Diablo Valley College Expands Student Basic Needs Center and Community Grocery Pantry in Pleasant Hill
Community college hub provides fresh local produce, emergency meal vouchers, and housing stabilization grants for over 2,400 students…
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Diablo Valley College Expands Student Support Center and Food Pantry on Pleasant Hill Campus
New $2.4M facility investment doubles student food pantry capacity and integrates emergency housing grants for Contra Costa community…
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Education
Diablo Valley College Expands Free College-Prep and Student Support Programs for Fall Semester
Pleasant Hill campus hub houses federal Upward Bound and Talent Search initiatives serving local high schools
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Civic life
Four ways to weigh in this week, from Walnut Creek 2050 to a Pleasant Hill forum
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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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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County guardrail work begins Aug. 24 on Olympic Boulevard and other county roads
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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Things to do
Coming up: Concord Pedal Fest, a county block party and a free 'Dracula' preview
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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Business
Pleasant Hill chamber members get free entry to a January employment-law day
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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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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Community
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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