The canal conveys delta water from its intake in eastern Oakley through four East Contra Costa County cities over to to the Clyde community, east of Martinez, as part of the Main Canal.

Shane Pinto, Canal Patrol for the Contra Costa Water District, patrols along the canal trail off Gentrytown Drive in Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, July 10, 2014.

An argument between boaters out in waters in Contra Costa County on Sunday ended with a collision injury, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said. On Sunday at about 8:50 ...

The Contra Costa Canal runs from Knightsen to Concord and delivers water to more than 500,000 people in eastern and central Contra Costa County. In 2009, ...

2012-03-16 20:20:00 PDT -- Contra Costa County emergency crews are searching for a teen who may have entered a rain-swollen creek with a boogie board, a fire dispatcher said. Fire crews responded ...

PITTSBURG — A 24-year-old man died after jumping into a Contra Costa County canal after a police pursuit here Wednesday evening, authorities said. Kenyon Thomas, of Pittsburg, either drowned or ...

After the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was alerted around 8:45 a.m. of the body near Antioch Community Park by James Donlon Boulevard and Nightingale Drive, crews initiated a ...

Contra Costa deputies responded just after 11:30 a.m. and located the body under water in the canal. The Marine Services Unit Dive Team then sent two divers to retrieve the body.

The project, which would be approximately 470 feet north of the Contra Costa Canal, would entail 19 three-story buildings, some of which will have rooftop decks.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) -- In the Bay Area, an effort is underway to educate young people about the dangers of waterways that could flood because of El Nino's effect. Flood Control folks in ...