An evacuation warning has been sent out to residents as crews battle a 4-alarm vegetation fire between Morgan Territory State Park and Mount Diablo State Park in Contra Costa County.
The family of 72-year-old Yolanda Ramirez, who died after an interaction with Brentwood police last September, is rejoicing after new developments in the case: the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office has agreed to conduct a coroner's inquest after an independent autopsy ruled Ramirez's death to be a homicide.
A high school state Bass fishing championship qualifier turned dangerous Sunday morning in eastern Contra Costa County when first responders say one boat crashed into another. Six were rescued and four were sent to the hospital.
The Antioch Police Department is taking another step towards in becoming more transparent. It comes partly in response to the racist texting scandal. And the civilian police oversight commission is praising the department for taking this step. "We have nothing to hide. We want our community to see that," says Lt. Whitaker.
Isaiah Andrews, 20, a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from jail in Contra Costa County, is back in custody halfway across the country, police say.
Howard Wang, 43, has been charged for the fatal September 2025 shootings of his wife and her mother in their Walnut Creek home. Now Wang is also being charged along with another man for the alleged murder of a San Gabriel man, who was shot dead in 2024.