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Martinez Parents Killed In Crash Identified; GoFundMe Account Set Up To Help Children
A Martinez couple killed when their vehicle overturned in a canal after a collision Sunday just outside Contra Costa County were identified.

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A Martinez couple killed when their vehicle overturned in a canal after a collision Sunday just outside Contra Costa County were identified.

A tweet from the Napa Division of the CHP shows images from the rescue of a woman on Highway 128 near Calistoga after a solo collision.
An inmate facing robbery charges who died at a Martinez jail last year was found by a jury on Wednesday to have killed himself.
A man killed in a car crash off of state Highway 9 in Saratoga early Wednesday morning has been identified.
A suspect in a stabbing in downtown Petaluma last month was arrested after he contacted police, a Petaluma police sergeant said.
Michael Chiarello owns Bottega Ristorante and Chiarello Family Vineyards in Yountville. The lawsuit stems from his San Francisco restaurant.
Police arrested a man earlier this month for allegedly inappropriately touching a young girl in a downtown Mountain View business.
Contra Costa County food handlers will be posting color-coded placards as soon as April to inform patrons about health code violations.
The University of California is looking into whether its head basketball coach followed school policy with the information he'd been given.
A ticket with all six numbers in Wednesday night's SuperLotto Plus drawing was sold at a San Jose Valero gas station and is worth $9 million
A man who died after crashing Sunday near the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, possibly because of a medical emergency, was identified Wednesday.
Egg masses of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a disease-spreading pest, were found in Napa and Sonoma counties and destroyed.
A service disruption between BART's North Concord/Martinez and Pittsburg/Bay Point stations is expected to continue at least through Friday.
A Cupertino teen was a top winner in a national competition that encourages students to find technological solutions to scientific problems.
The Santa Cruz Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify the woman shown on this video.
A Texas man was found guilty on Tuesday of shooting at two teens and a couple stopped on a turnout on state Highway 1 near Pescadero.
A suspected car thief and an accomplice escape police and the California Highway Patrol Tuesday after a pursuit from Petaluma to Richmond.
A 36-year-old Watsonville woman died Monday after a run on the beach at Zmudowski State Beach, north of Moss Landing.
The Santa Clara County Fire Department has released two video clips from the rescue of a Cupertino tree trimmer.
BART service is delayed this morning between Concord and Pittsburg/Bay Point; riders are being advised to seek alternatives.