Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 15, 2008
Contra Costa County to Get First State-Funded Courthouse
Pittsburg city officials Friday broke ground at the site of Contra Costa County Superior Court’s new courthouse at Railroad Avenue and Center Drive. It will be the first Superior Court in California built using state trial court construction funds.
By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer PITTSBURG - On the site of Pittsburg's new courthouse - currently only a stretch of dirt beneath a tractor - the town's Mayor Nancy Parent reminisced about her former days as an attorney serving in the old courthouse that stands nearby. It was considered one of the worst courts to work in, she said, a broken-down place where new judges were sent because no one else wanted to be there. "It's my bel...
Daily Journal Staff Writer PITTSBURG - On the site of Pittsburg's new courthouse - currently only a stretch of dirt beneath a tractor - the town's Mayor Nancy Parent reminisced about her former days as an attorney serving in the old courthouse that stands nearby. It was considered one of the worst courts to work in, she said, a broken-down place where new judges were sent because no one else wanted to be there. "It's my bel...
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