Contra Costa government strives for normalcy in abnormal times

It may not look and feel like usual, but Contra Costa County government is still at work — in some ways, harder than ever.

And even if the current shelter-in-place orders are lifted in two or three weeks, there will be a long period not only playing catch-up on deferred routine tasks, but of helping residents recover from life-upending changes wrought by the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus.