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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Hayward's sustainability committee sets a Dec. 7 special meeting
Hayward's Council Sustainability Committee will hold a virtual special meeting Dec. 7.
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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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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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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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Community
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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Local business
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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