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CornFest: another booming success
by Ruth Roberts
Jul 16, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Official numbers have yet to be tallied, but by all accounts, last weekend’s Brentwood CornFest was one of the most successful in the celebration’s 17-year history. “Attendance was definitely up t...
Local shop expands to sell spices
by Samie Hartley
Jul 16, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
David Navarrette, owner of Brentwood Olive Oil Company, is adding some spice to his life. After 10 years in the olive oil business, Navarrette, along with fiancée Dawn Fischer, is mixing things up,...
New center offers free indoor skating
by Dave Roberts
Jul 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’ve always wanted to learn to inline skate but didn’t want to spend any money on lessons or skates, roll on down to Antioch Indoor Sports Center on a Sunday morning from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Some ...
Teen talent has success sewn up
by Ruth Roberts
Jul 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
Sara Trail is only 14, but the Antioch teen hopes no one will hold it against her. Despite her youth, the high school sophomore is developing a reputation as a sewing and quilting phenom; a teenage...
Getting down to business at thepress.net
Jul 09, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’re looking for a business – or own a business you’d like to promote – thepress.net is the place to go. The Press Business Directory links customers and businesses within seconds. All you do ...
Oakley to host sign ordinance workshop
Jul 09, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley Planning Department is in the process of drafting a new sign ordinance to replace the Contra Costa County sign ordinance currently in place. The department will hold a public wo...
Cutting-edge creativity takes the cake
by Samie Hartley
Jul 09, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
Maria Hernandez wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about cake. As owner of Mary’s Delicacies in Brentwood, she’s always dreaming up new ideas for designs, but rather than writing it down ...
Business is picking up for Poopsters
by Ruth Roberts
Jul 02, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it, and Emmanuel Arechigla and Omar Avila figured it might as well be them. That was the thinking last year when the childhood friends came up with the ide...
Locally grown takes new meaning at Baird’s Crossing
by Samie Hartley
Jul 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
If you want to know where the Baird’s Crossing Bar and Grille’s fresh flavors come from, all you need to do is step onto the patio. The restaurant at the Shadow Lakes Golf Course is going the extra...
Ribbon severed, bodies mended
Jul 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Dr. Michael Pound cuts the ribbon at the new ChiroCare Clinic surrounded by his extended family and Chamber of Commerce representatives. Pound graduated from Palmer West Chiropractic in March and h...
Sports clinic coming to Oakley
by Dave Roberts
Jul 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Sandwiched between a much larger city like Antioch and a more upscale city like Brentwood, little ol’ Oakley often has an inferiority complex. But it’s been making great strides on the sports front...
Catwalk offers nearly purr-fect bargains
by Ruth Roberts
Jun 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Browsing through racks of colorful garments and stylish sundresses, Daisy Ortiz continued to be amazed. “This stuff is so cute,” said the 15-year old, shaking her head. “I can’t believe it’s not ne...
Sign ordinance draws protest in Oakley
by Dave Roberts
Jun 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Gene Bucholz, whose Hook, Line & Sinker store sells shotguns among other items, verbally unloaded with both barrels on Oakley officials Tuesday night – one of several merchants blasting them for pl...
Making floral arrangements smooth as silk
by Samie Hartley
Jun 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Flowers are everywhere at weddings. The bride holds a bouquet as she glides down an aisle covered in rose petals daintily strewn by the flower girl. The bridesmaids hold bouquets and the groom and ...
Registries offer honeymoon help
by Samie Hartley
Jun 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Getting married is quite an affair. You plan a ceremony and a reception down to the finest details, from flowers and vows to napkin rings and favors. But keep things in perspective. Despite the wor...
Lights, camera, pizza
Jun 18, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Cameramen, actors and production staff took over Oakley’s Round Table Pizza last week, blocking the parking lot with trailers, miles of cable and lighting equipment. Starbucks customers and barist...
Red Robin early birds
Jun 18, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Marlene Howell, owner of Imagination Preschool in Oakley, kicked off her school’s summer session this week with a visit to the new Red Robin restaurant at the Streets of Brentwood (Sand Creek Road ...
Local Prudential staff earns awards
Jun 18, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Prudential California Realty, 2510 Sand Creek Road in Brentwood, was named the top Broker to Broker referral generator at Prudential’s recent national convention held in Las Vegas. The award recog...
Tubbing for the troops
by Rick Lemyre
Jun 11, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Jill Price was conflicted. She planned to be at the Discovery Bay Marina on June 27 for the What A Country Challenge and the annual Paddle for Fame, but the date also happens to be her daughter Mad...
Café’s classics keep making waves
by Samie Hartley
Jun 11, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Patrons of Orwood Resort Café enjoy the food so much that they travel to the outskirts of Brentwood by car, boat and even horseback to sample the delicious down-home cooking that’s helped the resor...