Walnut Creek

A badger has taken up residence on a Walnut Creek woman’s front porch.

A notorious pedophile priest arrested on charges of hitting and killing a man while driving drunk made his first court appearance Thursday.

A construction worker died Monday morning after being run over by a gravel truck in Walnut Creek.

The president of the California Medical Board said Wednesday she was followed and harassed by four men in an unmarked SUV. Not just at her office in Walnut Creek, but also her home.

A two-day crime spree resulted in a carjacking, a laptop robbery and a purse snatching at gunpoint in the East Bay, and five juveniles were taken into custody, the youngest just 11 years old.

The burned husk of a home in Walnut Creek is listed for $850,000.

Rainbow flags are flying high in celebration of pride month as a number of cities play tribute to diversity. However, one mother in the East Bay who was flying her flag got it stolen, not once but twice.

Nine women, many from the Bay Area, were stuck in Texas after celebrating a bachelorette party in Austin.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit ManorCare Health Services Tice Valley in Walnut Creek hard. Between staff and residents, state records show there have been 130 positive cases.

The search is on for a missing Walnut Creek woman last seen leaving the Bay Area last week for a driving trip. Erika Lloyd’s friends lost contact with her earlier this week and have become concerned because the California Highway Patrol found her car in the desert near Palm Springs, but there’s no sign of her. “We hope that...

Update: 7:25 p.m. Tuesday: A 3.4 magnitude earthquake rattles the same area north of Walnut Creek where a larger 4.5 magnitude quake was centered Monday and felt across the Bay Area.

Florida’s Secretary of State announced Saturday that three key statewide Florida races will now go to a recount.

Robbery suspects have been arrested following a series of grab-and-go thefts at Apple stores in California that spanned across 19 counties, including many in the Bay Area, officials announced Thursday. Seven people were arrested in Oakland Tuesday night for alledgedly entering Apple retail stores in hoodies and grabbing products on display before fleeing. The loss totaled of over $1 million,...

Three women, believed to be from the Bay Area, were caught on camera at a Lululemon store in Fresno on Sunday afternoon stealing $17,000 worth of workout clothing, police said.

An online effort to prevent the release of indie horror movie “Del Playa” is picking up steam, with thousands signing a petition that claims the movie is inspired by the deadly Isla Vista rampage at University of California, Santa Barbara.

The shooting deaths of a 19-year-old San Diego State student and a 21-year-old man in a Walnut Creek home Tuesday morning appear to be the result of a murder-suicide, police said.

The seven Irish students who survived a balcony collapse in the college town of Berkeley, California, remain hospitalized in varying states of recovery nearly a week later.

A fourth-floor apartment building balcony collapsed onto the sidewalk just blocks from the University of California, Berkeley campus early Tuesday, killing six young people celebrating a 21st birthday and leaving seven other people injured, police said.

Most San Francisco Bay Area residents are facing steep price hikes for water as California’s drought stretches into its fourth year.

A 40-year-old woman was airlifted to the hospital after suffering serious injuries from a dog attack Sunday morning in Pinole, according to fire officials.