Concord

A fatal crash in Concord has led to the closure of all except one westbound lane of Highway 4 at Port Chicago Highway, the California Highway Patrol reported Saturday night. No other information is immediately available.

On Election Day, a young lieutenant in the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office made history, becoming the first Black person ever elected sheriff in New Hampshire. “I’m so excited, I really am,” said Lt. Mark Brave. “That says that New Hampshire is open to progress, they’re open to new ideas.” The 35-year-old Dover resident ran on a platform of transparency,...

Many Americans in the Bay Area are struggling financially during the pandemic, but a majority of voters in Contra Costa County seem to be welcoming tax increases.

A 31-year-old Concord man died Wednesday night after jumping off a highway overpass while fleeing from Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies, according to the sheriff’s office.

Preparing for this weekend’s red flag warnings issued by the National Weather Service, Concord city officials announced Friday evening that the city will close its public open space areas due to extreme fire danger conditions. Christie Smith reports.

Preparing for this weekend’s red flag warnings issued by the National Weather Service, Concord city officials announced Friday evening that the city will close its public open space areas due to extreme fire danger conditions.

A drone delivery startup based in the East Bay says it has raised $50 million in Series B funding toward its goal of disrupting the commercial delivery market.

A fatal hit-and-run crash occurred early Saturday morning in Concord, the California Highway Patrol said.

Concord’s Carondelet High School has their campus reconfigured to make it COVID-19 safe.

Concord’s Carondelet High School has their campus reconfigured to make it COVID-19 safe. Jodi Hernandez.

A man fatally shot Monday afternoon in Concord has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s office as 39-year-old Michael Olsen.

Police in Concord are on the scene of a crash on westbound Highway 4 that has left the right 2 lanes blocked.

A sign of normalcy will return to Contra Costa County Thursday with the reopening of the Sunvalley Shopping Center.

A sign of normalcy will return to Contra Costa County Thursday with the reopening of the Sunvalley Shopping Center. Jackie Ward reports.

Feeling the heat? Well for many parts of the Bay Area, it was the hottest day of the year so far and in Concord, one of the hottest spots, problems quickly piled up.

Feeling the heat? Well for many parts of the Bay Area, it was the hottest day of the year so far and in Concord, one of the hottest spots, problems quickly piled up. Robert Handa reports.

Concord police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a missing puppy who was stolen from his owners’ home during a heist that was all caught on camera.

Concord police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a missing puppy who was stolen from a nurse’s home during a heist that was all caught on camera. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The Contra Costa County coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of an Antioch woman who died Friday night after getting hit with a brick that crashed through a window of the car in which she was a passenger in Concord. Margarita Erostico Ruiz, 63, was sitting in the front passenger seat of a 2004 Volkswagon Jetta on state Highway 242…

The City of Concord has declared a local state of emergency spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, which will allow the city to reallocate city resources as needed, and to access state and federal emergency resources.