Crime

San Pablo police seized 62 guns from a man who allegedly locked his girlfriend and their kids in a room for four days and threatened to shoot them. Luckily, the victims escaped and the man,...

Five juveniles were arrested in connection with an armed robbery at Bill's Liquors in Pinole on Sunday, police said. Pinole police responded around 6:53 p.m. to a report that at least one of the suspects...

The Richmond Police Department conducted a two-day traffic operation and quality of life enforcement operation in and around the 23rd Street corridor that resulted in 45 traffic citations, 22 parking citations and 90 vehicles...

A GoFundMe has been launched to support the family of a teenage boy who died in a crash involving an impaired driver in Richmond early Monday. Ricardo Funes-Baraja, 16, of Richmond, was one of the...

Two Richmond police officers were recently honored with awards from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), an organization dedicated to ending drunken driving and other related initiatives. Officer Alyssa Alvarado and Officer Roberto Lopez were recognized...

A homeless man was arrested on charges that he murdered a woman before setting her on fire in San Pablo on Tuesday, July 2. San Pablo police and Con Fire responded at about 1:23 a.m....

By Mike Kinney It might not have sounded this way to some Richmond residents, but reports of illegal fireworks and explosives in the city were significantly reduced during the July 4 holiday than last year,...

A volunteer music director at a Richmond church is accused of raping one of his students in the music program over a period of several years, beginning when she was a minor. On March 21,...

PBelow is an overview of significant service activity provided by RPD patrol officers during their scheduled shifts. Activity shared in these segments are an overview and do not reflect the entirety of service calls...

The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged two men in connection with the severing of a utility line that cut 911 service for residents in Pinole, Hercules and San Pablo. Jesus Francisco Arias-Ayala, 31,...