San Pablo News

A pickup truck was found on fire at an apartment complex on the 2000 block of Vale Road in San Pablo shortly after 2 a.m., said Victor Massenkoff, an investigator with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

Police in San Pablo are investigating a pair of early morning vehicle fires, California Highway Patrol Officer John Short said.

Members of a task force investigating more than 20 recent vehicle fires in Contra Costa County aren't yet ready to say the two fires discovered Tuesday night into Friday morning are related to the other vehicles that have caught fire in the area.

A pair of cars found torched overnight are being investigated as arsons, but they have not yet been linked to a string of car fires that plagued West Contra Costa County over the past two weeks.

The woman who called 911 to report the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl at Richmond High School was honored Tuesday night for her "act of humanity." The Richmond City Council commended Margarita Vargas, 18, for calling authorities when she learned of the Oct.

A car was found on fire near the corner of Market Avenue and Rumrill Boulevard at about 9:30 p.m. Monday.

A carjacking suspect is dead and police are looking for two more suspects after a chase and a shooting involving a San Pablo police officer.

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by police following a carjacking in San Pablo and pursuit that ended in Richmond on Saturday night, authorities said.

Multiple law enforcement agencies including the CHP, Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department as well as the Richmond and San Pablo police departments respond to the scene of an officer involved shooting near Wilart and Rollingwood Drives in Richmond, Calif., on Saturday, Nov.

I GREW up in Richmond and am raising my family here. I understand how three casinos could change the character of our community in ways many of us don't want.

Authorities responded to a two-alarm fire along El Paseo near San Pablo in Palm Desert Thursday evening.

After years of trying to prevent Indian gaming in Contra Costa County, county supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to support a plan to bring a Las Vegas-style casino and resort to the Richmond waterfront.

A prosecutor today handed over 685 pages of documents and 28 DVDs containing evidence related to the Oct.

Some Hercules residents are calling for a more open city government, complaining that City Council meetings are long on ceremonial matters while much of the business of the city gets conducted out of public sight.

A research group that promotes affordable housing has unveiled a new way of calculating what many already know: Bay Area residents pay a high price for living where they do.

Police are searching for suspects in an early morning shooting Saturday that left a 59-year-old man dead outside his home and the victim's 29-year-old son hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

Charges for a Richmond man connected to the gang rape of a Richmond High School student outside a homecoming dance indicate his alleged involvement differed from five other defendants facing stiffer punishment, though prosecutors are not saying how.

Boxes of H1N1 vaccine sit on a table during a drive thru H1N1 vaccination clinic at Doctor's Medical Center November 5, 2009 in San Pablo, California.

East Bay officials rushed to keep up with the heightened demand for swine flu vaccine Thursday, holding a drive-through clinic in San Pablo and making last-minute changes in clinic schedules.

The tradition of the debutante ball will be carried on this month by the San Pablo-based Iota chapter of the national Beta Pi Sigma Sorority Inc.