Civic life

Local reporting. The people, places and decisions behind the headlines.

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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