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Contra Costa County

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    15,000 Marijuana Plants Discovered in Cornfield

    ​A massive marijuana grow -- 15,000 plants worth an estimated $6 million -- was discovered in a Brentwood cornfield yesterday. This, once and for all, answers the questions "What's going on in Brentwood?" and "Do they grow corn there?"  The plants were uncovered in the 4600 block of Orwood Ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    BART Votes To Change Station's Name -- But Not Pay For It

    Cheers! Now let's go to the Centre...​Legions of future BART riders will misspell the name of the forthcoming Contra Costa Centre -- yes, Centre --  station following a vote by the transit agency's board of directors yesterday. The board voted 7-1, with only Carole Ward Allen objecting, to re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Will BART Spend Big Bucks To Change Station's Name?

    Take us to the 'Centre'! Tally-ho!​BART's board of directors is scheduled today to vote on whether the name of one of its stations should be made longer, more complicated -- and more expensive. At the behest of both municipal and corporate interests, BART may today opt to change the name of Pleasa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Google Sued For Collecting Payload Data In Street View Debacle

    You can trust Google, right? Right? ​Two more plaintiffs have filed yet another class action lawsuit against Google for collecting private data as its cars drove around photographing every corner in the country -- and several other countries as well -- for Google Street View. The British governmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Body Discovered on Ocean Beach

    View Larger MapThe Medical Examiner's office reports it has just sent personnel to Ocean Beach after the body of a man believed to be in his 60s washed up there near Balboa Street. This follows a woman in her 50s washing up yesterday following a deadly sailing accident near the Cliff House. It is be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Man Accused of Robbing, Beating Girlfriend, Hanging Her Puppy

    Gerald Anthony Ortega is accused of hanging his girlfriend's dog, a Jack Russell terrier puppy like this one​A man charged with beating his girlfriend, breaking into her apartment, and hanging her Jack Russell terrier puppy will be arraigned today. Gerald Anthony Ortega, 25, has a court date today ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Federal Judge: California Cities Can Sue Wall Street

    ​A group of California cities and counties can proceed with a lawsuit alleging shenanigans by some of the world's largest financial institutions, a federal judge ruled today.In a decision delivered in federal court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Victor Marrero denied a motion to dism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    If You Thought a Carnitas Burrito Was Filling, Wait'll You Taste the Kalua Pork Version

    The Hawaiian burrito: Just as lumpy-looking as the original.​There's a special place in the firmament for restaurants that do side-by-side cuisine: Not Chinese doughnuts, say, but Chinese Food and Donuts; not Burmese curry turkey sandwiches, but Burmese Kitchen and Larkin Deli. In the early part o ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 13, 2010

    Jonathan Kauffman: Remapping the city, one memorable dish at a time

    The Hawaiian burrito: Just as lumpy-looking as the original.​There's a special place in the firmament for restaurants that do side-by-side cuisine: Not Chinese doughnuts, say, but Chinese Food and Donuts; not Burmese curry turkey sandwiches, but Burmese Kitchen and Larkin Deli. In the early part o ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 25, 2009

    Flavor over flash: Chilango breaks for authenticity

    The Hawaiian burrito: Just as lumpy-looking as the original.​There's a special place in the firmament for restaurants that do side-by-side cuisine: Not Chinese doughnuts, say, but Chinese Food and Donuts; not Burmese curry turkey sandwiches, but Burmese Kitchen and Larkin Deli. In the early part o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Turns Out San Francisco *Does* Participate in State's Sunken Boat Disposal Program. This Is Good, Because We'd Already Received, Spent the Money.

    Courtesy of the Department of Boating and WaterwaysSome inconsiderate bastard left this boat to rot in the San Joaquin Delta​Last week we reported that the administrator of the California's Abandoned Watercraft Abatement Fund told us that San Francisco does not participate in the state program. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    S.F. Bay Guardian Tells Those Conservative Suburban Twits How To Vote

    Well, Edna, if the Guardian says they're for Garamendi, I reckon we should be, too​The Bay Guardian loves to complain about a certain Chronicle columnist from Walnut Creek criticizing San Francisco policies. The Guardian essentially contends that suburbanites cannot be expected to understand t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    S.F. Cracks List of Nation's Three Fastest-Plummeting Housing Markets (We Took Bronze)

    New statistics show you absolutely can't afford these houses, but they now likely cost 28 percent less than last year's ridiculous pricesWhat do Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco have in common? Yep: sketchy nightclubs and plummeting housing prices. According to S&P data released today, San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Class Action Lawsuit Sticks It To Kaiser For Allegedly Double Charging on Co-Pays

