The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors this week voted to place a sales tax on the ballot for the upcoming June election that they said is needed to backfill recent federal funding cuts.

If approved by a simple majority of voters, the measure would raise about $150 million annually in additional revenue.

Contra Costa County readers are in for a bumpy 2026, with four library branches set to go dark for months at a time while crews tackle decades of deferred maintenance. The most painful hit lands March ...

Contra: Evolution is a remake of the original Contra, for mobile devices. It's coming soon to Android, and is already tearing up the sales charts on the iPhone. The game it's based on is one of the ...