Articles for Costa County

Tuberculosis cases rising in California, and state officials are sounding the alarm
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Tuberculosis cases rising in California, and state officials are sounding the alarm

LA Times  

A March 2018 photo shows a tuberculosis patient in Gauhati, India. Most active cases in California are from people with latent TB who picked up the bacteria decades ago but weren’t contagious or showing symptoms. “We have a lot of people who travel, and also have family members who come from other countries with higher rates of TB,” Dr. Regina …

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Murder defendant slips restraints in court, stabs his lawyer with pen. All good, attorney says
9 months ago

Murder defendant slips restraints in court, stabs his lawyer with pen. All good, attorney says

LA Times  

A defendant attacked his attorney with a pen, then lunged toward a deputy district attorney at the A.F. An Oakland man on trial in the killing of his ex-girlfriend cut through a lap restraint and attacked his attorney with a pen, then lunged toward the prosecutor, creating a chaotic courtroom scene Monday as a Contra Costa County jury watched, officials …

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Burrowing owl faces ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ advocates say
9 months, 1 week ago

Burrowing owl faces ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ advocates say

LA Times  

A burrowing owl in a busy park in Contra Costa County hidden among the rocky shoreline goes mostly unnoticed by passing parkgoers. And the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the California Fish and Game Commission codes afford protections to burrowing owls, but advocates say it’s not enough. Activists intervene on the owls’ behalf Portman spends a lot of her time …

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Contra Costa County links 11 confirmed tuberculosis cases to Pacheco casino. What you need to know
1 year, 1 month ago

Contra Costa County links 11 confirmed tuberculosis cases to Pacheco casino. What you need to know

LA Times  

Contra Costa County health officials have linked 11 confirmed cases of tuberculosis to staff and customers of California Grand Casino in Pacheco and urged those who spent time in the building in the last five years to get tested for the highly infectious disease. County health officials said 10 of the cases are genetically linked and the majority are associated …

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After a career of cracking cold cases, investigator Paul Holes opens up
1 year, 2 months ago

After a career of cracking cold cases, investigator Paul Holes opens up

NPR  

After a career of cracking cold cases, investigator Paul Holes opens up TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to Dave Davies' interview with Paul Holes, who spent more than two decades as a criminal investigator for the sheriff's and the district attorney's office in Contra Costa County, Calif. And it's a matter of taking, you know, …

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Man faces California hate-crime charge after anti-Asian rant
1 year, 11 months ago

Man faces California hate-crime charge after anti-Asian rant

Associated Press  

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Prosecutors have charged a Colorado man with a misdemeanor hate crime offense after he allegedly targeted two young adults of Asian descent with racist and homophobic comments last week as they recorded a TikTok food review video at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Northern California. Krah faces a hate crime charge in the In-N-Out Burger case, …

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In coronavirus milestone, San Francisco set to lift some indoor mask rules
3 years, 2 months ago

In coronavirus milestone, San Francisco set to lift some indoor mask rules

LA Times  

Third-year student Kathy Gomez, right, gets help with class enrollment from L.A. Community College’s Vanessa Garcia on Aug. 30. San Francisco’s announcement comes on the same day most counties in the Bay Area unveiled the criteria that they agree must be met to broadly lift mask requirements in indoor public spaces. These jurisdictions — San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, …

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Contra Costa County orders COVID-19 vaccine proof or negative test for indoor restaurants, gyms
3 years, 3 months ago

Contra Costa County orders COVID-19 vaccine proof or negative test for indoor restaurants, gyms

LA Times  

Reese Bacon waits to check in for his reservation to work out at a 24 Hour Fitness gym in San Francisco. Another Bay Area county is requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test to enter many indoor establishments. Contra Costa County on Tuesday issued a mandate that customers of indoor restaurants, bars and gyms must show …

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Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2
3 years, 7 months ago

Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2

Associated Press  

DANVILLE, Calif. — Just past the Village Theatre and a quaint corner chocolate shop is the intersection where Officer Andrew Hall shot and killed a 33-year-old mentally ill man in 2018. He was handsome and a bit shy, with “big brown puppy eyes,” said his father, Marvin Wilson, a retired correctional officer with the Orange County sheriff’s department. One resident …

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Video: California deputy shoots Black man within a minute
3 years, 8 months ago

Video: California deputy shoots Black man within a minute

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A white sheriff’s deputy in the San Francisco Bay Area shot and killed a Black man in the middle of a busy intersection about a minute after trying to stop him on suspicion of throwing rocks at cars last month, newly released video showed. Wilson eventually turns to face the deputy, holding a knife, and says, “Touch …

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One of these people could be Newsom’s pick for California attorney general
3 years, 9 months ago

One of these people could be Newsom’s pick for California attorney general

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom says he will soon announce a replacement for Xavier Becerra, who resigned to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Diana Becton has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017 and is supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus. California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu is supported for the attorney general’s post by …

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Orange County opens second COVID-19 testing super site at shuttered O.C. fairgrounds
4 years, 3 months ago

Orange County opens second COVID-19 testing super site at shuttered O.C. fairgrounds

LA Times  

A worker from 360 Clinic passes a COVID-19 self-administering test at a drive-through testing site on Wednesday morning at the Orange County fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, answers questions from the media during a press conference at a COVID-19 self-administering drive-through super testing site on Wednesday at the Orange County …

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