Christie Road work in Martinez runs through Sept. 23
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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A closer look at the people, places and ideas shaping the Diablo Valley.
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Civic life
County commission for women and girls is short of members
Contra Costa's Commission for Women and Girls is recruiting.
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Pleasant Hill council to study General Plan changes Oct. 19
Pleasant Hill's City Council holds a General Plan study session Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m.
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County Connection's September bingo card turns bus trips into shop stops
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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Eight stories and 104 homes approved for a downtown Walnut Creek parking lot
A surface parking lot and a shuttered auto body shop on Mt.
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Martinez is the test city for the Bay Area's new bus stop signs
Martinez is the pilot city in Contra Costa County for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's standardized transit signs.
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Business
Sky Zone trampoline park is coming to the old Stein Mart at the Orchards
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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Pleasant Hill chamber brings back its Business Person of the Year award
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 rents a table and any board game for $7 a day in Martinez
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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Community
The Three Mules walked through Martinez and Concord this week
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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The Martinez Boys and Girls Club, after a merger that kept its name
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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DVC's free college-prep programs run out of one Pleasant Hill office
Diablo Valley College's two federal TRIO programs are taking students this fall.
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Food & drink
Concord's Taco Trail is open through Oct. 15
The self-guided Concord Taco Trail runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
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