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22 Nov

10-Year-Old Antioch Girl Punches Would Be Vehicle Thief With Siblings Inside

Antioch police say a 10-year-old girl likely saved her siblings from a thief with a barrage of punches aimed at the suspect trying to steal her mother's car....

18 Nov

Antioch Police to Get Extra Pay for Extra Work in Problem Areas

Antioch Police Department officers will be paid double for working extra shifts as part of an effort to reduce a recent surge in violence. ...

18 Nov

Antioch Resident Appointed to Agricultural Board

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed two Bay Area residents to a statewide council and an agricultural board, respectively, the governor's office said last week....

14 Nov

Pittsburg High Runs Away With Win Against Rival Antioch High

The Pittsburg High Pirates plundered senior night for the Antioch High Panthers, who allowed eight touchdowns by seven players....

13 Nov

Shanelle Scales-Preston Grows Lead, Could Be County’s First Black Woman Supervisor

Shanelle Scales-Preston has again increased her lead over Mike Barbanica for supervisor, from 67 votes to 1,800 votes and now to 3,200 votes....

08 Nov

Ron Bernal Declares Victory With Big Lead in Race for Antioch Mayor

Ron Bernal has 21,508 of the vote for Antioch mayor and incumbent Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe is second with 8,660, according to unofficial results....

06 Nov

Freitas Calls Antioch Council Outcome ‘a Clean Sweep for New Leadership’

Final election night updates showed Ron Bernal holding his lead for Antioch mayor with Louie Rocha and Donald Freitas still likely to secure City Council seats....

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27 Oct

Where Do the Antioch Council Candidates Stand on the Issues?

Bay City News presented the same list of questions to all of Antioch's mayoral and city council candidates on the November ballot....

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24 Oct

Antioch Approves East County Transportation Projects

Antioch City Council on Tuesday approved 18 transportation projects across Brentwood, Oakley, Pittsburg and Antioch that will get funding from a regional fee....

21 Oct

County Spraying for Yellow Fever Mosquitoes in Antioch This Week

The county's mosquito and vector control district will go after the day-biting mosquito species known as Aedes aegypti 2- 5 a.m. Tuesday to Saturday....

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11 Oct

Antioch to Spend Up to $500k, Bring in Outside Officers in Attempt to Reduce Violence

After over a dozen shootings last month, Antioch City Council on Tuesday allocated $500,000 to bring in outside officers in an attempt to reduce violence....

11 Oct

More Invasive Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Found in Antioch

Contra Costa County officials said Friday additional invasive yellow fever mosquitoes have been found this week at various locations in Antioch....

08 Oct

Mike Barbanica and Shanelle Scales-Preston Vie for Supervisors Seat

Two East County local politicians are vying for Federal Glover's seat after a primary in which no candidate got the 50% of the vote to take the job outright....

03 Oct

Antioch Police Confirm Reported Prowler Was Mountain Lion Wednesday Night

Antioch police responded Wednesday to a report of a prowler behind their home in the 200 block of William Reed Drive. The prowler wasn't human....