Antioch girl arrives a minute into 2022

The first baby born in Santa Rosa made his appearance in the world at 12:31 a.m. Saturday, a Kaiser spokesman clarified.

Bay Area hospitals preparing for COVID-19 patient surge

With the omicron variant driving COVID-19 cases to record-breaking levels, hospital systems are making changes including canceling surgeries, repositioning staff, not allowing visitors, and getting beds and supplies ready.

Missing: Elderly woman with dementia out of Concord

Police in Concord are searching for a missing 73-year-old woman who suffers from dementia.

Contra Costa County requiring facemasks indoors as COVID cases soar

As the omicron variant continues circulating around the Bay Area, Contra Costa County will soon require that masks be worn in all public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status.

Some Bay Area counties requiring boosters for healthcare workers

About a week after California announced that healthcare workers across the state will be required to get their booster shot, at least two Bay Area counties followed suit.

Families rush to Bay Area mountaintops to see snow

It's not just the Sierra that got blanketed in snow over the Christmas weekend. Mount Diablo and Mount Hamilton received the white powdery stuff as well.

Driver injured in shooting on I-680 in Danville

A person was struck by gunfire while driving on Interstate Highway 680 in Danville Thursday night, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Community mourns Angelo Quinto one year after he died in Antioch police custody

A major statewide reform measure, “The Justice for Angelo Quinto Act of 2021,” will go into effect on Jan. 1. It bans police from using behind-the-back handcuffing combined with placing a person on their stomach.

I-680 in Danville shutdown after possible shooting

A highway in Danville was closed late Thursday night after a possible freeway shooting.

Big rig plunges from freeway overpass in Lafayette; driver OK

The California Highway Patrol said an Audi struck the rig about 3 a.m. on eastbound Highway 24, sending the truck plunging down 25 feet onto Pleasant Hill Road in Lafayette.

Cases of omicron crop up in Contra Costa County

In just the past week, the omicron variant went from 13% of the nation's COVID cases to 73%.

Newsom offers $50K reward to solve San Pablo homicide

Tillis was fatally shot in his car outside of a Rumrill Boulevard apartment complex on June 12, 2020.

Man, 40, dies in potential Antioch hit-and-run: police

Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive 40-year-old man with major injuries. Officers performed life-saving measures but the man died of his injuries.

Woman dies, 3 children hospitalized after possible carbon monoxide poisoning in Pittsburg

A mother is dead and her three children, and their father, were hospitalized after Pittsburg police say they all may have been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide.