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Journalist and television producer Lisa Ling will be the featured speaker at the Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series on July 10 in Walnut Creek.
Lisa Ling up next for Lesher Newsmakers series
Caroline Donahoe, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • July 5, 2025

American journalist, author, producer, and television personality Lisa Ling is set to speak at the 2025 Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series on July 10 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Ling’s...

Richmond, California, with the Chevron Refinery and Mount Tamalpais in the background. Photo credit: Cary-Bass-Deschenes via Wikicommons.
Richmond is in a health crisis
Ivan Zapata Ambriz, Special to Contra Costa Youth Journalism • May 27, 2025

It hasn’t been a good year for health in my hometown of Richmond. Richmond is among the top 100 most populous towns in California. And its inhabitants aren’t as healthy as the other 99 in many disease...

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An aisle in a local drug store is filled with makeup, some of which may have to be altered as a result of the new state law that bans 26 chemicals in cosmetics and fragrances.
Law bans cosmetic chemicals starting in 2027
Caroline Donahoe, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • May 31, 2025

More than two dozen chemicals will be banned in popular cosmetic products like perfume, nail polish, and hair care. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in October 2023 Assembly Bill 496, which...

Author and columnist Dave Barry brought his unique humor to the Lesher Foundation's Newsmakers: Speaker Series in Walnut Creek on May 13. "Humor is mostly just observing what’s going on around you. I think most of the things that people find most funny are not weird, exotic topics that would just scream out, ‘Well, this is weird and exotic, so you should write a column.’ It’s more like things that everybody has dealt with."
Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry leaves them laughing
Keerthi Eraniyan, Contra Costa Youth Journalism • May 22, 2025

Nearly 800 people packed the Lesher Center’s Hofmann Theatre on May 13 as Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry took the stage, delivering a laughter-filled performance that touched on everything from picking up his son...