A convicted kidnapper and rapist who has made headlines throughout the state and country in recent years amid his conviction for other crimes throughout the state – including a Vallejo kidnapping that ...

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a guaranteed income pilot program aiding 178 people ...

A man was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a child at the Walnut Creek Library and possessing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors announced.

Becton was a well-respected judge in Contra Costa County Superior Court for over 20 years before becoming DA.

Volunteers stationed themselves outside of a grocery store in Oakley Monday, asking shoppers to sign on to their effort to recall Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton.

Contra Costa prosecutor Diana Becton targeted by recall effort First, it was San Francisco. Then Alameda County. Now, Contra Costa County may be the next Bay Area jurisdiction to face a recall of ...

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is defending her record as the county’s top prosecutor and blasting a recall effort as “misguided.” The campaign seeking to oust Becton ...

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is fighting back against the effort to remove her from office.