Contra Costa Cool senior retreats sought for hot days Contra Costa County will identify cool shelters where seniors or others who might be vulnerable can go during expected rolling blackouts this summer. The proposal disclosed earlier this month was endorsed Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors. The board told county administrators to report back June 5 with a plan to offer temporary shelter in air-conditioned buildings in areas excluded from rolling blackouts. The county Administrator's Office, and the health and employment and human services departments will develop the plan. County emergency officials also plan to issue bulletins during heat waves to urge the public to check on the condition of frail and elderly friends, relatives, or neighbors.
Seniors are more vulnerable than the general population to heat exhaustion.
A jury Tuesday convicted a man of killing three people during a 1991 robbery. Asad Muhammad was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder, as well as a special circumstance of committing murder during the course of a robbery. The case against Muhammad relied in part on DNA evidence analyzed four years ago. Muhammad's sentencing is set for July 27. Two other men have also been convicted in the case.