Tag Archives: Contra Costa County

Testimony in Magnus trial focuses on descent into dispute

Tuesday’s testimony – a marathon volley between Hartinger and Pickett – traced the rapid devolution of relations in the department after Magnus’ January 2006 hiring,...

Healthy Steps: A hospital administrator’s struggle to save Doctors Medical Center

Dawn Gideon remembers walking down the steep stadium steps of the Ashland Regional Medical Center auditorium, staring at the backs of the heads of 100...

Voters pass parcel tax for Doctors Medical Center

Voters in West Contra Costa County passed a ballot measure Tuesday that Doctors Medical Center administrators said will keep the struggling hospital from closing. Measure...

At the public hospital and sports centers, vending machines are healthier

Snickers bars at the county hospital? No more. Nor will you be able to find them at the city’s community centers. The city’s Recreation Department...

Childhood obesity in Contra Costa on the rise

Sugar-sweetened drinks and street violence have contributed to a rise in childhood obesity across low-income areas of Contra Costa County, according to county health officials...

Contra Costa County realignment inmate numbers higher than predicted

One month into the state’s implementation of a major prison realignment, Contra Costa County’s parolee and inmate numbers are much higher than projected. Although the...

ShotSpotter grows, maintains confidence of police leaders

The gunshot detection and location system is an invaluable investigative and response tool, police leaders say, but it has not been credited with nabbing any...

Changing California’s prison population

Continued overcrowding in California’s state prisons brought about a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that the state’s efforts to cram in more prisoners constituted cruel and...

Party at Miller Knox to raise money for area homeless programs

A big picnic and barbecue to be held near the bay shore at Miller Knox Regional Park on Saturday will raise money for the city’s...

Leaders, residents set to talk crops in North Richmond

The “West County Urban Agriculture Summit” is set to run all day Saturday, June 4.

Planting a healthier North Richmond

In North Richmond, a community farming project may be the answer to providing healthy choices to residents who have long lived in a “food desert.”