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Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing $400 debit cards for every registered car in the state as a gas rebate, two arson suspects were arrested in Contra Costa County for setting vegetation fires, and Madeline Albright has died.

The man told officials he'd been in the pipe for two days.

Contra Costa Fire Protection District (Con Fire) say one person is in custody in relation to vegetation fires that burned along Highway 4 in Bay Point Tuesday afternoon. 

It took three and a half hours, fifty people, and risky maneuvers to save a man in his mid-30s from an underground pipe where he’d gotten stuck.

Contra Costa County Fire rescued a man who was trapped in a 16-inch underground pipe in Antioch for hours on Sunday.

Contra Costa County fire officials on Tuesday announced arrests in two separate arsons in recent days.  

Fire Engineer Scott Desmond (left) and Fire Capt. Matt Burton (Photos courtesy of Con Fire) The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) paid tribute to two fallen firefighters on Wednesday morning with a radio call and moment of silence. To honor their heroism, a radio call was broadcast across all Con Fire radio channels at 8 a.m., followed by a moment of silence. Then at 9 a.m., Con Fire conducted a brief remembrance ceremony at its Memorial Wall on the Training and Safety Cam...

Underfunded fire districts may merge for better fire protection in East Bay Eastern Contra Costa County may merge fire stations for better fire protection The Board of Supervisors in Contra Costa County will decide if Con Fire will absorb the understaffed stations in rural eastern Contra County. MARTINEZ, Calif. - Rural eastern Contra Costa County may have finally come up with a potential solution to the insufficient firefighting capability in the vibrant and growing region. Con Fire, the count...

Overall, incidents were down 20% from 2020, Hill said, despite conditions being much worse this year.   "The weather was our friend last night," Hill said Monday. "There were lower temperatures and higher humidity. It was windy up until 8 or 8:30 last night. Which worked out pretty well."  Con Fire got help from Cal Fire corralling a 35-acre blaze off Kirker Pass Road near Pittsburg, started by a car fire just after 1 p.m. There were also two small fires started by the Con Fire-approved fire...

Updated 5 hours ago NBC Universal, Inc. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to at least 10 fires in the county that were possibly caused by the Fourth of July fireworks Sunday night. The illegal fireworks had crews across the Bay Area stretched thin. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. "Unprecedented number of fires has prompted Con Fire to form a third task force of five apparatus and crews. At 9 p.m. & 10 p.m....