San Ramon bait and switch jewelry suspects arrested

Two suspects arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a recent "quick-change" jewelry theft in San Ramon may be linked to a series of similar thefts targeting senior citizens around the Bay Area, police said.

COVID-19 testing in Contra Costa County nearly doubles pandemic peak amid omicron surge

Contra Costa County is testing almost twice as many people for COVID-19 than any other time during the pandemic, county health services director Anna Roth told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.   

Kaiser contacting nearly 4,000 people who received low dose of COVID vaccine in Walnut Creek

Kaiser Permanente on Monday said they are in the process of informing 3,900 people that they may have received a low dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Walnut Creek last fall. 

Pleasant Hill police ask for public's help to find missing 15-year-old boy

Officers in Pleasant Hill are asking for the public's help in locating a 15-year-old boy who has been reported missing, police said on Monday.

Teen driver allegedly kills man while fleeing police

A 37-year-old man was killed and a 15-year-old boy was arrested Sunday, after the car the boy was driving slammed into another vehicle in a Stockton intersection while being pursued by police, authorities said.

Pair uses baby strollers to steal makeup from Concord Sephora store, police say

Two women were arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1,000 worth of makeup from a store in Concord using baby strollers, police said Thursday.

One arrest made in Antioch homicide, mother remembers victim as her 'baby boy'

Antioch police announce an arrest in a homicide two months after the shooting and investigators are asking for help in locating a second suspect.

Police identify suspect wanted in connection with Antioch homicide

One man has been arrested and another is being sought in connection with a fatal shooting at a gas station in Antioch in November, police said Thursday.

Driver doing donuts hits light pole, gets arrested

A driver performing stunts in a parking lot ran into trouble by running into a light pole.

Antioch hit and run kills 'good person'

Antioch police were searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman on Wednesday night.

Con-artist targets seniors in San Ramon, steals jewelry worth thousands

Police in San Ramon are looking for an alleged con-woman who made off with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, which she took right off her victims' necks. All the victims are between 60 and 70 years old.

Antioch police investigating fatal hit-and-run traffic collision

Police in Antioch are asking the public to avoid the area where fatal hit-and-run traffic collision happened Wednesday evening. 

Bay Area school district reopens after deep cleaning, teacher shortages persist

At Korematsu Middle School in El Cerrito Tuesday, school was back in session after a four-day weekend where the district had each school deep cleaned.

Credit card fraud alert helps Danville police nab alleged purse thieves

A credit card fraud alert led to the arrest of two alleged purse thieves Saturday in Walnut Creek not long after the theft occurred in Danville.

El Cerrito officer killed in I-80 crash on his 26th birthday

The El Cerrito police department is in mourning after one of its officers died over the weekend –  Jerrick Bernstine was killed on his 26th birthday, while driving home from work.

El Cerrito police officer victim in fatal crash on I-80

A man killed Sunday morning in a collision on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Pablo has been identified as El Cerrito police Officer Jerrick Bernstine, according to the Contra Costa County coroner and police on Monday.