Contra Costa College keeps students fed after SNAP accounts run dry
Cuts to SNAP has Joseph Agredano feeling anxious. He is one of more than a quarter of a million community college students enrolled in CalFresh, the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. read more…
Contra Costa voters overwhelmingly back Prop 50, early returns show
Early election results Tuesday night showed Contra Costa County voters following the rest of the state in voting for Proposition 50, which will redraw Congressional districts to benefit the Democratic Party. Voting “Yes” on Prop. read more…
California opened college savings accounts for millions of kids. Why do so few know about it?
Three years after California launched a savings program to help children pay for college, most families still haven’t claimed the money — and many don’t even know it’s there. The more than $2 billion program read more…
Medicaid cuts could hit Contra Costa County hard: ‘People will get sicker’
“I’m scared as hell,” said Kaya Owens. A single mom and hairdresser who works in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, Owens relies on Medi-Cal for herself and her young daughter. “I don’t have savings,” she read more…
Knights and wizards capture the ‘whimsical nature of being a human’ on Sundays at Marina Bay Park
With Halloween fast approaching, it’s not strange to see people toting chain mail armor and a coat of arms. But the knights and wizards running into battle at Marina Bay Park aren’t there to trick read more…
Calling all poets to Richmond Open Mic Night: ‘We need to be vocal.’
On the third Thursday of each month, Richmond’s poet laureate, Stephen Sharpe, hosts a poetry Open Mic Night at CoBiz Richmond, a coworking space on Macdonald Avenue next to the BART station. At the October read more…
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