“He asks for it every day.” As the Contra Costa County library system embarks on a new strategic plan to decide its future priorities, the Freelings hope Storytime remains a staple. In ...

Brooke Converse is the Contra Costa County Library system’s public information officer and can be reached at brooke.converse@library.cccounty.us.

MARTINEZ — Library cards, book checkouts and adult literacy programs have surged across Contra Costa County — breaking numerous department records, despite being provided — free of charge ...

Read Contra Costa is an annual event that encourages all county residents and library users to share in the experience of reading and discussing the same book at the same time. Digital eBooks and ...

Many opioid overdoses involve fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. Drug overdoses were the leading cause of death for adults 25-54 years old in Contra Costa County between 2020-22, the library said.

Not surprisingly, online business at Contra Costa County libraries boomed in 2020. The library just released the 2020 version of its annual usage report, which said that just because the pandemic ...

Contra Costa County did not intrude on religious freedom when it barred a church from holding prayer services in a meeting room of the Antioch library, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a ...

CONCORD (CBS SF) -- Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously ... Out of roughly 650,000 library users countywide, an estimated 18 percent of them currently have their cards ...

It may take several days to recover from a ransomware attack that has shuttered the online network linking all branches Contra Costa County Library branches and the Martinez administrative offices ...