Port Costa News

A mugging victim is questioning the response time by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, saying it took deputies 45 minutes to show up after calling 9-1-1. The woman said the attack happened in a parking near a bar and hotel in Port Costa early Sunday morning.

Find out more about Holly: Holly Lindberg is originally from Upstate New York and moved to the Bay Area about 5 years ago.

Drawing with chalk on the sidewalk is a fun-filled lesson in impermanence. The creative expression is dynamic, spontaneous - and inherently fleeting.

The phrase "garbage in, garbage out" takes on a different meaning when you add the word toxic.

Jurors at a coroner's inquest into the death of a Pittsburg man shot by police have determined that the man died at the hands of another, the legal definition of homicide.

Artist Regina Gilligan will lead the workshop and has more than 20 years of experience teaching and practicing art.

IF YOUR IDEA OF memory lane is the open highway of yesteryear, a trip is in order next weekend to the historic Port Costa School, which will have classic cars, Coke in glass bottles and a menu of chicken, tri-tip, hot dogs and portobello mushrooms hot off the grill.

Experiencing the recent heat wave reminded me to remind everyone to be sure to take along an adequate supply of water when visiting the regional parks this summer.