Contra Costa County

The Concord City Council unanimously approved a police request for a drone program this week over the protests of residents who cited concerns over privacy and that the $30,000 of seed money for the program comes from Marathon Petroleum.

A skateboarder in Pleasant Hill was stabbed after a confrontation with people in a car. 

In Antioch, police arrested a man suspected of attacking someone in a homeless camp and then starting a fire that spread to nearby hillsides.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Wednesday announced a settlement with Shell Oil Products US, which has agreed to pay $433,000 to settle violations at its former refinery in Martinez.

A Contra Costa County Sheriff's vehicle was damaged in a collision late Wednesday morning. There were no reported injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Supervisors declared misinformation about COVID is a public health crisis. Supporters of that declaration say bad information is just dangerous and is causing people to hesitate about getting vaccinated.

Dry offshore winds were forecast to return to the region later this week, prompting PG&E on Tuesday to send advance notifications to some 29,000 customers who may be subject to power shutoffs in an effort to reduce the risk of wildfire, the utility announced.

Evacuations have been ordered in a Brentwood neighborhood as fire crews battle a dangerous house fire.

Concord police would join other local departments with drone programs already in place, including Walnut Creek, San Ramon, Lafayette, Richmond, Antioch, and Pittsburg, among others.

Two members of the Antioch City Council are urging Mayor Lamar Thorpe to include a proposed tenant anti-harassment ordinance and an ordinance requiring just cause for evictions into the next city council agenda.

There's been more than 95,000 cases of COVID-19 countywide and 921 deaths as of Sept 25.

On this World Mental Health Day, the Concord Police Department is bringing attention to the success of its Crisis Negotiation Team.

An Antioch council member has stepped down as chair of the police oversight committee after a run-in with cops at her home.

All five Walnut Creek council members agreed the city shouldn't explore allowing commercial cultivation or preparation of cannabis within the city.

Mayor Lamar Thorpe said Tamisha Torres-Walker should step down as chair of the Antioch police oversight committee.

Opening statements were presented in the manslaughter trial of Danville police officer Andrew Hall, who shot Laudemer Arboleda nine times as he tried to pull away from police in 2018.

Health care workers are on strike Monday morning at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch over short staffing and unfair labor practices, union officials said.