Antioch

Jimmy Gordon is a Vietnam veteran still living with with battle scars from shrapnel. Once homeless and drug addicted, Gordon says he's found stability in this informal RV community on private property in north east Antioch. KTVU's Rob Roth reports the small informal community is now facing eviction.

A Contra Costa County Sherrif's deputy confirmed to KTVU that an Antioch police officer was shot Monday evening and has been transported to the hospital.

More money for taxes isn't going over well with some voters heading to the ballot box in Antioch.

A man with three previous DUI convictions is accused of another DUI that killed a 19-year-old in Antioch. The man's family says the crash in Antioch last week should have been prevented and that the suspect should never have been behind the wheel again.

An Antioch man suffered serious injuries when a firework exploded in his hand. his wife spoke with KTVU in hopes that what happened to him will help prevent others from playing with fireworks.

A vegetation fire has been knocked down this evening in Pittsburg but not before it injured a firefighter and two others, fire officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said. The fire, apparently sparked by a candle from a homeless person's tent, prompted a health advisory to be issued.

BART's 10.1-mile Antioch extension, the transit agency's first route to use trains other than the familiar third-rail-powered cars, will formally open Saturday morning after a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at the new Antioch station.

A Monday deadline has arrived for a homeless encampment in Antioch to clear out. Concerned neighbors say it's been cleared before, but that it keeps popping back up. Debora Villalon reports.

Police say a wanted fugitive was shot by an Antioch police officer at the 76 Station located on Lone Tree Way near Golf Course Road. Amber Lee reports.

A man pleaded not guilty to murder for allegedly killing two sisters in a crash. 

A 23-year-old Pittsburg man was arrested on one count of murder after his stolen truck slammed into a 4-year-old girl and killed her in Antioch on Wednesday afternoon, according to Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. The girl's 2-year-old sister is showing no signs of life, their father said.

Antioch Police arrested a man on Monday for the city's oldest cold case murder of a teenage girl. Suzanne Bombardier was kidnapped, raped and murdered in 1980.

There have been seven fires in two days in Antioch. Investigators say a firebug is on the loose.

An Antioch gas station worker was fatally shot during a robbery. Henry Lee reports.

The grieving father of an Antioch boy who was killed with a pellet gun says his son wasn't the only victim. He is imploring five other boys who were also there to get counseling because of what they witnessed.

A 15-year-old boy died after apparently being accidentally shot by a friend with a pellet rifle in Antioch this morning, according to police.

An Antioch man has died after eating nacho cheese from a Sacramento area gas station.