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Wal-Mart instead of Costco Big-box retail store take over the former Costco store location on Arnold Drive
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| Feb.1 |
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Stabbing Blamed on Jealousy
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| Mar.19 |
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Dealership sells two car halves
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| Mar.28 |
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Refinery fire could be prevented Federal review said better management could have prevented an explosion that killed 4 workers at the Tosco in 1999
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| Apr.28 |
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Resident received $9,700 PG&E bill K. Long have a big house and a pool to keep warm. She was not charged for four months
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| Jun.2 |
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Audit of County Health Department Grand jury charging the agency with exceeding its planned budget
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| Jun.16 |
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Sex assault suspect called 911 Police claim that 19-year-old sexually assaulted a woman and then called 911 to say he was holding her at gunpoint
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| Jul.9 |
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2-year-old girl drowns in pool Woman told that her daughter had been found floating
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| Jul.18 |
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Fire at Shell oil refinery| Officials ordered people living nearby to remain inside their homes | |
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| Jul.23 |
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Seizure of 515 pounds of cocaine| The U.S. Customs Service seized drug off an oil tanker docked in the Bay. 8 Nylon suitcases were in the ship's engine room | |
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| Sep.10 |
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Tosco pay $8 million for injuries Neal Jones, 47, was burned in 2000. He accused the company of not eliminating safety hazards at a refinery
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| Sep.30 |
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Cop kills father threatening son Officer shot an elderly man after he refused to obey commands to put down a metal pipe
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| Oct.14 |
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Shelter-in-place order lifted Flammable substance began leaking from a processing unitl at the Equilon refinery
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| Oct.17 |
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Cloud over refinery| A yellowish cloud of dust billowing from Equilon Martinez Refining forced residents to seek shelter | |
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| Oct.18 |
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13-year-old hits and kills 82-year-old Girl is accused of hitting an woman while driving through a crosswalk after she ran a stop sign
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| Oct.23 |
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Tosco settles suits in '99 fire death The confidential sum will benefit the family of slain worker E. Pofahl and S. Duncan who was hurt
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| Nov.3 |
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4 vehicles set ablaze by arsonist| 2 fires damaged Contra Costa County vehicles | |
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| Nov.9 |
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Sentenced to 50 years to life Joga Singh Sandher killed a temple leader and teacher with a semiautomatic weapon in 2000
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| Nov.16 |
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Hacker pleades guilty 'Pimpshiz' faces sentencing for defacing NASA and U.S. Army Web pages protesting the suit against Napster
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Murderer should die, say Daher jurors| Jury recommended the death penalty for Joseph Perez, 30, convicted for the 1998 murder of a Lafayette woman | |
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| Nov.22 |
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Man killed Hispanic man, in his 50s, was lying next to a vehicle with a wound to his head.
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| Nov.27 |
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Prosecutors: 3 people killed 5 others At a hearing prosecutors said 2 brothers and their friend killed as part of an extortion plot meant to raise seed money
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County cleared of discrimination Contra Costa government was cleared in a federal suit accusing it of discriminating against women and minorities
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 Illness increased near refinery Kids Against Environmental Pollution released the results of a study
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5 accused of killing to stand trial Judge orders trio accused of killing musician Elvin Bishop's daughter, four others to stand trial
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