Concord Library explores self-service option

Everyone's familiar with self-checkout at the grocery store, self-service at gas stations and ATMs, and now, self-service is entering the picture at the Concord Library.

Family calls for reopening 1985 suspicious Concord suicide case

Timothy Charles Lee's death was ruled a suicide, but several factors have made his family and advocates suspicious, including the way his sister's name was misspelled on the alleged suicide note, the Concord Police Department's destruction of evidence within 24 hours of his death, and the fact that two other Black men in the Concord area were stabbed that same night by two individuals wearing Ku Klux Klan robes.

Murals and live music come to downtown Concord

Public art and music comes to Concord this weekend. Artists tell their stories through their murals. This will be Creative Concord's third annual event in partnership with the city of Concord. The best part: it's free.

No cell phones at growing number of Bay Area campuses

Thursday marks the first day of school at the Mount Diablo Unified School District, which means hundreds of high school students on one East Bay campus will discover what it feels like to be cell-phone free, all day. 

East Bay residents look for ways to escape the heat

The heat wave blasted the East Bay on Tuesday. Concord was one of the hottest parts of the region. Residents escaped the heat by going to spray parks, movie theaters and cooling centers.