 near the Jackson Street exit.

Clayton Rd./Black Diamond Trail. Driving While License Suspended; Texting While Driving.

Two school districts in the South Bay and East Bay showed dramatic swings in standardized test scores in recent years, similar to the fluctuations in the troubled Atlanta Public Schools, where 35 educators have been charged in a cheating scandal.

Ronnie Lee DeMaggio lost a fierce and courageous battle against lung cancer on May 8, 2013.

The 13th annual Contra Costa Small Business Award Luncheon honored 14 serial entrepreneurs as event host Contra Costa Council marked 2013 as a year when retro trades and high-tech industries came together.

Police arrested three people on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, including a Dublin man, 27, at an undisclosed time at Camino Estrada and Sepulveda Court; and a Concord man, 20, at 1:13 a.m. at Ellis and Laguna Street.

A historic post office building in Old Town Pittsburg that has been vacant for many years is slated to become an office for a real estate investment firm.

The following calls were among those handled by the Pittsburg police April 28-May 4, according to information provided by the Police Department.

It runs every Monday at 2pm and answers your commuting and transportation questions.

Tonya Gilard, 44, and Tierre Crummie, 24, appeared in federal court in Oakland and accepted plea deals last week, according to a statement from Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.

With a metal picker in her right hand and a white plastic bag in the left, Beverly Knight combed City Park on a recent Monday morning looking to clean up a long weekend's worth of litter.

Dan R. Graham and Wanda J. Hamilton were married March 19, 1948, in Yuma, Ariz. The Paynes Creek couple, who celebrated 65 years of marriage in 2013, have five children: Brian Graham, Blair Graham, Bryce Graham, Ava Graham and Judy Utley.

Q Are there limits on vehicle size when lane-splitting? I had a Can-Am Spyder splitting lanes next to me during my morning commute on Highway 4 near Willow Pass Road.

The first is set from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at Schooner's, 4250 Lone Tree Way in Antioch.

The Goleta school board chose a new principal for La Patera Elementary School following the retirement of Patricia Santiago.

East County Veterans Thrift Store: Is seeking volunteers and donations. Proceeds will benefit veterans with peer-to-peer support and other programs.