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Fire in BART station
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| Jan.14 |
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Retail Discrimimation Charges
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| Jan.26 |
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Sulfur gas release| Gas release at the Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Refinery is a level 3, the highest priority, and affecting Concord | | |
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| Feb.5 |
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Gas leak has shut down off-ramp
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| Feb.7 |
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Attempted murder suspect captured
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| Mar.3 |
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Man injured in fall at BART station
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| Mar.18 |
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Riot shuts down mall 1,500 teen-agers and parents showed up to meet a band B2K at Sun Valley Mall
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| May.8 |
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Power failure affects 3,000 customers
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| May.10 |
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Court threw out murder conviction
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| May.12 |
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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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| May.13 |
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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.16 |
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Police search for missing teen 11th-grader 16-year-old Paul Cardes went missing Tuesday and is feared to be suicidal
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| May.30 |
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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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| Jun.2 |
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19,000 customers lost power Affected customers were in Alamo, Martinez, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Lafayette and Danville
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| Jun.4 |
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Winner of Afghan scholarship Nasrina Bargzie, 21, who suffered as a result of that country's communist regime has received a scholarship to study law
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| Jun.6 |
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BART interrupted A grass or debris fire in a field near the BART storage yard
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| Jun.13 |
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Chevron to lay off 100 employees ChevronTexaco will shift jobs to Philippines from a credit card division
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| Jun.29 |
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Homebuilder Endangered Species West Coast Homebuilders charged with Endangered Species Act violations after red-legged frog found a dead on site
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| Jul.11 |
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Police fire on drug suspect Officer shot a suspect who was allegedly threatening to run the officer down with his car
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| Jul.18 |
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Community Win Fight Over Classic Car At a meeting of the Planning Commission, all but one speaker were in support of a 1954 Mercury, a source of ad
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| Jul.27 |
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Shooting left man in critical condition 20-year-old Pittsburg man has several gunshot wounds
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| Aug.15 |
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2 dead after head-on collision Car crossed over a raised concrete median and struck two vehicles. Collision shut down the roadway for five hours
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| Sep.1 |
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$80,000 grant for Police Department Grant from the state will be used to reduce crime in 246 ABC licensed bars, restaurants and retail stores
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| Sep.4 |
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2 dead after PD gun battle with suspect| Officers shot and killed a man after the man opened fire on police who confronted him. Prior shooting left another man dead | |
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| Oct.10 |
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Troops Train for Middle East| The Concord Naval Weapons Station is providing a workout for troops | |
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| Oct.12 |
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BART to unveil new fare gates The new ticket machines have an ATM interface
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| Nov.1 |
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3 arrested in golf store burglaries Knudtson, 32, his brother, Kyle, 26, and Odom, 25, were allegedly stealing golf equipment then attempting to sell on eBay
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| Nov.19 |
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B of A Slashes more than 200 Jobs| Most of the layoffs are at the information technology division | | |
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| Dec.21 |
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Homicide suspect arrested Officers arrested Leon Morris, 20, in connection with a investigation where 2 bodies were found in the burning car
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| Dec.23 |
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Mother demanding end of sex education Renee Walker says the curriculum has a political agenda and provides graphic information about abortions