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Should Rodeo-Hercules Fire District Merge With Con Fire, ECCFPD?
Yes, they should consolidate, according to a study presented this week to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.

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Yes, they should consolidate, according to a study presented this week to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.

The fire districts will now reach out to constituents for more feedback.
The weather service does not anticipate the conditions will bring about fires similar to the August 2020 Bay Area Lightning Complex fires.
Concord residents are asked to cut water use by 10 percent, a figure that would be higher without the Los Vaqueros drought supply.
Martinez customers are asked to cut their use by 10 percent, a figure that would be higher without the Los Vaqueros drought supply.
"The whole idea is to make the world smile."
A reward is offered for information leading to an arrest in the killing.
There will be special ferry service Sunday for people who went to the fireworks show in San Francisco and need to get back to the North Bay.
For the second weekend in a row, an experienced swimmer drowned in the lake, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said.
The law enforcement oversight measure was approved by voters in November 2020.
Providing wireless internet service in all BART stations and on the agency's new fleet of trains is part of BART's Digital Railway program.
West Contra Costa USD will rename a school after Betty Reid Soskin, a ranger at Rosie the Riveter WWII/Home Front National Historical Park.
The crew had to strategically time the arrival for safe weather conditions and low water levels.
A ship carrying the crane from China docked in Drakes Bay and will sail under the Golden Gate Bridge with about 10 feet of clearance.
The North Bay nonprofit is primarily devoted to dogs that would otherwise be "overlooked."
A lawsuit filed by the Harvard Law School Animal Law and Policy Clinic alleges a park service fence prevents the elk from foraging for food.
The victim told police she was with her children when a man snuck up from behind and touched her inappropriately, El Cerrito PD said.
Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit and the Napa County Fire Department will be conducting a prescribed burn Tuesday.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Friday voted unanimously to adopt a $2 billion budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
A 19-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries and a 15-year-old suffered major injuries, the California Highway Patrol said.