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| May.1 |
Antioch |
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From rescue to suspicious investigation
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Martinez |
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Two Suspicious Fires in County's Building Contra Costa County's main administration building was evacuated
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Richmond |
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Shooting left one dead Male victim was lying in a parking lot. He had suffered from a gunshot wound to the upper body
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| May.3 |
Richmond |
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2,000 sue chemical company
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| May.4 |
Antioch |
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Body of missing teen boater found Boaters found a body floating near an Antioch bridge and officials have identified it as that of Brandon Paschall
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Pittsburg |
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Shooting claimed life of 20-year-old man Miguel Angel Fernandez killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex
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| May.8 |
Walnut Creek |
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Lab enlisted in biowarfare
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Antioch |
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Police Found Second Missing Boater Sheriff tentatively identified a body found near the Antioch Bridge as Adam Batchelor
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Concord |
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Power failure affects 3,000 customers
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| May.10 |
Walnut Creek |
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Bicyclist held for bank robberies across US
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Concord |
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Court threw out murder conviction
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| May.12 |
Chronicle Pavilion |
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Rap concert led to shooting| Man hospitalized in grave condition. Shooting may have been connected to freeway revelry that shut down the Caldecott Tunnel | |
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Pleasant Hill |
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Safeway robbed at gunpoint
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| May.13 |
Concord |
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Died from gunshot after Usher concert| Clayton Police requested assistance in controlling a large and unruly crowd that attended a concert | |
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| May.14 |
Walnut Creek |
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Convicted for errant gum wrapper| A 13-year-old Jeffrey Figueroa spit gum wrapper out. The wrapper hit a fellow seventh grader in the eye | |
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| May.15 |
Brentwood |
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Students Protest Noose Hundreds of students walked out of Liberty High School to protest a noose hanging from a tree
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| May.16 |
Lafayette |
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Voting dog owner charged with fraud Donald Miller, 78, has been charged with voter fraud after registering his toy poodle, Barnabas, to vote
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Concord |
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Police search for missing teen
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Antioch |
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14-year-old stabbed at high school
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Antioch |
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8-year-old boy drives himself to school
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Richmond |
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Doctor accused in sexual battery
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| May.17 |
Antioch |
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21 people displaced by 3-alarm fire Blaze in the four-unit two-story apartment building on the first floor was rapidly spreading to the second story
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Oakley |
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Arrested After Police Find Arsenal Eugene Gingras, 53, accused of keeping 13 weapons, including a tripod-mounted machine gun in his home
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| May.22 |
Pleasant Hill |
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Armed robbery of convenience store Suspect brandished a semiautomatic gun upon entrance, handed the clerk a bag, demanded the cash from the register and fled
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Oakley |
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Arrested for stabbing his father 18-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing with two kitchen knives during a dispute at home
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El Cerrito |
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27,570 customers lost power| A wayward squirrel got into a circuit breaker at a PG&E substation | |
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| May.23 |
Richmond |
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Shooting left man in critical condition 21-year-old Anthony Jordan was lying on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body
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| May.27 |
Walnut Creek |
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Limits on house sizes Planners are discussing limiting second story floor plans to 40% of existing square footage
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| May.29 |
Walnut Creek |
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Fire fighters douse 40-acre brush fire 60 fire fighters took more than two hours to douse a fire on a hillside of grass golden brown from lack of rain
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Richmond |
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Vehicle plunged into bay At least one person has been rescued. Alcohol may have played a role in the crash
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| May.30 |
Pittsburg |
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Fatal vehicle crash Loveridge Road
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Concord |
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Grading system to be changed to 1-4 The Mt. Diablo School District is considering changing its traditional letter grading to a numeric system
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| May.31 |
Pleasant Hill |
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Man's body found 50-year-old apparent transient had likely been in the creek area for some time
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Richmond |
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Hit-and-run mows down 2 young brothers| Driver fled after running down children in a crosswalk as they were on their way to play at a neighborhood school | |
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