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| Oct.1 |
Danville |
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Hero Capt. 'Sully' Returns To The Skies Capt. Chesley Sullenberger from Danville and 1st Officer Jeffrey Skiles flew Thursday from Charlotte, N.C., to New York
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Pleasant Hill |
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Police investigate suspicious death
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Richmond |
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Woman died in 2-alarm fire
| Oct.2 |
PG&E |
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PG&E to buy solar, natural gas power PG&E plans to buy electricity from several proposed solar facilities and natural gas plants, one of which would replace generators in Antioc...
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Pleasant Hill |
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Teen Suicide Likely In Hazmat Scare A teenager who was found dead in an apartment appears to have killed himself by mixing chemicals and inhaling the lethal gas they produced
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Oakley |
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Judge Blocks Development Of Homes Superior Court Judge Barry Baskin has moved to block a development that would have built 4,500 homes on farmland | |
| Oct.3 |
Contra Costa County |
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4 grassfires keep county firefighters busy Fires burned more than 85 acres. The largest fire burned about 75 acres west of Kirker Pass Road between Pittsburg and Concord
| Oct.4 |
Martinez |
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County Considers Additional Budget Cuts Contra Costa supervisors are considering trimming another $15 million from the budget. The plan does not call for layoffs
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Pleasant Hill |
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Police In Standoff With Man Police have surrounded a home, where they say a man suspected of firing shots from inside the residence has barricaded himself
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Pleasant Hill |
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Suspect shot dead after standoff Map of Audrey lane Pleasant Hill A 5-hour standoff in which a shooting suspect barricaded himself inside a home ended when the suspect came outside armed with an assault rifle. 32-year-old Renardo Antonio Flores was killed by a s... | |
| Oct.6 |
San Pablo |
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Teen Found Shot Dead In Parked Car
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Martinez |
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Contra Costa County Slashes Budget Officials are warning that more budget cuts could be coming in 2010, even after supervisors moved to slash millions of dollars of county spending | |
| Oct.7 |
Moraga |
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Fire Torches Commercial Building A fire that burned through the upper floor of a two-story mixed-use building caused more than $1 million in damage
| Oct.10 |
Highway 4 |
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Driver Killed In Highway 4 Crash
| Oct.14 |
Antioch |
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J. Dugard Speaks Out With New Photos Jaycee Lee Dugard is finally speaking out in a People Magazine article - which includes the first photos of her since being rescued | |
| Oct.15 |
Highway 24 |
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Taxi driver killed in crash
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Concord |
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Machete-wielding Clerk Foils Robbery A machete-wielding store is being credited with foiling a robbery attempt at the Century Market after two men pistol-whipped one of two cler...
| Oct.18 |
Richmond |
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Man fatally shot in his car Officers responded, before 8:30 p.m., found 35-year-old Gabriel Schroeder suffering from gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of his car
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Hercules |
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2 Boys Shot In Home Expected To Survive Officers found about 300 people in the street and in a home, a boy who had been shot in the leg, as well as a boy who was shot in the rear e...
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Concord |
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Man fatally struck by vehicle while crossing
| Oct.20 |
Martinez |
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Ex-Sex Crime Prosecutor Indicted Former CoCo County sex crimes prosecutor Michael Gressett was indicted on connection with the alleged rape of a fellow prosecutor
| Oct.21 |
Concord |
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Child Rape Suspect Recaptured A 22-year-old child rape suspect who escaped police custody while in handcuffs in Martinez has been captured by officers
| Oct.23 |
Antioch |
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Man Found Shot Dead Officers arrived to find a man between 20 and 30 years old, dead from a single gunshot wound on a lawn between two fourplex apartment buildings
| Oct.26 |
Iron Triangle |
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15-year-old girl gang-raped on campus Map of 1250 23rd St Richmond Police are looking for between four and seven males who allegedly beat, robbed and gang-raped a girl on the Richmond High School campus
Police believe as many as a dozen people watched the girl get beaten and gang-raped outside her high school homecoming dance without reporting it
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| Oct.27 |
Richmond |
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Town Rattled By Alleged Rape Of Girl, 15 Up to 25 people watched and did nothing to stop it. One police official called the attack one of the most heinous crimes he had ever seen
| Oct.28 |
Iron Triangle |
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4 Charged In Richmond Gang Rape Four teens have been charged in connection with the rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl outside her high school homecoming dance
| Oct.29 |
Highway 680 |
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Horrific Pedestrian Crash Shuts I-680 A pedestrian on the roadway had been struck, probably numerous times, and body parts and pieces were scattered in all lanes
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Iron Triangle |
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6th Suspect Arrested In Gang Rape Police arrested Jose Carlos Montano, 18, in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside Richmond High School's homecoming dance
| Oct.30 |
Chevron |
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3Q profit slumps 51% Chevron pumped its way through a weak third quarter, producing more oil as prices recovered from a severe plunge earlier in the year
| Oct.31 |
San Ramon |
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$500,000 Worth Of Pot In Grow House
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