Pensions ‘Elephant In The Room' As CoCo County Eyes New Budget
Source: Big News Network
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-24 15:46:01 -0700 | health-news
Contra Costa supervisors are expected to adopt a new county budget next month and the county administrator is optimistic about it, despite rising-pension costs. "A lot of counties in California have significant pension obligation debt. On the other hand, ours...
National Geographic fellowship for Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-23 17:23:12 -0700 | green-news
Rona Zollinger, Contra Costa County's 2012 Teacher of the Year, is one of 14 educators selected for a summer Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Grosvenor Teaching Fellowship. She will spend part of her time aboard a National Geographic Explorer ship traveling...
Trial begins for Berkeley man charged with killing high school senior outside Danville home
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-22 17:37:05 -0700 | allnews
A defense attorney told jurors Monday that his client did not kill a 17-year-old San Ramon Valley High School senior who was fatally shot outside his Danville home in 2009. During opening statements at the trial of 22-year-old Berkeley resident...
Trial begins for Berkeley man charged with killing high school senior outside Danville home
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-22 17:37:05 -0700 | allnews
A defense attorney told jurors Monday that his client did not kill a 17-year-old San Ramon Valley High School senior who was fatally shot outside his Danville home in 2009. During opening statements at the trial of 22-year-old Berkeley resident...
Pittsburg woman charged with murder for boyfriend's fatal head injury
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-19 16:37:44 -0700 | disasters-news
A 30-year-old Pittsburg woman was charged with murder and robbery this week in connection with her boyfriend's death from a head injury, according to the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office. Julie Ann Holland pulled Shelton Tyrone Johnson, 50, to the...
Ex-Contra Costa fire captain pleads not guilty to embezzlement charges
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-19 16:30:49 -0700 | allnews
A retired Contra Costa Fire District captain accused of pillaging firehouses pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony charges, court records show. Prosecutors says Alamo resident Jon Wilmot, 51, stole hundreds of items from the fire district he served for...
Ex-Contra Costa fire captain pleads not guilty to embezzlement charges
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-19 16:30:49 -0700 | allnews
A retired Contra Costa Fire District captain accused of pillaging firehouses pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony charges, court records show. Prosecutors says Alamo resident Jon Wilmot, 51, stole hundreds of items from the fire district he served for...
Recovery fund established for Martinez boy injured in Boston Marathon bombings
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-19 21:08:40 -0700 | political-news
A recovery fund has been established to assist with the medical costs for Aaron Hern, an 11-year-old Martinez boy injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. Funds can be donated to the Aaron Hern Recovery Fund at any Wells Fargo Bank...
Martinez Councilman Menesini recovering from heart attack
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-18 11:11:31 -0700 | disasters-news
City Councilman Mike Menesini is recovering from a heart attack he suffered last weekend, Mayor Rob Schroder said Wednesday. Schroder said Menesini went to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek Saturday morning after he woke up not feeling well....
Martinez boy injured in Boston Marathon bombing to undergo surgery, prognosis 'good'
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-17 16:35:44 -0700 | political-news
The prognosis for a 12-year-old Martinez boy injured in the Boston Marathon bombings and scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday afternoon is good, a family friend said Wednesday. Aaron Hern, who has been sedated while recovering from shrapnel injuries, was scheduled...
Grandmother convicted of kidnapping Knightsen granddaughter to carry out fake pregnancy
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-16 15:54:04 -0700 | allnews
A Southern California woman has been found guilty of kidnapping her 4-month-old granddaughter from the child's Knightsen home in 2011 as part of a bizarre scheme to pass off the baby as her own after a fake pregnancy. Ericka Gallego,...
Grandmother convicted of kidnapping Knightsen granddaughter to carry out fake pregnancy
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-16 15:54:04 -0700 | allnews
A Southern California woman has been found guilty of kidnapping her 4-month-old granddaughter from the child's Knightsen home in 2011 as part of a bizarre scheme to pass off the baby as her own after a fake pregnancy. Ericka Gallego,...
Martinez: Propane tank explodes, house catches fire
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-14 17:58:30 -0700 | travel-news
A propane tank exploded and a house caught on fire Sunday afternoon, according to the Contra Costa Fire District. Firefighters were dispatched at 4:52 p.m. to the 100 block of Arana Drive for a report of a backyard propane tank...
County hospital staff say long waits, overcrowding in the ER endanger patients
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-12 14:23:27 -0700 | health-news
Long waits and overcrowding in the emergency room at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center are endangering patients, say medical staffers, who are pushing for an expansion of the emergency department. But administrators say building costly additional space is only...
Judge: Richmond child rapist will receive life in prison without the possibility of parole
Source: Contra Costa Times
Martínez :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-12 13:25:10 -0700 | allnews
A 26-year-old Richmond man will be sentenced May 3 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2011 kidnap and rape of a 13-year-old boy in Richmond, a judge said Friday. Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Charles...
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