Solano County homeowners have the Bay Area's lowest average annual home insurance premiums at $1,824 and the region's lowest risk index score of 79.2, according to a study by Insurify. The county's re…
Richmond, California, is considering a November ballot measure to raise about $120 million annually through a property tax to overhaul its fire department, which has been the only one in Contra Costa …
California voters, even in deep blue areas, are increasingly rejecting tax increases as the state faces high living costs and economic anxiety. A May poll found 55% prefer lower taxes and fewer servic…
Concord councilmembers approved new concessions for a motel-to-homeless housing project, including adjusted staffing hours and a delayed park fee payment plan, to keep the supportive housing conversio…
AI data centers are facing a populist backlash as communities across the U.S. protest their energy demands, rising electricity rates, air pollution, noise, and water scarcity. A proposed 347,000-squar…
Holotta Tyme, who bought Club 1220 in 2020, keeps the only LGBTQ bar in Contra Costa County alive in Walnut Creek, preserving a historic safe space that opened in 1976. The bar has survived discrimina…
A Richmond hotel, SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western, has defaulted on an $11.6 million loan from First Technology Credit Union, facing foreclosure unless repaid in full. The hotel's owners, Nupen Pa…
Immigrant rights advocates rallied Monday outside a Contra Costa County administration building, demanding that supervisors adopt a non-cooperation policy prohibiting county resources from assisting f…
Early results Tuesday night show Contra Costa County's Measure A, which would extend an anti-sprawl urban limit line policy through 2051, receiving 68.94% voter approval. The measure, first enacted in…