Naloxone, an opioid antagonist drug used to reverse fentanyl overdoses, is now available in some East Bay libraries. The drug, which is better known under the brand name, Narcan, is ...

Various recent changes have erased about $450,00 from their budget. The organization is running a May fundraiser in response.

I wanted to write to commend U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson for getting around the district to stand with immigrants and against cutting taxes for the wealthy. It seems like just yesterday that he wrote a ...

The U.S. Dept of Education tells West Contra Costa Unified that an already approved $4.2 million grant to place counseling ...

New data from the California Department of Finance shows the state's population grew in 2024, the second year in a row.

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Felony charges have been filed against the grandfather of a 3-year-old boy who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound last month in Antioch, according to the Contra Costa County ...

California ’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth following a string of declines ...

The 247-acre salt marsh, just southeast of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, will be ready for visitors with miles of public trails, observation points, pedestrian bridges over tidal channels, an ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California ’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth ...

The hardware giant’s stores in Santa Clara County were burglarized at least 15 times. A Home Depot in Emeryville was hit 24 ...