MARTINEZ (BCN) – More than a dozen activists and family members of those who have died in police custody demonstrated outside the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office in Martinez on Tuesday morning, calling on Sheriff David Livingston to resign. The group takes issue with an email Livingston sent his department after the March 3 sentencing … Read more
DANVILLE (AP) – Contra Costa County has agreed to pay $ 4.5 million to the family of a mentally ill homeless man who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy in a 30-second confrontation. The lawsuit settlement, reported Thursday by the Bay Area News Group, involves the March 2021 shooting of Tyrell Wilson in the East … Read more
HERCULES (CBS SF) – Police in Hercules on Wednesday evening advised residents in the in the Trees neighborhood near Redwood Road and Lupine Road to stay indoors due to ongoing law enforcement activity. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office Community Warning System issued an alert shortly before 5:30 pm Wednesday evening, advising people in the … Read more