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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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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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Martinez is the pilot city in Contra Costa County for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's standardized transit signs.

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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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