It is the west campus of the Contra Costa Community College District.

The college was founded as West Contra Costa Junior College in 1949, with the first classes held in the spring of 1950 at a temporary location in the shuttered Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California.

[2] In 1957, a permanent campus was opened on Mission Bell Drive in downtown San Pablo.

Pronto is an inexpensive restaurant that serves food prepared by culinary students.

Brix is a moderately priced cafe that serves lunch-time classics.