The clock is ticking for backers of an effort to recall Contra Costa County's District Attorney to rally enough support to get the proposal before voters. Volunteers stationed themselves outside ...

This is our reputation in libraries in the Bay Area — we do a lot with very little,” says county librarian Alison McKee.

Fire engines from Oakland, Berkeley and Contra Costa County were sent to Centennial Dr. and Grizzly Peak Blvd. just after 9:30 p.m. Firefighters say no one was injured nor any structures threatened.

Dawn Kruger, spokesperson for the Elections Division of the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder’s Office, said staff started collecting mail-in ballots Wednesday. “This is a smaller election ...

First, it was San Francisco. Then Alameda County. Now, Contra Costa County may be the next Bay Area jurisdiction to face a recall of its district attorney. A group of voters in Contra Costa has ...