A man who died after an altercation at a homeless encampment in unincorporated Concord on Wednesday night has been identified as Jerald Nagle, a Contra Costa County sheriff's spokesman said Thursday.
Police arrested a Vallejo man in Pleasant Hill on Thursday evening after he allegedly fled from police officers in his car and struck another vehicle, injuring a woman.
Two Bay Area spellers are on their way to Thursday's Scripps National Spelling Bee semi-finals after making it through Wednesday morning's three preliminary rounds.
Video has surfaced showing the former head of a Contra Costa County Drug Task Force selling more than a pound of methamphetamine to a government informant.
Three BART trains were delayed Tuesday morning after a handgun sighting on a platform at the Pleasant Hill BART station caused a stir among morning commuters, police said.