    A Contra Costa County woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente in federal court in San Francisco, claiming the health care provider double-charged her co-pay in a case that her attorney says could affect "hundreds, potentially thousands" of policyholders who've reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Joe DiMaggio's Home City Honored by EPA -- and It's Not San Francisco

    ...Oozing with leadTo say that San Francisco is a city that treasures being in the vanguard of environmentally responsible behavior (or, skeptics might say, whatever will get people talking about how environmentally responsible we are) is an understatement.So it's interesting that today -- with an e ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    Bougie Nights

    Gangstas. Thugs. Knuckleheads. Baki Lepolo's bouncers have handled them all. But can they handle the VIP crowd?

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    Paper Chase

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • News

    November 21, 2007

    Bones of Discontent - Andrew Galvan carves a unique, controversial role in relocating Native American skeletons

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Gavin Newsom Can Help Cure Global Warming's Effects ... with High-Rises

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • Film

    February 14, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Last Voyage of the Relentless

    Friends and family of a well-known fishing captain are convinced he and his deckhand were victims of a maritime hit-and-run near the Golden Gate

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Troubled Order

    Faced with lingering sex abuse complaints, the Salesians of St. John Bosco take their lumps in court

  • Dining

    October 12, 2005

    Gentle Ribbing

    A carnivorous odyssey around the Bay Area pinpoints three very different meats

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Number Crunch

    Is the school board solving its budget crisis or proving it's math-challenged? Take quiz, find out.

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    Wake Up, America!

    Infiltrator works his way into an anti-immigration petition drive -- at a gun show

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    Democracy in Suburbia

    The Economist asks: "Is California Back?" Contra Costa County wonders: "Were we gone?"

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Capital Rap

    From revolutionary rapper to stockbroker to rapper again -- the long, strange trip of Paris, aka Oscar Jackson Jr.

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    A Pug at the Heartstrings

    At the 10th annual Pugtacular celebration, some people will do anything for a pug

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    News That Fits

    Is shorter ever better? Yes, when it's on the front page of the Contra Costa Times.

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Prosecutors' Patience Wears Thin With Levada, Mahony

    Is shorter ever better? Yes, when it's on the front page of the Contra Costa Times.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Muni's Mack Daddy

    James Robinson used to be a pimp. Now he's a transit union bigwig. And he's got higher ambitions.

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    SOUL Trainers

    A nonprofit school known by the acronym SOUL is working to undermine The System with The System's own money. But does SOUL teach anti-capitalist subversion -- or how to sell out?

  • News

    May 30, 2001

    Contract Killings

    How the state's contracts with crucial electric power providers actually encourage them to gouge us

  • Dining

    November 1, 2000

    Side Dish

    A Bad Mix

  • News

    June 14, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Burn Rate; Return of the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Make Room for Dot-Coms

    Forget about live-work lofts. The newest fight for San Francisco's soul is over multimedia office space.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Panic or Attack?

    Did this aspiring cover boy, who says he killed in a panic fit brought on by unwanted gay advances, get away with murder?

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Letters

    Did this aspiring cover boy, who says he killed in a panic fit brought on by unwanted gay advances, get away with murder?

  • News

    August 5, 1998

    The Fairfield Wives

    Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1998

    Mecklin

    Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

  • News

    November 12, 1997

    Affirmative Reaction

    Even with Proposition 209, there are proven ways to help minority kids get to college

  • Calendar

    July 9, 1997

    Unspun

    Even with Proposition 209, there are proven ways to help minority kids get to college

  • Music

    June 18, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Even with Proposition 209, there are proven ways to help minority kids get to college

  • News

    May 28, 1997

    Dog Bites

    Even with Proposition 209, there are proven ways to help minority kids get to college

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1997

    Dog Bites

    Even with Proposition 209, there are proven ways to help minority kids get to college

  • News

    October 23, 1996

    Letters

    Even with Proposition 209, there are proven ways to help minority kids get to college

  • News

    October 23, 1996

    Where Crime Pays

    Is the DA's Office bungling the biggest pollution case in Bay Area history?

  • Calendar

    October 9, 1996

    The Grid

    Is the DA's Office bungling the biggest pollution case in Bay Area history?

  • Calendar

    October 11, 1995

    Slap Shots

    Is the DA's Office bungling the biggest pollution case in Bay Area history?

  • News

    September 6, 1995

    Foreign-Born Dog Soldiers

    U.S. police departments, including the SFPD, shun American-bred recruits for their canine corps

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