
Teachers needed: Contra Costa schools use recruiting events to fill widespread vacancies
Teachers needed: Contra Costa schools use recruiting events to fill widespread vacancies
Prospective teachers are interviewing on the spot and some are getting offers at winter and spring job fairs across Contra Costa County.
Last month, dozens of candidates met recruiters …
March 21, 2023

Afro-Peruvian dance in Richmond: ‘We are making sure the tradition is still alive for future generations.’
Afro-Peruvian dance in Richmond: ‘We are making sure the tradition is still alive for future generations.’
On a cloudy Saturday morning, Carmen Román and her husband, Pierr Padilla, filled the basement of the Golden Gate Library in Oakland with a symphony of sounds, using their feet, hands and traditi…
March 8, 2023

Reserve a seat for Richmond Library’s tribute to the city’s sports leaders
Reserve a seat for Richmond Library’s tribute to the city’s sports leaders
In honor of Black History Month, Richmond Public Library will hold a free event on Thursday, honoring the city’s early Black recreation and sports leaders.
The program, called …
February 22, 2023
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UPDATE: WCCUSD teachers vote for tentative contract
A potential strike and district-wide shutdown has likely been avoided after West Contra Costa Unified School District and the United Teachers of Richmond reached a tentative three-year contract agreement Friday, the union said in a read more…
February 13, 2023

‘I feel like you guys don’t care about our school’: Stege students, staff ask WCCUSD to fix 80-year-old building
“Thirty-eight schools have better stuff than us — why do y’all always put us in the bottom?” “Can you please help the school? Because we really need a good school because I think having a read more…
January 18, 2023

Q&A with Cesar Zepeda, new District 2 council member after tie-breaker with Andrew Butt
Editor’s note: After a tie, a tiebreaker and a recount, Cesar Zepeda won the District 2 City Council seat over Andrew Butt, becoming the first openly gay man elected to Richmond City Council. He will read more…
January 9, 2023

Sandbags available, widespread flooding expected as powerful storm rolls in
The wet weather is about to turn wild in the Bay Area, as Wednesday morning rain makes way for an afternoon of gusty wind and downpours and an evening where thunderstorms and even hail are read more…
January 4, 2023

School bus driver shortage affecting WCCUSD special ed students
Viva Millan-Alioto has six children, two of whom have special needs and qualify for transportation to and from school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. But a bus driver shortage has stressed the read more…
December 27, 2022

New Fire Safe Council set up to protect West Contra Costa, but residents must register
A recently formed nonprofit and new technologies are in place to help Contra Costa County respond to fires more quickly and effectively. But the effort won’t work without the public’s help. Earlier this year, the read more…
December 19, 2022
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