The polls are expected to be busier this year than in recent years in West Contra Costa County, with turnout project at 75%.

Election results are in Tuesday night, with early results are in for Richmond, El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo.

Richmond firefighters are tasked with protecting people and property, but at the fire stations where they live while on duty, years of deferred maintenance have led to mold, leaky roofs, plumbing and ...

Mayor Chris Kelley says Measure P would generate $4 million annually to help close a budget deficit that is expected to be Hercules voters will decide Tuesday whether to raise a 1% sales tax to pay ...

Contra Costa County election staff is ready for Election Day, after training for bomb threats, AI scares and other possible disruptions.

Kristin Connelly doesn’t have a minute to spare. Six days before the election — or “E-6” — Connelly power-walked past volunteers and staff members in the hallways of the Contra Costa Elections Office ...

Voter turnout — especially in-person — is expected to be higher in Contra Cost County this year than in the last gubernatorial election.

Families gathered at the Hercules Community Center for the city’s annual Halloween celebration in Hercules on Friday night.

Richmond bus riders could lose early and late service if the Regional Tax Measure proposed half-cent sales tax for public transit fails.

Contra Costa County says it cannot comply with a Justice Department demand that it verify the citizenship status of 407 registered voters.

Public transit riders fear cuts if voters reject the Regional Transit Measure that would increase the sales tax to fund public transportation.

Chevron explains source of rotten egg smell that elevated hydrogen sulfide levels in Richmond last week as a leak from a part out for service ...