An outside investigator said Mayor Brigette Peterson was doing her job when she ordered police to remove three sign-holding residents from the Sept. 20 council meeting.
From the Oct. 10, 1962 Telegram: "City firemen rescued two adults and a 2-year-old child from a fireswept second floor apartment at 906 Tower Ave. Wednesday morning by carrying them down a ladder to the street from the apartment front window."
Contra Costa County deputy district attorney Aron DeFerrari is California s 2021 Outstanding Prosecutor of the Year. In the pandemic year, Aron DeFerrari faced challenges in and out of the courtroom, DA Becton said.