Contra Costa County

The 510 area code is expected to run out of prefixes, or the first three numbers after the area code, by “the second quarter of 2019.”

As of press time, Beckles leads Kalb by 295 votes. Former Barack Obama campaign field director Buffy Wicks will also be competing for the District 15 Assembly member position, with 36,551 votes as of press time.

As of press time, Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb is in second place for the state Assembly District 15 primary.

Six police departments sent SWAT teams to serve warrants for people responsible for a series of cell phone store robberies in the East Bay.

Fred Lowe, 47, of Sacramento will face quadruple murder charges for his involvement in a multi-vehicle hit-and-run that left four dead and six injured Nov. 25. Cal baseball pitcher Jared Horn survived the crash with minor injuries.

The East Bay Express has been bought by Telegraph Media Group — ushering in new owners and ushering out Editor in Chief Nick Miller, who held the position for little over a year.

The California State Senate passed SB 687 on Wednesday, which will prevent nonprofit hospitals from closing their emergency room without permission from the state attorney general.

An associate of Laurie Capitelli, a landlord and former Berkeley City Council member, was charged with two felony counts — one of burglary and another of theft.

Community lawyers and activists held a "Know Your Rights" panel at Berkeley City College on Thursday, in which they answered the audience's questions regarding immigration and privacy rights.

BART will split $1.275 million among Alameda County and two other Bay Area counties in a lawsuit settlement after allegedly foregoing proper environmental safety precautions, as first reported by the East Bay Times.