Mental health team will now handle some 911 calls in Contra Costa County
High absences prompt WCCUSD to close schools for two days
WCCUSD adds COVID-19 test sites to keep kids safe at school
Unvaccinated students may push enrollment to the limit in WCCUSD’s virtual high school in January
Administrators at Vista Virtual Academy, West Contra Costa Unified School District’s virtual K-12 independent study program, are scrambling to fill teacher positions ahead of a January deadline when unvaccinated students will no longer be allowed read more…
How to avoid a run-in with coyotes, which are interacting more with humans in the Bay Area
Throwing rocks and shouting loudly are effective ways to be a good neighbor — to overconfident coyotes. While the wild canines and humans have been sharing habitat for a very long time, a spate of read more…
With the budget tight, Richmond middle school librarian crowd funds for books
In 2019, after eight years as an English teacher at Richmond High School, Rebekah Ponce-Larsen was excited to start a new job as a librarian at Lovonya DeJean Middle School. Being a librarian, she thought, read more…
Richmond earning reputation for grillz as new dental jewelry shop adds options
Bolo Quesada was 13 when his older brothers inspired him to get his first pair of gold grillz. “It used to be a specific type of person that had grillz,” Quesada, who is now in read more…
WCCUSD workshops give Black parents a chance to confront racial bias in schools
Shortly after the start of the school year, education consultant Mary Bacon encouraged about three dozen parents and guardians in the West Contra Costa Unified School District to engage teachers and schools to improve the read more…
New campaign addresses food insecurity affecting 8 million Californians
On any given day in Richmond, 16,200 people go hungry. To bring awareness to food insecurity issues, this month the California Association of Food Banks launched a new statewide anti-hunger initiative called Everyone to the read more…
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