SF, Oakland top cops team up to fight drug trade

KGO - Fri Nov 27

The new police chiefs in Oakland and San Francisco are putting drug dealers on notice.

Police again search home in Calif kidnap case

KRNV-TV Reno - Fri Nov 27

Police are again searching the Northern California home of a man charged with kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years.

Bay Point looks for solutions to illegal dumping

Ledger Dispatch - Fri Nov 27

A town hall meeting is scheduled this week to brainstorm ideas for addressing the ongoing problem of discarded trash piling up on roadways and other open areas in Bay Point.

Firefighters quickly control garage fire in Pittsburg

Ledger Dispatch - Thu Nov 26

Firefighters quickly extinguished a structure fire that damaged a residential garage in Pittsburg on Wednesday night, a dispatcher with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.

Power plant plan has Byron Airport pilots fuming

Inside Bay Area - Wed Nov 25

A private pilots association that helped halt construction of a power plant in Hayward is taking aim at a similar plant proposed 2.7 miles south of Byron Airport in East Contra Costa County.

Woman Charged With Murder In SF Pizzeria Killing

Cbs5.com - Wed Nov 25

Share + Nov 25, 2009 4:41 pm US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco prosecutorsA have charged a 25-year-old Contra Costa County woman with murder for the fatal stabbing Tuesday of a San Francisco pizzeria worker.

Police believe two of the women met Ben Merrill when they stopped to ask him for directions.

Kitsapsun.com - Wed Nov 25

Formal charges have been filed against three California women believed to be responsible for the shooting death of former Belfair resident Benjamin Merrill, according to police in Pittsburg, Calif.

Trust awards $10,000 each to three Contra Costa teachers for innovative work with students

Ledger Dispatch - Tue Nov 24

Helping young children succeed in school and exciting teens about exploring the world outside their classrooms has earned three Contra Costa County teachers $10,000 each to spend as they wish.

County may pull from reserve funds to continue misdemeanor prosecutions

Contra Costa Times - Tue Nov 24

Misdemeanor prosecutions would continue as usual in Contra Costa County under a proposed plan to transfer $700,000 in county reserve funds to the District Attorney's Office budget and save the jobs of 15 prosecutors.

Jury finds Richmond man guilty of shooting Contra Costa College police aide

Ledger Dispatch - Tue Nov 24

A 24-year-old Richmond man has been convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter for shooting a Contra Costa Community College police aide in 2007.