Rodeo News

Police say a man was shot through the hand at a house party Sunday evening. The 61-year-old man was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he was listed in stable condition on Sunday night.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire District board has condemned member Bill Prather over an alleged discriminatory remark against women that someone reported overhearing in a bar.

The mean-spirited would call it Darwinism at work. A suspected thief got the shock of his life after apparently trying to steal copper.

Air Liquidea s latest large-scale hydrogen production unit recently began operations on the site of ConocoPhillipsa San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, on the north eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay.

A Contra Costa sheriff's deputy was treated for minor injuries Monday night after a stolen car collided with his patrol vehicle during a chase.

A man firing a handgun indiscriminately in front of a weekend house party sent two people to the hospital, Hercules police said Monday, but nobody will identify the gunman.

A manager at a bulk fuel terminal in Contra Costa County pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to causing another person to tamper with or make ineffective a vapor recovery monitoring device.

Eight women begin their quest to earn the Miss Rodeo California 2010 crown Tuesday.

LIFE OR DEATH: Pete rushes Violet to the hospital where Addison fights to save her on the season premiere of "Private Practice" at 10 p.m. on ABC.

As the proposed Contra Costa Pipeline Project pushes for approval, Pinole is emerging as a leading skeptic among communities along the pipeline's path.

Caitlin Carnes, a 17-year-old high school senior, has the "it" factor those in the TV biz consider essential to keep viewers hooked.

The Contra Costa County coroner's office has identified four people who died in a wave of violence in Richmond over the weekend, including a carjacking suspect killed in a shootout with police.

Elected officials and community leaders in Richmond are once again debating how best to respond to gun violence after a rash of shootings over the weekend claimed five lives.

A man and woman parked at a gas station were killed Friday evening when they were fired upon by multiple shooters, police said.

Markell Morgain's girlfriend told police he had admitted killing a man in a dice game, but she refused to testify at his trial in Contra Costa County.

Ron Gesner, the former Contra Costa County battalion chief whose post-retirement stint as assistant fire chief in Pinole is being cut short because of that city's budget problems, will not be unemployed for long.

A single idea by a congregation member at a church turned into a major outreach event at a low-income housing complex in Rodeo last weekend.

The California Highway Patrol Wednesday morning continues to investigate a collision in unincorporated Contra Costa County Friday night that resulted in the death of at least one person and seriously injured two others, a CHP officer said.

Pick up the Aug. 6 Mendocino Beacon for Jill Rexrode's story about Shoreline Riders' rodeo last weekend.

The California Highway Patrol Wednesday morning continues to investigate a collision in unincorporated Contra Costa County Friday night that resulted in the death of at least one person and seriously injured two others, a CHP officer said.