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![Plunging values for numerous commercial real estate sites have undermined Contra Costa County property values. Plunging values for numerous commercial real estate sites have undermined Contra Costa County property values.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-CONCPROPBUY-x.jpg?w=140)
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Contra Costa County property values crawl higher as real estate fades
Plunging values for numerous commercial real estate sites have undermined Contra Costa County property values.
![The lower rates could equate to a reduction of $20 a month for a typical household that uses 500 kilowatt-hours per month of electricity. The lower rates could equate to a reduction of $20 a month for a typical household that uses 500 kilowatt-hours per month of electricity.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-POWERCLO-06XX-1.jpg?w=137)
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PG&E monthly utility bills will drop – temporarily – starting July 1
The lower rates could equate to a reduction of $20 a month for a typical...
![Report details eight recommendations to ensure timely warnings by 2025 Report details eight recommendations to ensure timely warnings by 2025](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EBT-L-FOURTHFIRE-0705-10.jpg?w=132)
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Grand Jury: Contra Costa County’s emergency warning system endangers residents
Report details eight recommendations to ensure timely warnings by 2025
![Bay Area mayors gathered in San Francisco on Thursday to rally support for the measure. Bay Area mayors gathered in San Francisco on Thursday to rally support for the measure.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-BOND-1-1.jpg?w=133)
Could a $20 billion bond measure help solve the Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis?
Bay Area mayors gathered in San Francisco on Thursday to rally support for the measure.
![Critics said AT&T's proposal would have stripped many older people and rural residents of a communications lifeline in cases of a natural disasters like fires and floods, power outages or emergency health crises. Critics said AT&T's proposal would have stripped many older people and rural residents of a communications lifeline in cases of a natural disasters like fires and floods, power outages or emergency health crises.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/STC-L-PHCPUC-0511-01.jpg?w=132)
AT&T must keep providing landline service in California, regulator rules
Critics said AT&T's proposal would have stripped many older people and rural residents of a...
![Police stated the men were arrested after they allegedly established inappropriate and sexually-based relationships with who they believed were children. All the suspects were booked into jail. Police stated the men were arrested after they allegedly established inappropriate and sexually-based relationships with who they believed were children. All the suspects were booked into jail.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20140205__p_73e30f38-1345-4ad0-adae-8598980381f0lsoriginalph-1-2.jpg?w=132)
Boy Scout troop master among 11 Bay Area men swept up by police on suspicion of child sexual abuse
Police stated the men were arrested after they allegedly established inappropriate and sexually-based relationships with...
![The official Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces -- a paramilitary group -- are entering their second year of fighting for control over the country, leaving millions displaced and without access to basic needs. The official Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces -- a paramilitary group -- are entering their second year of fighting for control over the country, leaving millions displaced and without access to basic needs.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-SUDAN-0605-1-1.jpg?w=132)
‘We need to do our part’: Bay Area Sudanese community raises awareness for Sudan
The official Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces -- a paramilitary group --...
![The county's annual "point-in-time" homeless count identified 2,843 people. The county's annual "point-in-time" homeless count identified 2,843 people.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EBT-L-HOMELESSPLAN.jpg?w=140)
Contra Costa County’s homeless population jumps 19% despite hundreds of new homeless housing beds
The county's annual "point-in-time" homeless count identified 2,843 people.
![$1 million grant will help make scheduling rides seamless, even make some rides free $1 million grant will help make scheduling rides seamless, even make some rides free](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-PARATRANSIT-1.jpg?w=132)
Big boost for Contra Costa’s one-call paratransit plan
$1 million grant will help make scheduling rides seamless, even make some rides free
![The new warehouse would include a tire sales and installation center and a fuel station, among other features. The new warehouse would include a tire sales and installation center and a fuel station, among other features.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-COSTCO-1.jpg?w=140)
Costco lawsuit dropped; building of East Bay warehouse planned this summer
The new warehouse would include a tire sales and installation center and a fuel station,...