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Contra Costa Community College District was established on December 14, 1948, with boundaries
nearly identical to those of Contra Costa County. There are three colleges in the district:
Contra Costa College (San Pablo),
Los Medanos College (Pittsburgh), and
Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill), which also operates the Center
for Higher Education (San Ramon).
Contra Costa College was the first of the three colleges in the district to be established. Originally named Contra Costa Junior College, West Campus, it began in 1949 at the old Kaiser Shipyards in Point Richmond. The first classes started February 14, 1950, with a beginning enrollment of 500 students. In 1956, the college moved to its present location, an 83-acre site in the rolling hills overlooking San Pablo Bay.
Text/photographs courtesy of the College Archives, THE ADVOCATE, the Graphics Dept., John Diestler, and Barb Ross.
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Last updated: 18 September 2008
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