The Antioch City Council has directed staff to move forward with a competitive Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process to bring back private security services in downtown Antioch, with an emphasis…
About the Author: Bessie Marie Scott, EMPA, CIG, is a former Antioch City Manager who previously served as Seattle’s Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety and as Policy Director and…
How do we move forward when it feels like we keep taking steps backward? That’s the question I find myself asking every time a new City Council agenda is released…
On Tuesday, the Antioch Police Department is set to give its third quarter report which aims to provide an overview of crime data and department overviews. According to police, homicides…
ANTIOCH, Calif. — The Antioch Police Department (APD) is proud to announce a significant milestone in its ongoing reform efforts: The U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) has determined that…
ANTIOCH, Calif. — This morning, the Antioch Police Department arrested 26-year-old Eric Washington of Antioch in connection with a gang-motivated shooting that occurred on Lone Tree Way in June 2023. Police…
The November election is more critical than it has ever been. Who is elected this November in District 1 and District 4 will help decide whether the City of Antioch…
On Wednesday, the Antioch City Council has called for a special meeting to discuss a public employee appointment for interim city manager. The move comes as City Manager Bessie M.…
A few years ago, if you told me I’d be writing these endorsements for the Antioch City Council, I would have called you crazy. No freaking way. Absolutely not. Never…
The upcoming election for the Antioch City Council, District 1 seat is critical, and as a fiscal and community watchdog, I’m asking you to learn about both candidates before you…
The Antioch City Council approved payment of more than $228,000 in outstanding fuel invoices Thursday while also authorizing a new fuel agreement worth up to $1.25 million annually as the…
ANTIOCH, Calif., — The El Campanil Theatre Preservation Foundation (ECTPF) has been served with a 60-day notice from the attorney representing the new owners terminating our tenancy. These owners made…
The City of Antioch has called for a special meeting to address unpaid invoices for gas while the council is being asked to approve a $8.7 million contract for fuel…
Over the weekend, the Legendary Movement Church announced they are the new owners of the El Campanil Theatre. In a video posted online, Lead Pastor Eli Herrera shared it was…
ANTIOCH, Calif. – Edgielyn Torrente, 46, who went missing while swimming near Smithʼs Landing Seafood Grill on September 23, 2026, was found deceased in the San Joaquin River on Sunday, September 27,…
The Antioch Police Department determined that reports of an armed person entering Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Restaurant at 2737 Hillcrest Avenue were false. No one was injured, and there is no…
ANTIOCH, Calif. — On September 26, 2026, at 8:56 p.m., the Antioch Police Department Dispatch Center received multiple calls reporting five to six gunshots in the 5400 block of Prewett Ranch…
On Tuesday, the Antioch City Council directed staff to return with a plan for a standalone economic development department. Staff presented two options: a dedicated economic development director or an…
ANTIOCH, Calif. – On September 23, 2026, at 6:12 p.m., Antioch Police Department officers responded to a report of two adult women in distress and drowning in the water near…
Antioch City Councilmember Monica Wilson joined the Be Curious Contra Costa podcast for a wide-ranging, 90-minute conversation about her nearly 14 years in office, the decisions she would reconsider and…
ANTIOCH, Calif., — Standard Communities, a leading national affordable housing investor, developer and operator, broke ground on two affordable communities that will together make up a $192 million investment and…
On this episode of Be Curious Contra Costa, a chat with Antioch City Councilmember Tamisha Torres-Walker, who is seeking re-election in District 1. Antioch has no shortage of challenges, from…
Antioch, CA — James Thomson of Pittsburg won the 20 lap Pacific Coast Hobby Stock Main Event Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. Thomson won a Main Event earlier in the…
OAKLAND, Calif. — The East Bay Regional Park District is notifying the public that highly invasive golden mussels have been detected in Lake Del Valle at Del Valle Regional Park…
Antioch City Council District 1 candidate Joy Motts joined the Be Curious Contra Costa podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the city’s finances, economic development, public safety, homelessness, downtown revitalization…