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When patients are admitted to the emergency room, medical professionals must make split-second decisions – sometimes without the medical history necessary to make a thorough diagnosis. But one Bren...
Oct 22, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho recently presented two resolutions congratulating and recognizing the 2009 Contra Costa County state fair booth for receiving a Silver award and the Bloom...
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At first glance, the interior of East Bay Muscle Cars (EBMC) is a study in time travel: 1960s- and ’70s-era Novas, Mustangs and Camaros fill the showroom floor, each looking like it just rolled off...
Oct 22, 2009 | 0 | 21 |
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The first official day of winter won’t be here until late December, but with the recent storms, Mother Nature is sending a sign that it’s time to prepare your vehicle for the winter months ahead.
R...
Oct 22, 2009 | 1 | 21 |
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The first gully washer of the season is behind us, and forecasters are predicting a wetter-than-average winter. The time to winterize your car is now. Although Northern California winters are milde...
Oct 22, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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Jeff Milchen, co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) and a leading advocate for community-based businesses, will speak Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at Scheer Security, 3460...
Oct 15, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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If you drive by Brentwood Hickory Pit on Brentwood Boulevard and see the “for lease” sign, don’t get discouraged. Head over to the new location across town and take a seat at the restaurant’s new d...
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The Oakley Chamber of Commerce is looking for a few dedicated candidates to fill four directors seats in the upcoming election, but more are certainly welcome.
“Chamber bylaws state that there can ...
Oct 08, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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PG&E has announced its intentions to purchase the proposed Contra Costa Generating Station that is currently being considered by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
The proposed power plant, wh...
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As part of its community service, Walmart recently donated baskets of supplies to teachers at Antioch’s Fremont Elementary School.
Manager Rich Matosich brought 10 baskets to be given away to teac...
Oct 08, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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Saunie Fridley will be the first to tell you it takes a village, but a few weeks ago she had the opportunity to put that theory to the test.
Fridley, owner of Fridley Art Gallery in Brentwood, rece...
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The unemployment rate varies depending on where you live in East County – from the nearly non-recessionary 6.5 percent in Byron to the Great Depression level of nearly 20 percent in Knightsen – bu...
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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Sylvia Gallegos has owned the small restaurant Sylvia’s Sabor Latino in downtown Brentwood for seven years, and while she’s gained a group of followers who adore her authentic Mexican cuisine, she’...
Oct 01, 2009 | 0 | 3 |
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Some people create art with paints and clay; others prefer chalks and metals. But for Gary Moody and Nancy Key, the material of choice is balloons.
Moody and Key took over Brentwood’s Party’s 4 You...
Oct 01, 2009 | 1 | 8 |
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Negotiations continue between the Hofmann Company and the Town of Discovery Bay regarding at least two possible sites for a community center, according to CSD President Ray Tetreault.
“We are explo...
Sep 30, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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After more than 30 years in the olive farming business, Sean McCauley decided it was time to open a store where everyone would have easy access to his products as well as fresh produce from other l...
Sep 28, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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More than $62,500 were distributed to nonprofit organizations, about $5,000 more than last year, during the CornFest volunteer thank-you event held at Veterans Park on Sunday.
In addition to the c...
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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More people are buying homes as property values decline, but many of these affordable foreclosed homes have become fixer-uppers even if they are only a few years old. That’s where Francisco Ordaz c...
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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The calendar may say September, but for Rick Varin it’s swimming pool season all year round.
Varin is the owner and operator of The Pool Guy pool cleaning service in Brentwood, and for this chlor...
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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It may be early to be making holiday plans, but if you want a reservation at Carpaccio Ristorante Italiano, you’d better make it now. Manager Rosario Valencia said the Antioch restaurant is so popu...