A police news release says only that an “officer-involved shooting occurred,” but not what prompted it or whether the ...

Christopher David Owens, 42, offered victims drugs or cigarettes, but also broke into one woman’s home, according to police.

A large fire that broke out at the Martinez Refining Company on Saturday is ‘trending down,’ according to officials. A ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston yesterday called for a full facility audit of Martinez Refining ...

Detectives with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office are investigating the theft of hundreds of bronze vases stolen from a cemetery in an unincorporated area of Lafayette, the office said ...

LAFAYETTE, Calif. -- Detectives with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office are investigating the theft of hundreds of bronze vases stolen from a cemetery in an unincorporated area of Lafayette ...

Contra Costa County officials have lifted a shelter-in-place order that was placed after a fire erupted Saturday at the ...

One East Bay cemetery is reporting hundreds of thefts from grave sites. The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department said nearly 200 bronze vases were stolen in Lafayette from Oakmont Memorial Park.

In December, an estimated 200 bronze vases were stolen from gravesites at Oakmont Memorial Park in unincorporated Lafayette, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday ...

He later ditched the ladder in a nearby ravine — which a Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy found in November 2024, once notified of the development by one of Pierson’s inspectors.