Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office

Authorities in Contra Costa County on Sunday were searching for two inmates who escaped from a jail in Clayton, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man reportedly tried to kidnap a 14-year-old girl as she walked to school in Lafayette Friday morning, authorities said.

A body was found face down in the water in the Antioch marina Monday afternoon, police said.

A body was found in the Antioch marina on Monday afternoon, police said.

Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston has been on the job since 2010, but likely hasn’t faced a challenge like this year’s election.

A series of fires along State Route Highway 4 near Pittsburg on Sunday morning that appear to have been intentionally set have been extinguished and authorities are looking for a suspect, a spokesperson for Con Fire said.

Families of individuals who lost their lives in officer-involved shootings across Contra Costa County called on the sheriff to resign Tuesday after statements he made in a letter regarding the sentencing of a Danville officer involved in a fatal shooting. Cierra Johnson reports.

Families of individuals who lost their lives in officer-involved shootings across Contra Costa County called on the sheriff to resign Tuesday after statements he made in a letter regarding the sentencing of a Danville officer involved in a fatal shooting.

A neighborhood in Rodeo is on lockdown Thursday due to law enforcement activity, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff formally charged a man with the murder of a woman killed below a Crockett restaurant where she waited tables.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff formally charged a man with the murder of a woman killed below a Crockett restaurant where she waited tables. Thom Jensen reports.

Help is now on the way for one Bay Area community facing organized retail smash-and-grab crime groups targeting their downtown during the holiday shopping season. Thom Jensen reports. .

Deputies with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that killed one person and injured two others near Brentwood Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said.

Crews stopped forward progress on the Old School Fire in Contra Costa County Saturday evening. Sergio Quintana reports.

Andrew Hall, the Danville police officer charged in a deadly 2018 shooting, has turned himself in and faces voluntary manslaughter charges.

A Danville police officer involved in the shooting death of a homeless man in March is now being charged with the 2018 killing of an unarmed man when the officer was a Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy, according to the East Bay Times. Bob Redell reports.

A 32-year-old man who was shot by a Danville police officer last week has died, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

A 32-year-old man who was shot by a Danville police officer last week has died, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

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.

A 35-year-old Lafayette woman has been identified as the victim of a vehicular homicide early Saturday morning in an unincorporated area north of Buchanan Field in Concord.