Days Gone By: Browns Island bordello brouhaha results in assault sentence
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:40:41 GMT

Browns Island lies at the spot where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet, across from the city of Pittsburg.

Chris Treadway: Richmond high school poet takes top spot in county
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:44:02 GMT

Richmond student Denica Garcia has been exercising her poetic skills in different venues for some time and on Feb.

Latest Earthquake: Did You Feel It?
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:51:33 GMT

Updated 12:01 p.m. : This morning's quake near Vallejo has been downgraded by the USGS from 3.7 to 3.5 magnitude, according to Bay City News Service in Expert: Quake Clusters Not Unusual .

Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes in Bay Area
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:53:39 GMT

A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening, two miles from Crockett, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Missing Crockett man found dead by Interstate 80
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:41:15 GMT

A more than two-week hunt for a missing Crockett man ended tragically Saturday when searchers found his body on an undeveloped tract of land in the Crockett/Rodeo area, police said.

Rodeo and Crockett women are first in county to be prosecuted under tough new truancy law
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:12:27 GMT

The first two Contra Costa parents charged under a tough new state truancy law were supposed to be arraigned last week, but one was late and the other did not show up at all.

Authorities looking for Crockett man missing since Jan. 27
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:50:06 GMT

The two-week search for a missing Crockett man will resume Saturday morning when a search-and-rescue team from the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office will scour the Crockett/Rodeo area.

Crockett board to consider putting $110-a-year parcel tax on ballot
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:50:15 GMT

A parcel tax proposal to improve, maintain and operate parks and recreation facilities in Crockett and Port Costa will be the subject of a public hearing Feb.

Caltrans holds open house in Richmond to explain I-80 congestion relief plan
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:50:20 GMT

Caltrans will explain its $93 million plan to relieve traffic congestion on Interstate 80 from Oakland to Crockett during an open house from 6 to 9 a.m. Monday at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium and Convention Center, 403 Civic Center Plaza.

Few answers for friends in death of homeless Crockett man
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:48:59 GMT

Daniel Stakenburg was missing. He was homeless, but it was strange that no one had seen the lifelong Crockett resident around this small town for a few weeks.

Roadshow: Metering lights coming to Interstate 80 before Bay Bridge
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:49:47 GMT

Q When will they turn on the metering lights at the ramps to eastbound Interstate 80 between the MacArthur Maze and the I-580 west split? In fact, when will they even INSTALL them? That one stretch of freeway is one of the most congested in the state 24/7 and especially during rush hour.