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‘Increased audit risk’: Contra Costa County supes approve $250K contract amendment with accounting firm
While details remain sparse in the wake of a high-profile FBI raid on the Contra Costa County Assessor’s Office and the homes of its two top officials earlier this year, the independent accounting firm tasked with evaluating that office’s financial compliance is set to be busier than ever following a contract amendment to fund an expanded audit scope and other analysis that was approved by the Board of Supervisors last week.
Contra Costa Health facing $730M deficit over next five years
Contra Costa County’s health department is staring at a deficit of $730 million over the next five years because of federal and state funding cuts, county health officials said at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
An inside look at BASIS Independent’s new private school in Dublin
As public schools in the Tri-Valley kicked off another academic year, BASIS Independent Schools welcomed for the first time about 130 students to its newly constructed private campus in Dublin.
San Ramon council set for advisory body appointments
The San Ramon City Council is poised for a special meeting this week ahead of its regular session to review and select applicants for a number of advisory bodies.
Livermore’s SPARC taking ‘The Glass Menagerie’ on the road
Livermore-based SPARC Theater has scheduled its production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” – which debuted in the nonprofit company’s hometown this spring – for a late-summer run in Hayward.
California lawmakers strike wildfire deal that leaves out most of Newsom’s big demands
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday backed off his proposal to reduce costs for electrical utilities after their equipment sparks wildfires, agreeing instead to a narrower deal after homeowners, insurers and fire survivors argued his original plan would have shifted those costs onto them.
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