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Contra Costa sheriff plans to retire in 2011

sfgate.com
Sep. 23, 2009
After more than 44 years in law enforcement, Contra Costa County Sheriff Warren Rupf said today that he will retire at the end of his term in January 2011. Rupf, 66, endorsed Concord Police Chief Dave Livingston to succeed him as the county's top law-...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch