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| Jan.9 |
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Bank Robbery
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| Jan.13 |
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Police Seize PC From Teenager
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| Jan.20 |
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To Lower Energy Consumption
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| Jan.21 |
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City recognizes kindness
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| Jan.26 |
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14-Screen Theater
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| Jan.29 |
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Teens Go to D.C.
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| Feb.1 |
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Stabbing Blamed on Jealousy
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| Feb.14 |
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Suspect Dead in Police Shooting Employees called police telling them a man was trying to use a fake or stolen credit card. Suspect drew a gun
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| Feb.15 |
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Arrested In Computer Thefts
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| Feb.16 |
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Man Shot by Police was Fugitive
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| Feb.27 |
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Ski-Masked Gunmen Rob Restaurant
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| Mar.5 |
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Fighting to Preserve BART Parking
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| Mar.13 |
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DVC Cracking Down on Cheaters
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| May.9 |
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Bank robbed
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Gunmen robbed home
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| May.19 |
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Contra Costa Times cuts 87 jobs
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| Jun.4 |
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Ultraviolet light to render viruses
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| Jun.7 |
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1 dead, 3 infected with meningitis| Pharmacy apparently contaminated cortisone shots with the bacteria | |
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| Jun.8 |
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CC Times will curtail regional edition
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| Jun.11 |
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2 hospitalized with meningitis They received contaminated made-to-order cortisone shots
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| Jun.13 |
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2nd death confirmed as meningitis Meningitis linked to a Walnut Creek health clinic. In Pittsburg clinic authorities seized contaminated medicine
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| Jun.23 |
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Died of meningitis linked to pharmacy| Woman, 80, who received a tainted shot becames the 3rd fatality among the cluster of cases | |
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| Jun.30 |
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Con men foiled by bank employee
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| Jul.4 |
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Pharmacy could be shut down
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| Jul.6 |
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Pharmacy to stop compounding
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| Jul.14 |
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Pharmacist's license suspended
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| Jul.16 |
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Thieves Steal from Charity
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| Jul.25 |
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Sharks proposed $7 million complex Sharks want to build 2 professional-size skating rinks near the Costco store
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| Jul.26 |
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Meningitis victim sues pharmacy
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| Aug.2 |
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Rape Suspect Arrested
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| Aug.24 |
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Boy Safe After Kidnap| Police found the 37-year-old David Wayne McGuire naked in a hot tub. The boy was fully clothed | | |
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| Sep.20 |
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Taxi driver indicted for rape, murder
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| Sep.24 |
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4-alarm fire damaged office building The blaze caused a million dollars in damage to the 2-story building
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| Oct.12 |
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Sentenced to 3 lives for drugs Kevin Lee Davis, 32, of Walnut Creek, major Oakland cocaine trafficker, sentenced on 79 federal charges
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| Oct.17 |
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City manager placed on paid leave Joe Tanner allegedly approved a development deal without the full authorization of the City Council
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100 students vandalized school A fight broke out before the homecoming football game. Students overturned trash cans and sprayed windows
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| Oct.30 |
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Maternity ward has closed The only maternity ward in Concord, based in Mount Diablo Medical Cente, has closed
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| Oct.31 |
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2 armed robberies Robberies occurred within 25 minutes of each other. In both cases suspect displayed a handgun and demanded cash
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| Nov.15 |
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NAACP: first-grader discriminated 6-year-old at El Monte Elementary claims a classmate choked her with a jump rope
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| Nov.18 |
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Threatening suicide on tracks Man threatened to jump on the tracks causing the stop on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line in both directions
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| Nov.24 |
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Transient fell in creek, drowned 47-year-old pulled dead from a creek in Newhall Park
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| Dec.3 |
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Auto Theft Jumps There is one stolen car a day during the first 6 months of 2001 in Walnut Creek
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| Dec.7 |
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55 arrests for outstanding DUI The program is nicknamed 'Avoid the 25' aimed at setting up DUI checkpoints and educating drivers
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| Dec.10 |
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Rock thrown at mosque| Members of The Islamic Center of Contra Costa at were quick to board up the windows | | |
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| Dec.15 |
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Armed carjacking 2 men armed with a revolver forced a woman and 2 companions from their car outside a video store
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| Dec.21 |
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Arrested for throwing rocks at mosque| Boys, ages 14 and 16, confessed to the Dec. 9 incident | |
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| Dec.25 |
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Strong-arm robbery Victim had been robbed and repeatedly hit by two suspects
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| Dec.29 |
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Armed robbery of store Light-skinned lightly-built black man was holding a silver hand gun
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| 2001 |
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| Jun.7 |
1 dead, 3 infected with meningitis| Pharmacy apparently contaminated cortisone shots with the bacteria | |
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| Jun.11 |
2 hospitalized with meningitis They received contaminated made-to-order cortisone shots
|
| Jun.13 |
2nd death confirmed as meningitis Meningitis linked to a Walnut Creek health clinic. In Pittsburg clinic authorities seized contaminated medicine
|
| Jun.23 |
Died of meningitis linked to pharmacy| Woman, 80, who received a tainted shot becames the 3rd fatality among the cluster of cases | |
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| Jul.4 |
Pharmacy could be shut down
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| Jul.6 |
Pharmacy to stop compounding
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| Sep.24 |
4-alarm fire damaged office building The blaze caused a million dollars in damage to the 2-story building
|
| Nov.18 |
Threatening suicide on tracks Man threatened to jump on the tracks causing the stop on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line in both directions
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| Nov.24 |
Transient fell in creek, drowned 47-year-old pulled dead from a creek in Newhall Park
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.29 |
Teens Go to D.C.
