For more than three decades, Contra Costa County has drawn a line in the sand protecting the region's verdant open space and sweeping ridgelines from urban sprawl. Elected officials now have a rare ...

Officials in the East Bay county are moving to extend its “urban limit line,” a key policy that has protected its farm fields ...

For kids preparing to start school, the countdown to kindergarten is on. The Contra Costa County Library system’s Kindergarten Countdown program helps prepare children who are starting school in ...

Ruby Marichalar didn’t have the money to pay for her son’s funeral after he was stabbed to death in September 2012.

On Monday at 2:31 a.m. a winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 11 p.m. for the ...

On Monday at 2:31 a.m. a winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 11 p.m. for the ...

Ruby Marichalar couldn't get an in-person meeting after California's crime victim compensation fund denied her claim. She ...

Bay Area progressives say Sen. Chuck Schumer and others are unnecessarily giving up the Democratic Party’s remaining leverage in Congress.

The protest took place at about 5:30 a.m. on June 5, 2024, the last day of classes for the university's spring quarter, when 12 protesters broke into the university president's office in Building 10, ...

Former LVMPD Capt. John Pelletier has been accused of helping cover up a gang rape involving rapper and businessman Sean ...