Richmond Promise Scholar spotlight: Asya Saechao
Meet the Richmond Promise Scholars, a growing movement of hundreds of students from Richmond and North Richmond who are currently attending over 100 colleges and universities. They are beneficiaries of the Richmond Promise college...
Phillips: WCCUSD board missing opportunity to address budget shortfall
By Mister Phillips
Last night, the school board received a staff presentation titled “Potential Lease, Sale or Exchange of Properties.” The purpose of the presentation was to present options to leverage unused school district property...
Local youth intern at Chevron labs
What was the first job you ever had?
Try to top Emily Guerrero’s response. The 16-year-old Richmond High junior spent this past summer in the research lab at the Chevron Richmond Technology Center, helping its...
Early childhood mental health forum to help develop funding priorities
First 5 Contra Costa, which is tasked with using revenue from a state tax on tobacco products to fund programs ensuring Contra Costa County children up through 5 years old are healthy and nurtured,...
Fundraiser launched to meet demand for coding program in local schools
Ubisoft's visit to Kennedy High's Fab Lab last month to introduce and donate its educational video game Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece, a dedicated mode of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, has energized efforts to develop future...
WCCUSD students pitch solutions to societal problems
They proposed modernized lockers equipped with touchscreens that can serve to keep students on schedule and prepared for class. They pitched an educational app that can connect students and guardians to their teachers and...
Richmond Promise Scholar spotlight: Ariana Ortega
Meet the Richmond Promise Scholars, a growing movement of hundreds of students from Richmond and North Richmond who are currently attending over 100 colleges and universities. They are beneficiaries of the Richmond Promise college...
WCCUSD schools to reopen Friday after power restored
All West Contra Costa Unified District (WCCUSD) schools that closed today due to the planned PG&E power shutoff will reopen Friday, as the power was restored earlier than expected, the district announced.
As of 3:45...
Chevron Fuel Your School launches for 10th straight year
Ten years ago, philanthropist and entrepreneur Charles Best joined forces with Chevron on a clever program that has communities across America “fueling” local schools.
The result has been nearly $49 million to boost STEM education...
Making Waves Academy celebrates campus expansion
Making Waves Academy celebrated the expansion of its Richmond campus on Saturday that enables the public charter school to grow to as many as 1,500 students by 2024.
The expansion adds another 14 acres and...
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Animal Services offering $5 adoptions Friday and Saturday
Can you offer holiday hope to homeless pets?
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11 cannabis operators invited to apply to locate in unincorporated Contra Costa
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday invited 11 cannabis operators -- four proposing to operate storefront dispensaries and seven proposing cultivation...
