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Community
Jared Leaf, from Alhambra High to Jordan Peele's first horror class
Jared Leaf grew up in Martinez and played linebacker at Alhambra High.
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Two named Contra Costa Teachers of the Year, with a Walnut Creek teacher honored
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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Fremont urban agriculture initiative rallies community to fund farm tractor
Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont held its Grow Together event on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the LEAF Community Garden, raising money…
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Walnut Creek's adaptive art classes run into November
Two adaptive art classes for adults 18 and older run through Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, and the city says Regional Center of the East Bay…
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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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Improv, paint night and a clay workshop at the Center for Community Arts
An improv jam Wednesday, the last Paint Night of the summer Thursday and a visiting ceramics artist Friday, then fall classes…
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Springfield Montessori marks 35 years, from five students to a four-acre campus
Springfield Montessori opened in May 1990 with five students and four teachers.
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Free bus passes are open to Alameda County students in grades 6 to 12
Applications are open for the 11th year of the Student Transit Pass Program: unlimited free rides on AC Transit, Union City Transit…
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Civic life
College district guides international students through visa updates
The Contra Costa Community College District held a briefing to guide international students on updated federal immigration regulations…
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Where to park a bike in Martinez, and what the county will pay for
Martinez publishes a map of where to lock up downtown, last updated in December 2024.
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BART's surveillance reports go to its board Thursday
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 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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Contra Costa sets its Veterans Day ceremony for Nov. 3 in Martinez
Contra Costa County's Board of Supervisors will hold the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m.
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Richmond pauses data centres as Oakland weighs its own moratorium
Four East Bay cities sit at four different stages of the same fight.
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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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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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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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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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Fremont chamber celebrates five-year milestone for Hilton Garden Inn
The Fremont Chamber of Commerce marked five years of operation for the Hilton Garden Inn Fremont Milpitas, a hotel that sells its…
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Fremont Street Eats trick-or-treat night fills chamber vendor spots
Member vendor spaces for the Oct. 23 Trick or Treat event at Fremont Street Eats are filled, the Fremont Chamber said.
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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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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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At Bourbon Highway, line dancing runs five nights a week on North Main
The two-floor country bar at 1677 N.
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Health
Summit Medical Supply opens on Tice Valley Boulevard, across from Rossmoor
Summit Medical Supply opened at 1874 Tice Valley Blvd. on Sept. 10, its second store after Castro Valley.
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