Mar. 1—For more than three decades, Contra Costa County has drawn a line in the sand protecting the region's verdant open space and sweeping ridgelines from urban sprawl. Elected officials now ...

Officials in the East Bay county are moving to extend its “urban limit line,” a key policy that has protected its farm fields ...

For kids preparing to start school, the countdown to kindergarten is on. The Contra Costa County Library system’s Kindergarten Countdown program helps prepare children who are starting school in ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month's Martinez Refining Company fire.