Former Contra Costa County District 5 Supervisor Glover passes away

PITTSBURG — Former Contra Costa County District 5 Supervisor Federal D. Glover, the first African American supervisor in the county, died Sunday. He was 69 years old.

Glover made history as the first African American elected to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, where he served for more than two decades.

According to his family, Glover has been hospitalized since Wednesday (May 14). He died at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.

Glover’s wife of 47 years...