Contra Costa County News

A Northern California man is in jail on suspicion of murder in the dragging death of a 69-year-old man.

Do you love seafood? Are you ready for some local fun and tasty food in Pittsburg, California? If so, get ready for the 25th annual Pittsburg Seafood Festival in Pittsburg, California, out near the eastern portion of Contra Costa County.

As a result of the decision, the Contra Costa County Employees Retirement Association will release to the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, a pension reform watchdog group, the names and pension amounts of former county employees who collect $100,000 or more per year.

Cordero Kelly, 19, of Rodeo is being held at the Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez in lieu of $1.1 million bail.

Two suspects were charged Tuesday afternoon in connection with the weekend slaying of 18-year-old Antioch resident Matthew Butler, Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Harold Jewett said today.

Michael Villalobos, a 21-year-old Richmond man, was charged this morning with murder and elder abuse in connection with an unprovoked attack on an elderly man in Richmond last month, Contra Costa County District Attorney Harold Jewett said.

A 10-month-old baby who was revived by her father after falling into a swimming pool in Antioch Wednesday morning is expected to make a full recovery, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokeswoman Emily Hopkins said.

IN THESE tight fiscal times, there's no reason that any public agency in the Bay Area should be giving its management employees and elected officials money to buy computers and other equipment that becomes their personal property as Contra Costa County is doing.

Two children were injured Sunday in a fire that broke out in the kitchen of a Concord home, a fire district spokeswoman said.

The victim was found in his bed shortly after firefighters extinguished the blaze at his home on the 200 block of John Gildi Avenue at about 8:35 a.m., said Emily Hopkins, spokeswoman for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

Firefighters and the California Highway Patrol investigate an accident that killed a bicyclist and caused major injuries to the driver of a car on Camino Tassajara in San Ramon, Calif., on Friday, June 26, 2009.

A Contra Costa County murder convict who for 11 years fought for a federal court's review of his case deserves his day in court, an appeals court panel decided in a strongly worded ruling Thursday.

Although personal fireworks are illegal in Contra Costa County, there are cities within the county that put on fireworks shows for their residents.

He has spent nearly three decades with the Contra Costa health department, including seven years overseeing the county hospital and health clinics.

A 41-year-old San Pablo woman died Thursday morning, two days after she was allegedly shot by her husband who then killed himself, a Contra Costa County coroner's office investigator said.

Darryl Kemp, a 73-year-old serial rapist, was sentenced to death in Contra Costa County Superior Court Thursday for the 1978 rape and murder of Lafayette housewife Armida Wiltsey.

A Contra Costa County sex crimes prosecutor accused of brutally raping a colleague in May 2008 is asking a judge to boot state prosecutors from the case, saying they let the District Attorney's Office commandeer the investigation and intimidate employees, "poisoning" the case against him.

A Walnut Creek man accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife's friend and then setting her Pleasant Hill house on fire Thursday was arraigned Wednesday in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez but did not enter a plea.

Days after approving one of its worst budgets in years, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has selected a new county executive to preside over those deep funding cuts - while also preparing for a new round as soon as August.

The incident began shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday when James Gilbeaux of Rodeo was on the 1000 block of Mariposa Street and asked for a ride from a 28-year-old friend, who was driving a Ford F-150 pickup, authorities said.