Officials say career and college preparedness improved and there were fewer suspensions and higher grad rates.

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Get the latest news on the East Bay food and drink scene, plus exclusive tips like where to find tasty food events from the ...

Radio DJ Jesse “Chuy” Varela, who’ll be emceeing the Lalo Guerrero Legacy Festival at the Freight, Nov. 6-7, has long loved ...

The refinery must now analyze what went wrong and could face fines for the release, which occurred over a 42-hour period last ...

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The progressives-backed Jimenez, who had 54.3% of the votes cast as of Friday, now leads Ahmad by 8.6 percentage points.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting the death sentences of 548 people, including 10 who were convicted in Contra Costa County, clearing the state’s death row for the first time since the hangings were ...

The El Cerrito High School football team has been suspended pending a police investigation into allegations of hazing dating back to September 2024. Courtesy of Instagram This article is free to read ...

Behind the scenes at the Contra Costa elections office it takes six steps to tally a single ballot. There are 280,000 of them ...

A parcel tax that raises about $10M a year to fund libraries, sports and staffing at west Contra Costa schools is up for renewal.

Richmond voters today will decide on Measure Q, a $120 million bond measure that would increase Richmond property taxes temporarily to fix the city’s fire stations.