By Karl Fischer, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jun. 28--PINOLE -- A teenager died after an Amtrak train hit him Wednesday night near Wilson Point, just north of Pinole.

By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Sep. 30--A new report from an environmental research group says an ongoing ecological crash in the Delta has spread into the upper reaches of San Francisco Bay.