Video shows a Contra Costa Sheriff's helicopter crew rescuing a hiker who suffered heat exhaustion and became stranded.
A strike team with engines from San Ramon, Moraga, Concord and Antioch were among those assisting on the 75-acre fire east of Oakley.
A virtual graduation ceremony was held for Academy 55, which adds five probationary firefighter-paramedics to the district.
The owner of NorCal K9 was sentenced for four counts of animal cruelty, and had his motion for a new trial denied.
The deputies were returning fire because the 44-year-old Bay Point man shot at SWAT team members, the sheriff's office says.
Sheriff's K-9s helped recover the items from a BMW that the suspect left behind when he hit a tree on Willow Pass Road, police said.
The arrest culminated a two-month investigation into a tip that a Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputy was helping smuggle meth into a jail.
In one of the most dangerous fires Saturday night, more than 20 homes were threatened with fire burning to within 30 feet.
Contra Costa fire crews responded to at least 67 fires Saturday night, including more than a dozen caused by fireworks, officials said.
The cause of a small brush fire that scorched nearly 10 acres in northeast Concord remains under investigation.
Crews contained a fire that broke out Thursday night in an under-construction apartment complex in Concord.
The driver of a Pontiac lost control of his car and collided head-on with a Jeep near Discovery Bay Boulevard.
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Contra Costa Fire crews contained multiple fires Monday afternoon along the Iron Horse Regional Trail near Concord.
The 27-year-old man killed in a crash off of Byron Highway early Monday was identified as a local rapper known as Young Curt.
A fire destroyed a duplex outside Pittsburg Sunday, displacing eight people from their homes and giving one firefighter second-degree burns.
Michael Hamilton, 34, of Antioch, stopped breathing during a physical confrontation with a Lucky grocery store employee.
The man stopped breathing during the physical altercation and died at the Lucky store. The employee, a Concord resident, was hospitalized.
Investigators arrested a woman on suspicion of setting the fire inside the RV.
A 27-year-old Concord woman is suspected of driving under the influence in the collision on I-680 in the Danville area.
A two-alarm grass fire burned about 136 acres Saturday near the former Concord Naval Weapons Station before being contained.
"At this point, it appears that the public order and safety has generally been restored in Contra Costa County."
Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston said there is no countywide curfew order but that is subject to change.
An alleged Nazi sympathizer from Concord has to pay more than $17,00 in restitution for making false statements to the Army.
Police said the man's car was driving east and veered off the road, hitting a pole on the south sidewalk.
Adrian Perez was pronounced deceased at the scene Thursday morning after police said his vehicle veered off the road and struck a pole.
Three fires broke out along Port Chicago Highway in grass and brush.
The 40-year-old was arrested when he went to a park to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, the DA's Office said.
The suspect was taken into custody after crashing into some apartments at Belmont Apartments, police said.
All three shooting victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Two 16-year-old boys are among the victims.
The man was arrested in connection with two grass fires that burned 18 acres in total.
Police are still seeking two other suspects in connection with the crime.
Authorities are investigating Friday's two-alarm fire inside a Concord home that officials believe may be a marijuana grow house.
The 38-year-old is accused of setting two fires that burned 18 acres at Marsh Creek Road and Camino Diablo in east Contra Costa County.
One firefighter suffered a minor injury in the blaze that produced a large column of black smoke, according to Con Fire.
It was the first of two fatal shootings that would happen Monday morning in Antioch.
Police believe the fatal shooting on a cul-de-sac of single-family homes may have stemmed from an argument between roommates.
East Olivera Road was closed for a few hours as firefighters doused the blaze along the south side of the former Naval Weapons Station.
The DOJ Northern California District awarded $7 million in grants through the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program.
The airplane crashed on the edge of the runway at Byron Airport in far eastern unincorporated Contra Costa County, officials said.