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The license to operate radio station KECG will expire in one month unless the school district takes action before the Feb. 27 deadline.

Car thefts, burglaries, and robberies dropped dramatically in 2025, while traffic enforcement increased.

The West Contra Costa school board voted Wednesday to ratify the tentative agreements reached with the teachers’ union and Teamsters after strikes.

The City Council moved the library tax initiative forward on Tuesday (Jan. 21), asking for an impact report, a special meeting on Feb. 19, and a possible library task force.

A diverse group of people took to the streets in El Cerrito for the city’s 37th annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Superintendent Cheryl Cotton outlined major cuts to be made if the school board votes Wednesday to ratify tentative agreements with teachers and Teamsters.

The city released new cost estimates showing a Plaza Station Library would cost $37 million, compared to a 2023 estimate of $21 million.

Replastering the lap pool starts this week, and that is just one of many projects happening in 2026.

This year it’s the library, folks! That was clear at a City Council retreat Saturday which also offered news about other projects and council priorities.

About 40 people demanding a safer San Pablo Avenue gathered today (Dec. 22) at a crosswalk where a pedestrian was fatally injured.

Teachers thanked the trio of WCCUSD trustees who led the way in reaching a tentative agreement and urged the board to promptly ratify it.

New Mayor Gabe Quinto shared the stage Tuesday with California’s Attorney General and El Cerrito High School’s championship football team.

Teachers ratified their tentative agreement with WCCUSD. The next step is a review by County Superintendent of Schools Lynn Mackey.

Construction of a 6-story, 70-unit affordable housing building on a Plaza BART parking lot at 515 Richmond St. started Monday (Dec. 8).

A tentative agreement was signed at 2 a.m. today by WCCUSD and the United Teachers of Richmond.

Talks between the United Teachers of Richmond (UTR) and WCCUSD continued Tuesday night but no agreement had been signed as of 9 p.m.

WCCUSD teachers will be on strike again Tuesday (Dec. 9) after district negotiators said that is when they will resume talks with the teachers’ union.

WCCUSD teachers will continue their strike Monday after their union’s negotiations with the district did not take place today (Dec. 7).

WCCUSD reported that it reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters 856. There was no agreement with the teachers’ union.

Negotiations between WCCUSD and unions representing its striking teachers and other school workers led to progress Saturday.

Negotiators for WCCUSD and the teachers’ union offered radically different views of a meeting that took place late Thursday.

Teachers and Teamsters in the West Contra Costa Unified School District went on strike today and began picketing at all district schools.

Opponents of a proposed new library tax dominated public comment at the City Council meeting on Dec. 2.

WCCUSD employees represented by the Teamsters voted no on a tentative agreement and they plan to strike Thursday.