San Pablo News

Planning commissioners indicated June 12 that the proposed mixed use project at University Village is getting closer to approval, but a member of the development team reacted angrily to requests from the commission to further revise the plans, saying that anchor tenant Sprouts Farmer's Market had already compromised enough.

There are two public meetings remaining to discuss the West of Hills Northern Pipelines Project planned by the East Bay Municipal Utilities District.

A homegrown event will again brighten San Pablo Avenue and adjacent areas of Old Town Pinole with shining steel, glass and chrome next weekend.

Are you looking for some outstanding views and little off-the-beaten track exploration on your next cycling adventure? Then this twenty-mile Crockett Martinez loop is just the ticket.

In a courtroom filled with the victims' grieving family members, two West Contra Costa County gang members were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the ambush murders of two friends inside a Richmond restaurant in 2009.

A homegrown event will again brighten San Pablo Avenue and adjacent areas of Old Town Pinole with shining steel, glass and chrome next weekend.

Robberies occurred at 12:35 a.m. in the 2300 block of Dana Street and at 12:45 a.m. in the 2200 block of Dwight Way.

But their mutual love of her isn't the only thing that unites a father-in-law and son-in-law.

A Richmond man said Wednesday the Oct. 24, 2009, gang rape assault on the Richmond High School campus began moments after the 16-year-old victim passed out from drinking brandy.

The Richmond Grinders Track Club runs on the Contra Costa College track Wednesday during one of its weekly practices.

A proposed feasibility study on a BART extension to San Pablo, Richmond Hilltop, Pinole and Hercules has become bogged down in procedural issues, with the Planning Commission the latest Hercules body to punt on taking a formal position.

A rare piece of local history has arrived at City Hall in the form of a gift from a descendant of Francisco Castro, whose family received the land that is now El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo and Kensington in a grant from the governor of Alta California in 1834.

Jack Marshall, who lives in El Cerrito, has been one of the bright lights of the Bay Area poetry scene for four decades, his successful series of books by Coffee House Press since the 80s bringing his constantly evolving work to all of North America ... This Tuesday at 7, Marshall will read at the Albany Library from his newest book, just released ... (more)

This week, "First 5 Contra Costa" announced it awarded $3.6 million to provide voluntary home visiting services for expectant parents and families with newborns and toddlers.

There are eight specialty food markets within a two-block radius of University and San Pablo avenues in West Berkeley that are all well worth exploring.

Expectant and new mothers in parts of Contra Costa County now can opt to receive more at-home help with parenting.

A rare piece of local history has arrived at City Hall in the form of a gift from a descendant of Francisco Castro, whose family received the land that is now El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo and Kensington in a grant from the governor of Alta California in 1834.

More than $950 worth of items were stolen from a location in the 1100 block of University Avenue.

"Nobody understands it," said George Krebs, a reserve sergeant for the Albany Police Department.

U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson says two gang members are headed to federal prison after pleading guilty to separate drug charges.