
‘I feel like you guys don’t care about our school’: Stege students, staff ask WCCUSD to fix 80-year-old building
‘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…
January 18, 2023

Q&A with Cesar Zepeda, new District 2 council member after tie-breaker with Andrew Butt
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…
January 9, 2023

Sandbags available, widespread flooding expected as powerful storm rolls in
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 possibl…
January 4, 2023
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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

People of Richmond: With the RPA now in charge, what’s in store for the city?
“People of Richmond” is a regular series in which reporters pose a question to people in the community. Answers are presented verbatim, though sometimes edited for brevity. Q: With the Richmond Progressive Alliance gaining a read more…
December 15, 2022

After city reduces funding, Richmond Art Center campaigns for donations to keep going
The Richmond Art Center has overcome much in recent years, including the closure forced on all during the pandemic and more recently, a significant loss in donations over the summer. As 2023 looms, Executive Director read more…
December 13, 2022

STORY AND VIDEO — Firefighters hard to recruit in Contra Costa: ‘It’s a stressful business and that is the nature of it.’
Crackling sounds fill the air as the flames eat up the building, the trees, the land. The smoke is so thick you cannot see where you are going. Your helmet blocks the view further, pressing read more…
December 12, 2022

Church offers no-interest loans to increase Black homeownership in Contra Costa County
Even though she was gainfully employed at a bio-pharma company, had built up some savings and made money on the side as a travel adviser, Astrid Heim had a hard time becoming a Bay Area read more…
December 11, 2022
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