Over the next seven weeks at Briones Regional Park in California’s Contra Costa county, Smith’s team documented ... the authors said. Banner image: A California ground squirrel, which usually ...

By Shanna Hanbury After more than a decade studying California ground squirrels, Jennifer Smith felt she had a solid ...

An organization called “Recall Diana Becton” posted video on social media that they said showed a person serving Becton with ...

Another Bay Area District Attorney is facing a recall effort, this time in Contra Costa County. District Attorney Diana ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month’s Martinez Refining Company fire. The meeting will run from ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month's Martinez Refining Company fire. The meeting will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m ...

More recently, she ran a campaign on behalf of the Contra Costa sheriffs’ association to help elect Mike Barbanica to the county board of supervisors. The association spent about $1 million to ...

Another Bay Area District Attorney is facing a recall effort, this time in Contra Costa County. District Attorney Diana Becton was served with a “Notice of Intent to Recall" on Monday.

Another Bay Area district attorney is facing a recall effort. Contra Costa County D.A. Diana Becton was served this week with ...