Ledger Dispatch - Tue Nov 24

Helping young children succeed in school and exciting teens about exploring the world outside their classrooms has earned three Contra Costa County teachers $10,000 each to spend as they wish.

Contra Costa Times - Tue Nov 24

Misdemeanor prosecutions would continue as usual in Contra Costa County under a proposed plan to transfer $700,000 in county reserve funds to the District Attorney's Office budget and save the jobs of 15 prosecutors.

Ledger Dispatch - Tue Nov 24

Joining the annual nationwide Scouting for Food drive, Boy Scouts Sean Harless, 11, left, and Siddharth Thakur, 11, both from Pleasant Hill Troop 405, help unload food donations Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a collection site in Pleasant Hill.