A dozen East Bay cities in Contra Costa County have areas that fall into the "very high fire hazard severity" category, ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month’s Martinez Refining Company fire.  The ...

Residents can expect to face higher water bills under an approved five-year plan to support the Water Enterprise Fund, ...

Officials in the East Bay county are moving to extend its “urban limit line,” a key policy that has protected its farm fields ...

The community alert level was as high as a level 3 but has been reduced to a level 2, the City of Martinez said Saturday night. Contra Costa Health said alerts would go out to the community every ...

Areas of Orinda, Richmond, Moraga, San Pablo, Lafayette, Antioch, Clayton, El Cerrito, Brentwood, Danville, Concord, and Pinole are considered very high fire hazard severity zones, according to new ...