UC and UAW reached a tentative agreement on a first contract for more than 1600 ComMaS employees systemwide
The University of California and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative first agreement for over 1,600 systemwide employees.
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Two named Contra Costa Teachers of the Year, with a Walnut Creek teacher honored
The county office of education honored 22 teachers on Sept. 17 and named two of them Contra Costa Teachers of the Year.
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Walnut Creek's adaptive art classes run into November
Two adaptive art classes for adults 18 and older run through Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, and the city says Regional Center of the East Bay…
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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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Springfield Montessori marks 35 years, from five students to a four-acre campus
Springfield Montessori opened in May 1990 with five students and four teachers.
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Civic life
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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County commission for women and girls is short of members
Contra Costa's Commission for Women and Girls is recruiting.
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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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Local business
New downtown: Läderach open at Broadway Plaza, VICI on Main, two more coming
Four changes to the downtown shopping map: Laderach opened in August, VICI is open at 1366 N.
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Sky Zone trampoline park is coming to the old Stein Mart at the Orchards
The vacant Stein Mart space at the Orchards is set to become a 27,451-square-foot Sky Zone, with dodgeball courts, a zip line and a…
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Health
Summit Medical Supply opens on Tice Valley Boulevard, across from Rossmoor
Summit Medical Supply opened at 1874 Tice Valley Blvd. on Sept. 10, its second store after Castro Valley.
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Food & drink
At Bourbon Highway, line dancing runs five nights a week on North Main
The two-floor country bar at 1677 N.
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