Contra Costa County includes the incorporated cities of
El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo, Clayton, Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, Pittsburg
In 2005, there were a total of 3,494 DUI arrests in Contra-Costa County, including both misdeameanor and felony DUI. Males accounted for about 80% of the Contra-Costa Country DUI arrests.
Contra Costa County DMV Hearings
DMV Adminsitrative Hearings for Richmond, Walnut Creek, Concord and DUI arrests in other Contra-Costa County cities are handled out of the Oakland DMV Driver Safety Office located at 303 Hegenberger Rd., 4th Floor, Suite 400, 94621-1452. Further directions to the Oakland DMV DSO.
Contra Costa County Courts
DUI Arrests in Contra-Costa County might be handled by one of these courts:
Contra Costa County Superior Court
Contra Costa County Law Enforcement
Contra-Costa County District Attorney
Pleasant Hill Police Department
Contra Costa County DUI News
Contra Costa County DUI Resources
Contra Costa County DUI Information
Contra Costa Health Service DUI Programs
Contra Costa County DUI Notice
Remember if you have been arrested for Driving Under the Influence in Richmond, Concord, Walnut Creek, or any other Contra Costa city, you only have 10 days to contact the DMV or you will automatically have your California Driver’s License suspended. You should also contact a DUI attorney right away. Many of them will offer a free initial consultation.
Contra Costa County History
From the Wikipedia entry on Contra-Costa County
Contra Costa County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. The county was originally to be called Mt. Diablo County, but the name was changed prior to incorporation as a county. The county’s Spanish language name means opposite coast, because of its location opposite San Francisco, in an easterly direction, on San Francisco Bay. Southern portions of the county’s territory, including the all of the bayside portions opposite San Francisco, and Northern portions of Santa Clara County were given up to form Alameda County in 1853.
With the postwar baby boom and the desire for suburban living, large tract housing developers would purchase large central county farmsteads and develop them with roads, utilities and housing. Once mostly rural walnut orchards and cattle ranches, the area was first developed as low cost, large lot suburbs, with a typical low cost home being placed on a “quarter acre” (1,000 m²) lot — actually a little less at 10,000 square feet (930 m²). Some of the expansion of these suburban areas was attributable to white flight, although in this politically liberal region, the phenomenon was mostly due to larger houses and lots at little additional cost, a desire for a less intensely urban environment, and higher school quality.