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A closer look at the people, places and ideas shaping the Diablo Valley.
A juvenile humpback whale affectionately named Rio has begun navigating westward through the Sacramento River Delta back toward San…
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The county office of education honored 22 teachers on Sept. 17 and named two of them Contra Costa Teachers of the Year.
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A man who has lived outdoors with pack mules for decades came down out of Benicia and crossed into Contra Costa this week.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa published its 2025-26 impact report this month: 1,873 young people served, 76 percent from…
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Diablo Valley College's two federal TRIO programs are taking students this fall.
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Martinez publishes a map of where to lock up downtown, last updated in December 2024.
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BART's Board of Directors is asked on Thursday, Sept. 24, to approve the district's surveillance report for the year and camera impact…
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Four chances to speak up this week: Walnut Creek's 2050 workshop Sept. 24, a tenant rights session Sept. 26, and in Pleasant Hill a…
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Contra Costa County's Board of Supervisors will hold the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m.
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Contra Costa County Public Works begins road work on Christie Road in Martinez on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and expects to be done by Sept.
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Contra Costa's Commission for Women and Girls is recruiting.
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Pleasant Hill's City Council holds a General Plan study session Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m.
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County Connection is marking Transit Month with a bingo card stamped only at 19 local businesses along its routes, including Up the…
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A surface parking lot and a shuttered auto body shop on Mt.
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Crews start Monday on the second phase of the county's guardrail replacement, working weekdays through Nov. 17 on San Pablo Dam Road,…
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Martinez is the pilot city in Contra Costa County for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's standardized transit signs.
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Four changes to the downtown shopping map: Laderach opened in August, VICI is open at 1366 N.
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A full day of California employment-law training comes to National University on Jan. 27, and Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce…
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The vacant Stein Mart space at the Orchards is set to become a 27,451-square-foot Sky Zone, with dodgeball courts, a zip line and a…
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The Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce is restoring its Business Person of the Year award at a board dinner Thursday, Aug. 20, at Back…
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Ember Rest, the tabletop shop on Main Street in downtown Martinez, charges $7 a person to play any game in its library for as long as…
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A first-year bike festival at Baldwin Park, a county services block party at the Pleasant Hill Library, and Center REP previewing its…
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The self-guided Concord Taco Trail runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
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