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| Mar.13 |
DVC Cracking Down on Cheaters
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| Jun.4 |
Ultraviolet light to render viruses
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| Oct.17 |
100 students vandalized school A fight broke out before the homecoming football game. Students overturned trash cans and sprayed windows
|
| Nov.15 |
NAACP: first-grader discriminated 6-year-old at El Monte Elementary claims a classmate choked her with a jump rope
|
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| 2001 |
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| Jul.25 |
Sharks proposed $7 million complex Sharks want to build 2 professional-size skating rinks near the Costco store
|
|
| 2001 |
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| Jan.20 |
To Lower Energy Consumption
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| Jan.26 |
14-Screen Theater
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| Mar.5 |
Fighting to Preserve BART Parking
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| May.19 |
Contra Costa Times cuts 87 jobs
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| Jun.8 |
CC Times will curtail regional edition
|
| Jul.6 |
Pharmacy to stop compounding
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| Jul.14 |
Pharmacist's license suspended
|
| Jul.25 |
Sharks proposed $7 million complex Sharks want to build 2 professional-size skating rinks near the Costco store
|
| Jul.26 |
Meningitis victim sues pharmacy
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| Oct.17 |
City manager placed on paid leave Joe Tanner allegedly approved a development deal without the full authorization of the City Council
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| Oct.30 |
Maternity ward has closed The only maternity ward in Concord, based in Mount Diablo Medical Cente, has closed
|
|
| 2001 |
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| Jan.9 |
Bank Robbery
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| Jan.13 |
Police Seize PC From Teenager
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| Feb.1 |
Stabbing Blamed on Jealousy
|
| Feb.14 |
Suspect Dead in Police Shooting Employees called police telling them a man was trying to use a fake or stolen credit card. Suspect drew a gun
|
| Feb.15 |
Arrested In Computer Thefts
|
| Feb.16 |
Man Shot by Police was Fugitive
|
| Feb.27 |
Ski-Masked Gunmen Rob Restaurant
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| May.9 |
Bank robbed
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| May.9 |
Gunmen robbed home
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| Jun.30 |
Con men foiled by bank employee
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| Jul.16 |
Thieves Steal from Charity
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| Jul.26 |
Meningitis victim sues pharmacy
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| Aug.2 |
Rape Suspect Arrested
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| Aug.24 |
Boy Safe After Kidnap| Police found the 37-year-old David Wayne McGuire naked in a hot tub. The boy was fully clothed | | |
|
| Sep.20 |
Taxi driver indicted for rape, murder
|
| Oct.12 |
Sentenced to 3 lives for drugs Kevin Lee Davis, 32, of Walnut Creek, major Oakland cocaine trafficker, sentenced on 79 federal charges
|
| Oct.17 |
100 students vandalized school A fight broke out before the homecoming football game. Students overturned trash cans and sprayed windows
|
| Oct.31 |
2 armed robberies Robberies occurred within 25 minutes of each other. In both cases suspect displayed a handgun and demanded cash
|
| Dec.3 |
Auto Theft Jumps There is one stolen car a day during the first 6 months of 2001 in Walnut Creek
|
| Dec.7 |
55 arrests for outstanding DUI The program is nicknamed 'Avoid the 25' aimed at setting up DUI checkpoints and educating drivers
|
| Dec.10 |
Rock thrown at mosque| Members of The Islamic Center of Contra Costa at were quick to board up the windows | | |
|
| Dec.15 |
Armed carjacking 2 men armed with a revolver forced a woman and 2 companions from their car outside a video store
|
| Dec.21 |
Arrested for throwing rocks at mosque| Boys, ages 14 and 16, confessed to the Dec. 9 incident | |
|
| Dec.25 |
Strong-arm robbery Victim had been robbed and repeatedly hit by two suspects
|
| Dec.29 |
Armed robbery of store Light-skinned lightly-built black man was holding a silver hand gun
|
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.21 |
City recognizes kindness
|
| Oct.17 |
City manager placed on paid leave Joe Tanner allegedly approved a development deal without the full authorization of the City Council
|
| Nov.15 |
NAACP: first-grader discriminated 6-year-old at El Monte Elementary claims a classmate choked her with a jump rope