A wave of truck thefts in Contra Costa County had police issuing a warning Wednesday night: Car thieves are targeting pickup trucks. Jodi Hernandez reports.

It’s back to school for thousands of kids, and police in one Contra Costa County city are going the extra mile to make sure their trip is safe.

It’s back to school for thousands of kids, and police in one Contra Costa County city are going the extra mile to make sure their trip is safe. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Salvador Morales was drunk and high when he shot a relative in the neck, kidnapped his estranged wife and child then led East Bay law enforcement on a chase that ended at his Pittsburg home where he was shot eight times by a SWAT team, investigators said Thursday morning at a coroner’s inquest in a Martinez courtroom.

Heroism runs in the Pratt family. Marvel superhero and actor Chris Pratt visited the Travis Air Force Base Friday as his brother Daniel “Cully” Pratt, a Solano sheriff’s deputy, was honored as a hometown hero at a Thunderbirds air show. He even pulled a 9g.

Daniel “Cully” Pratt family was there, including actor Chris Pratt, to witness him honored as a hometown hero at the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield on Friday.

A wave of truck thefts in Contra Costa County had police issuing a warning Wednesday night: Car thieves are targeting pickup trucks.

A Chevron natural gas pipeline caught on fire in Bay Point Wednesday night after a grass fire caused a power line to fall on the structure, forcing over 4,000 people to evacuate their homes in the the middle of the night.

A Chevron natural gas pipeline caught on fire in Bay Point late Wednesday night after a grass fire caused a power line to fall on the structure, forcing over 4,000 people to evacuate their homes in the the middle of the night. The evacuations were lifted Thursday afternoon. Cheryl Hurd reports.

The Pittsburg Police Department is seeking the public’s help in reuniting a young boy with his family Wednesday night.

Moe, a 9-year-old Golden Retriever, is getting the hero treatment after saving a man from the icy Delta Waters in Pittsburg early Wednesday morning.

Pittsburg police Friday night shot to death a 43-year-old Antioch man outside a restaurant in Pittsburg who was allegedly reaching for a gun, police said.

Police have arrested a driver who fled after fatally striking a pedestrian in Pittsburg Wednesday morning, according to police.

The family of a man who died in Pittsburg police custody last year is taking legal action against the city, the police department and the officers involved.

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen who is believed to be in the Pittsburg area.

Prosecutors Wednesday announced the dismissal of 15 cases involving criminal defendants who were arrested by two former Pittsburg police officers accused of misconduct, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.

The family of a man who died while struggling with Pittsburg police officers during an arrest Tuesday is alleging that the officers were out of line.

Friends and family of a man who died while struggling with Pittsburg police officers during an arrest Tuesday are alleging that the officers were out of line. Jodi Hernandez reports.

A suspect died Tuesday while struggling with officers from the Pittsburg Police Department during an arrest, a police captain said.

Two Pittsburg teens drowned Saturday while on a camping trip in Amador County, said the Amador County Sheriff’s Office. The victims – Zuleica Miranda Ruiz, 18, and Brandon Carranza, 19 – were cousins, according to Pittsburg Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Janet Schultz.