SF News Two Separate Large Brush Fires Raging In Contra Costa County, But Evacuation Warnings Lifted Two brush fires are burning 30 miles away from each other in Contra Costa County Monday afternoon, one in Rodeo that has reached more than 60 acres, and another near the foot of Mount Diablo for which the evacuation warning has already been lifted.
SF News First Flock of California Condors In 100 Years Spotted In Contra Costa County It’s a small but sure sign that the California condor population is rebounding after near-extinction, as six California condors were recently tracked in Contra Costa County, the first flock of these birds to fly through the county in 100 years.
SF News Ninth Grader Stabbed at Walnut Creek High School, Another Student in Custody A ninth grade girl was stabbed Tuesday at Walnut Creek’s Northgate High School, and while another ninth-grader is in custody on attempted murder and mayhem charges, a vice principal at the school is being praised for his swift intervention.
SF News Well Known 86-Year-Old Cyclist Killed In East Bay Collision An 86-year-old man who was well known in the Lamorinda area for bicycling hundreds of miles every week and advocating for bike safety on the roads was hit by a car and killed on Tuesday less than a mile from his home.
Arts & Entertainment Video: It's Tarantula Mating Season Again On Mt. Diablo! Ever since the drought began, mating season for the tarantulas native to Mount Diablo in the East Bay has been getting earlier and earlier, and this time of year means that mature male
SF News Gripping Video Shows Daring Airborne Rescue Of Injured Mountain Biker What happens if you fall and get injured on a Bay Area trail that's difficult to reach? If you're hiking in Contra Costa County, you might end up taking the ride of your
Arts & Entertainment Tarantulas Take Over East Bay Park To Make Crazy Spider Whoopee Apologies to all you arachnophobes out there! But it's tarantula mating season right now in the East Bay, and we thought you'd want to know. Though the burrowing creatures live "a solitary, nocturnal
SF News Mount Diablo Fire Now 90 Percent Contained; Obviously Caused By A Human [Updated] The good news is that the Morgan Fire over on Mount Diablo is pretty well under control as of today, and firefighters are saying they should have it all snuffed out by the
SF News Morgan Fire On Mount Diablo Now 45 Percent Contained Thankfully the wildfire burning on the back side of Mount Diablo appears to be somewhat under control as of this morning, with a total of 3,243 acres having been burned. It's now
SF News Wildfire Growing on Mount Diablo; Brush Fire Breaks Out In Sonoma Hot, windy conditions helped fuel two Bay Area fires on Sunday. A wildfire erupted Sunday afternoon on the eastern side of Mount Diablo, burning brush and other vegetation and potentially threatening about 100
SF News Mt. Diablo School Employee Arrested for Luring Boys with Her XBox This lovely dove here, Janis Thompson, a 44-year-old Martinez resident and part-time yard duty supervisor with the Mount Diablo Unified School District, was arrested yesterday for trolling young men, then "instigating sexual conversation.
SF News Mom Kills Son, Then Self at Mt. Diablo The bodies of a Walnut Creek woman and her son were found on Friday at the top of Mount Diablo. Their deaths appears to be the result of a mother-son murder-suicide. Judith Williams,
SF News Crystalline Water Ice Particles Fall from the Sky Yesterday's near perfect weather is now but a sepia-toned memory. Reports of a strange, icy substance, often referred to as "snow," is falling on Mount Diablo, Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, Mount
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hot Stuff: Food Section Round Up We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. Here are our favorite nibbles from today's offerings. San Francisco Chronicle: The gorge-gorge weather makes it easy to imagine all sorts of picnics, in
