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• Mattress Recycling Council's ‘Bye Bye Mattress' program adds two locations (thepress.net) — Concord residents now have two local, free options to recycle old mattresses and box springs through the Bye Bye Mattress program at 1-800 Got Junk on Shary Circle and Habitat for Humanity on Diamond Boulevard. The article explains drop-off limits, hours, and other countywide recycling choices.
• Asm Anamarie Ávila Farías Names Community Youth Center as 2026 Nonprofit of the Year (contracosta.news) — A Concord-rooted nonprofit, Community Youth Center (CYC), has been named Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías’ 2026 Nonprofit of the Year, spotlighting youth programs based right in Concord. Serving over 2,000 kids annually through mentoring, education, and athletics, CYC is being honored at the Capitol as part of a statewide initiative celebrating standout community organizations.
• Boots Riley is here to boost you (48hills.org) — Concord appears alongside Oakland, San Francisco, Hayward, and Walnut Creek as one of the real Bay Area backdrops that filmmaker Boots Riley weaves into his new movie, I Love Boosters. The film and an upcoming San Francisco talk explore fashion, inequality, and labor organizing through surreal, politically charged Bay Area storytelling that may resonate with local viewers who recognize familiar malls and neighborhoods.
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