Company to pay $2.5 million for false air reports

San Jose Mercury News

ap san francisco a company that operates a tank farm in Contra Costa County will pay $2.5 million for filing false air quality reports. ...

SF: petroleum terminal firm ordered to pay $2.5 million for lying ... CBS 5

Lies cost bayfront oil terminal $2.5 million San Francisco Chronicle

Tank farm operator hit with $2.5 million punishment San Jose Mercury News



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Another victim of violence in Richmond

San Jose Mercury News

... by families and the cycle of violence that plagued their neighborhoods during the past week. For the full story see Tuesday's Contra Costa Times newspapers.

Man killed, 2 hurt in Richmond freeway shooting San Francisco Chronicle

Another wave of violence grips Richmond abc7news.com

Richmond Community Leaders Urge Calm After Violent Week KTVU.com

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MARTINEZ: state prosecutors deny claims of bias in da rape case ...

CBS 5

In a motion filed Monday in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez, state prosecutors denied allegations of misconduct in the investigation into ...



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Court rules against Contra Costa County on use of library room for ...

San Jose Mercury News

A federal district court judge on Friday barred Contra Costa County from enforcing a ban on religious services in the room, nearly five years after Faith ...



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Critics target recipients of six-figure public pensions

Los Angeles Times

But it is Donna Irwin, a retired captain with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, who is leading the charge to block the release of such ...

Council: Full agenda

Martinez News-Gazette

One of the large concrete structures on the Zocchi property may be rented by the Contra Costa County Superior Court for storage space. ...

Judge orders Chevron to stop work on Richmond refinery retrofit ...

San Jose Mercury News

A Contra Costa Superior Court judge ordered Chevron to stop construction on equipment to process a wider range of crude at its Richmond ...

Judge halts Chevron's Richmond refinery expansion San Francisco Chronicle

Judge Halts Construction At Chevron Calif Refinery Wall Street Journal

Judge tells Chevron to stop Calif. refinery work Reuters

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Governor sets date for Congressional election

San Jose Mercury News

Tauscher, a Democrat, represented the 10th Congressional District, which includes parts of Solano, Contra Costa , Alameda and Sacramento counties. ...

Date Set For Special Election KCBS

REGIONAL: schwarzenegger sets date for election to fill ... CBS 5

Election set to replace Tauscher Contra Costa Times

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Contra Costa unions agree to major contract concessions

Contra Costa Times

Contra Costa County's three biggest labor unions have overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract with major wage and benefit ...

Ruling favors release of pension payment details San Jose Mercury News

Contra Costa court OKs release of public employee pension data San Jose Mercury News



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Separate blazes destroy Quiznos in Pleasant Hill

San Jose Mercury News

Five Contra Costa fire district engines were responding to a report just before 9:15 pm of smoke coming from the same roof area that burned about 1 am, ...

Pleasant hill: fire destroys quiznos sub sandwich shop CBS 5

Fire destroys Quiznos in Pleasant Hill abc7news.com

Fire Destroys Quizno's In Pleasant Hill FireFighting News.com

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Antioch, West Contra Costa districts picked for $1 million ...

Contra Costa Times

The Antioch and West Contra Costa school districts each have snagged $1 million grants to provide students with multiple pathways to ...

3 area school districts among 10 getting millions to create career ... Los Angeles Times



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DA: Will speak to staff about possible assessor investigation

San Jose Mercury News

"It's migraine material", says Contra Costa County assessor Gus S. Kramer as he talks about the loss to the county of millions of dollars ...



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Suicide lines: Lakers withdraw offer to Odom; quiet Nets

Yahoo! Sports

Marcus Thompson II, Contra Costa Times: "After spending much of his first two seasons on the bench in Atlanta, [Acie] Law expressed relief over getting out ...



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Purdy: Let's have a decision already on A's-to-SJ

San Jose Mercury News

(Karl Mondon/ Contra Costa Times/MCT) Major League Baseball must soon decide: Does it want San Jose? Or does it want to dither? You may recall that in March, ...



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Jury finds natural causes in West County Jail inmate's death

San Jose Mercury News

... the District Attorney's Office and Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, which operates the county's jails, including the West County Jail in Richmond. ...



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Orange County's 5 swine flu deaths most in Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

San Diego County has reported four swine flu deaths, while Contra Costa and San Mateo counties have each had three.



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Martinez adopts "climate action plan"

San Jose Mercury News

To that end, Martinez has been working with 511 Contra Costa , a group which advocates "green commutes" such as carpooling, walking, cycling and taking ...



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BART and AC Transit fares go up

San Jose Mercury News

Fares increase Wednesday on BART trains and AC Transit and San Francisco Muni buses, and on Sunday on buses in East Contra Costa County as ...

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Richmond, El Cerrito power restolred after 4-hour outage

San Jose Mercury News

A Contra Costa County fire dispatcher said a transformer exploded in an unincorporated part of the county between both cities around 5:30 pm She said it ...

Downed power line leaves 6000-plus without power San Jose Mercury News



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Coroner names woman fatally shot on I-80 Sunday morning in Richmond

San Jose Mercury News

... Highway 80 in Richmond early Sunday morning has been identified as 25-year-old Rickeasha Washington, a Contra Costa County deputy coroner said today. ...



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