A resident who went foraging for wild mushrooms in the Bay Area has died after eating the toxic plant, health officials said ...

You won’t want to miss Economic Development and Martinez - Thousand Friends of Martinez on the Martinez Patch calendar ...

The potential payout under consideration by the county’s Board of Supervisors would cap another legal battle for the elected ...

Waterways across Contra Costa County are increasingly threatened by invasive plant species that engulf canals and drains, ...

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has moved forward with plans to put a new sales tax on the ballot for voters in ...

Homelessness in Contra Costa County showed some dramatic improvement earlier this year, decreasing 26% between 2024 and 2025, the county's point-in-time count on Jan. 30 showed. The point-in-time ...

After 18 years of service, Fire Chief Lewis Broschard on Wednesday announced his retirement from the Contra Costa County Fire ...

Contra Costa County’s longtime fire chief is hanging up his helmet. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District announced Wednesday that Fire Chief Lewis Broschard will retire effective March 30, ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month's Martinez Refining Company fire. The meeting will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at ...

An investigation is underway after a man died in custody at a Contra Costa detention facility on Sunday, authorities said.