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Giants hit homer for loyal fan
by Kyle Szymanski
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Brentwood resident Wanda Zimmerman has experienced some memorable days in her 53 years. Some of those days, however, she’d like to forget. On Oct. 21, 2003, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ex...


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Talk About Town: May 16
Just in case Brentwood residents weren’t proud enough of their seventh – yep, count ’em: seventh – award as a Kaboom! Playful City , this year the city can boast another honor: receiving more li...
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Byron Boys Ranch Librarian Nadia Bagdasar chooses books she thinks will speak to the residents’ experiences and appeal to their interests. During a recent poetry contest at the ranch, the boys read their own works inspired by library books or personal experience.<br>Press file photo
Boys’ poetry anything but delinquent
The youth at the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility in Byron celebrated April’s National Poetry Month last week by holding their fourth annual poetry contest. Using past experience as fuel fo...
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Steve has blossomed into a magnificent Maine coon and treasured member of the family.<br>Photo by Ger Erickson
Splendor – our gift to animals
On a bright Friday morning, Leia laced up her Nikes and took a run through Heron Park in Brentwood. As she skirted the fence tracing the park’s eastern border, she realized she had company. A small...
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BUSD lunch for kids
The Brentwood Union School District is participating in the USDA Summer Food Service Program, in which lunch will be provided to all children and teens 2 to 18 without charge from June 10 through J...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013

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The Delta Quilters are bringing their show to the new Brentwood Community Center on May 18 and 19, 2013. View over 200 exhibits of handmade quilts, wearable art, and fabric creations plus enjoy int...
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May 17-19, 2013, Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H St., Sacramento. Fri. 12pm-6pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 10am-5pm. Admission $7 weekend pass. Fine jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, silver, rocks, minerals &...
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(CBS)Police are investigating an apparent gang-related shooting in Gilroy that hospitalized a man Saturday evening.
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World's Largest Self-Anchored Suspension BridgeThousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist.
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2013 Bay to Breakers StartThousands of runners spread across San Francisco Sunday morning in the 102nd Bay to Breakers footrace.
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San Jose Earthquakes LogoMarvin Chavez scored his first goal of the season to help the San Jose Earthquakes pull out a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
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