New mayor will appoint majority of Design Review Board, steering future Richmond development
WCCUSD teachers union prepares for next step after two-week impasse over salaries
‘It’s just a beautiful experience’: Community groups plant trees to make Verde school greener.
Would Props 26 or 27 benefit West Contra Costa’s only casino?
A man in a baseball cap repeatedly slams his balled up fist against a large, red button. He reaches into the back pocket of his jeans, pulls out a thick wad of $20 bills, and read more…
Chevron settles for $200,500 with county and state over 2021 diesel spill in San Francisco Bay
The Contra Costa County district attorney’s office announced Friday that it and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have reached a settlement with the Chevron Richmond Refinery over a 2021 pipe rupture that dumped nearly read more…
INTERACTIVE GAME: See which Richmond mayoral candidate most matches your views
On Tuesday, Richmond will vote for a new mayor. The four candidates in the running are Vice Mayor Eduardo Martinez, filmmaker Mark Wassberg, City Council member Nat Bates and independent consultant Shawn Dunning. Maybe you read more…
In Measure N, Hercules voters asked to keep 8% utility tax on books indefinitely
On Tuesday, Hercules voters will decide whether to extend Measure N, a utilities tax that has been funding essential city services for the past 18 years. The 8% tax creates revenue of roughly $3.6 million read more…
VIDEO: Richmond’s four mayoral candidates get ready for the election
On Tuesday, Richmond voters will choose a new mayor, as two-term Mayor Tom Butt leaves office. Richmond Confidential gave the four candidates — Nathaniel Bates, Shawn Dunning, Eduardo Martinez and Mark Wassberg — a chance read more…
Teacher shortage threatens to crumble popular dual-language schools that WCCUSD built over years
Fourth grade dual-language immersion teacher Wendy Gonzalez has been fighting for bilingual education since 1998, often feeling that the school district treated it as more of an afterthought. A teacher shortage in the West Contra read more…
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