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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 ...

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 ...

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Richmond resident Raquel Donoso, a public education advocate, (left) and former Pinole mayor Cameron Sasai are running for the Contra Costa Community College Ward 1 seat. Courtesy of the candidates ...

Contra Costa County was among multiple locales statewide that the federal Department of Justice ordered to verify what it said were ballots submitted by noncitizens. On Monday the Supreme Court ...

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

Follow live results and learn more about the Richmond and Contra Costa County races. This post will be updated as ballots are counted.

If Alta Bates closes before a new hospital is built, Richmond Kaiser will be the only full-service facility between Oakland and Solano County.

People aren't hosting like they used to. Nosh reporter Skylla Mumana, kicking off a recurring column, casts a vote for having friends over.