Two named Contra Costa Teachers of the Year, with a Walnut Creek teacher honored
The county office of education honored 22 teachers on Sept. 17 and named two of them Contra Costa Teachers of the Year.
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Community
The Three Mules walk through Martinez and Concord
A man who has lived outdoors with pack mules for decades came down out of Benicia and crossed into Contra Costa this week.
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The Martinez Boys and Girls Club, after a merger that kept its name
Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa published its 2025-26 impact report this month: 1,873 young people served, 76 percent from…
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DVC's free college-prep programs run out of one Pleasant Hill office
Diablo Valley College's two federal TRIO programs are taking students this fall.
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Free bus passes are open to Alameda County students in grades 6 to 12
Applications are open for the 11th year of the Student Transit Pass Program: unlimited free rides on AC Transit, Union City Transit…
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Civic life
Richmond pauses data centres as Oakland weighs its own moratorium
Four East Bay cities sit at four different stages of the same fight.
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Christie Road work in Martinez runs through Sept. 23
Contra Costa County Public Works begins road work on Christie Road in Martinez on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and expects to be done by Sept.
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County commission for women and girls is short of members
Contra Costa's Commission for Women and Girls is recruiting.
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Pleasant Hill council to study General Plan changes Oct. 19
Pleasant Hill's City Council holds a General Plan study session Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m.
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County Connection's September bingo card turns bus trips into shop stops
County Connection is marking Transit Month with a bingo card stamped only at 19 local businesses along its routes, including Up the…
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Business
Sky Zone trampoline park is coming to the old Stein Mart at the Orchards
The vacant Stein Mart space at the Orchards is set to become a 27,451-square-foot Sky Zone, with dodgeball courts, a zip line and a…
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Food & drink
Concord's Taco Trail runs through Oct. 15
The self-guided Concord Taco Trail runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
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