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Call for closer access to COVID-19 testing in Richmond
By Mike Kinney
Local leaders are looking into ways to provide closer access to COVID-19 testing for Richmond first responders.
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) has...
Kaleidoscope Coffee and its customers pep up frontline workers
By Mike Kinney
A popular Point Richmond coffee shop can’t open its doors during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order, but its owner and her customers have...
Free ‘Open for Business’ banners offered to essential Richmond businesses amid COVID-19 lockdown
By Kathy Chouteau
Richmond is open for business. That’s the message behind an effort by Richmond Main Street and Leftside Printing, who are teaming up...
Richmond Promise resources keep students on track amid pandemic
By Kathy Chouteau
Richmond Promise is busy at work making sure the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t derail students’ college dreams. The organization providing college scholarships and...
WestCAT Paratransit helping Meals on Wheels make deliveries
Starting today, Western Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT) Paratransit drivers are helping Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa meet the high demand of delivering...
WCCUSD expands student meal program, adding supper
The West Contra Costa Unified School District announced today it has expanded its student meal program during the COVID-19 school closure, adding supper to...
Domino’s offering ‘contactless’ deliveries
Domino's is now offering customers the option of "contactless" deliveries, aiming to enhance efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among employees and customers....
Travis Credit Union gives $1M to nonprofits and small businesses amid COVID-19 crisis
Following the suspension of an important grant program amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Pablo EDC, a nonprofit that provides economic support and workforce...
Contra Costa County coronavirus cases ‘not rising as fast as the worst case scenario’
By Kathy Chouteau
Contra Costa County currently has 442 cases of COVID-19, with 29 of those people receiving critical care in the ICU and seven...
Gioia, Wicks to hold telephone town hall on COVID-19 Tuesday
Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks are set to host a telephone town hall on the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday...
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Richmond to host transportation workshop, townhall for local seniors
The Richmond Commission on Aging and R-Transit are preparing to host the 3rd Annual Senior Transportation Workshop and Townhall on April 30.
The free event...
Roxy the Fox is new mascot for county literacy van
The Contra Costa County Library is introducing a new mascot named Roxy the Fox to join its Rolling Reader literacy van.
Roxy will travel across...
Pinole man arrested in Hercules after dangerous car chase
Hercules police arrested a 42-year-old man from Pinole on Friday, April 17, after he led officers on a dangerous car chase through Hercules and...