Another Bay Area District Attorney is facing a recall effort, this time in Contra Costa County. District Attorney Diana Becton was served with a “Notice of Intent to Recall" on Monday.

For more than three decades, Contra Costa County has drawn a line in the sand protecting the region's verdant open space and sweeping ridgelines from urban sprawl. Elected officials now have a rare ...

New fire hazard severity maps show dramatic increases in some areas of Sonoma and Napa counties and around San Jose. In Contra Costa County, the fire hazard severity level decreased for some but ...