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Richmond City Council adjourns without filling vacant seat

By Larry Zhou | February 11, 2015 |

Richmond’s City Council failed to appoint a new member to the Council’s vacant seat Tuesday night, deciding after a series of deadlocked nominations to instead to move the decision to next week’s council meeting.

Empty city council seat has 18 contenders

By Larry Zhou | February 5, 2015

Before the Tuesday night deadline, 18 candidates from diverse backgrounds filed applications to fill the empty seat. The council majority will only choose one of them.

School board candidates: Where they stand

By Candese Charles | October 30, 2014 |

West Contra Costa Unified School board candidates share last comments before Nov. 4th elections.

Pro-charter school PACs flood West Contra Costa school board elections with spending

By Hannah Lawson | October 30, 2014 |

Political Action Committees (PACs) advocating for charter schools have spent more than $350,000 to date in the West Contra Costa County school board race, prompting protests from parents concerned that charter schools siphon funding away from public schools.