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
How the race for Richmond’s new mayor is shaping up
With more than a year to go until the election, the Richmond mayoral race already promises a tense and tight competition. Buoyed by a premature endorsement from the Richmond Progressive Alliance, Councilmember Eduardo Martinez has read more…
Q&A: What WCCUSD parents want to know about the COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
Vaccine appointments for children ages 5 to 11 were booked at all Contra Costa County Health Services sites this week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine earlier this read more…
Boxes, buckets, Buicks and Chevies: Sideshows are at a crossroad
Tires screech and cars dance on the streets of Oakland as sideshow culture fills the air, along with the smell of burning rubber. Originating in Oakland in the 1980s, sideshows have gained traction in the read more…
Richmond city manager gets big payout to move on, agreement shows
Less than two years after being named Richmond city manager, Laura Snideman will leave the position with more than $300,000 in severance and other payments, according to a separation agreement that Mayor Tom Butt shared read more…
‘Read it and weep:’ mayor drops letter finding no merit in accusations against him
In an e-forum blast Tuesday, Richmond Mayor Tom Butt said a nearly two-year investigation into allegations against him has concluded after finding no evidence of wrongdoing. “Read it and weep,” Butt said when introducing the read more…
Black tenants burdened more than others by high rents, relief program stats show
Charlene Cornelious was seriously considering putting in her 30-day notice. It was July 2021, and Cornelious, a longtime Richmond resident, was worried she wasn’t going to be able to pull together the $960 she needed read more…
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