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Daisy Sneath, 9, recently donated her beautiful blond ponytail to Locks of Love. This is the Discovery Bay Elementary fourth-grader's second shearing for the cause. Daisy got her locks lopped off a...
Aug 13, 2009 | 0 | 5 |
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Brentwood’s Police Activities League (PAL) recently took a group of 25 kids to a special fundraising event at Antioch’s Golf and Games.
PAL kids got in for free and enjoyed hours of free video game...
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The intent behind Ryann Newman’s trip to the forests of Bosnia was to make a difference in the lives of others. But as Newman quickly discovered, the life that was most impacted was her own.
“I we...
Aug 13, 2009 | 0 | 6 |
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A local school, Antioch Charter Academy II, is doing a major fundraiser this year that has some really cool community options: we are selling fresh cut Christmas trees that you pre-order, and then ...
Aug 11, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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The Rotary Club of Brentwood partnered with Kohl’s Department Store for the club’s recent Back to School shopping spree.
This annual event provides children from the Village Drive Resource Center ...
Aug 10, 2009 | 1 | 16 |
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Yogurt Pizazz, in Brentwood, will be donating 10 percent of its sales every Saturday in August to Allys trust fund to help Ally and her family survive this difficult time.
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The Mt. Diablo Region YMCA is now offering families free memberships to the Delta Family YMCA in Oakley or the Irvin Deutscher Family YMCA in Pleasant Hill if they enroll their child in a child car...
Aug 06, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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More than three hundred friends and classmates gathered for a candlelight vigil Friday night at Freedom High School in support of freshman cheerleader Ally Jenkins. Ally collapsed last week and was...
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We’ve heard the predictions. According to the U. S. Geological Survey, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake – or greater – will strike the Bay Area in the next 30 years. If we don’t already have an emergency...
Aug 04, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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An installation ceremony was held last month at DeLuna Ranch for incoming officers of the Brentwood Lions Club. Richard Adams, who has been an active member of the Brentwood Lions for the past five...
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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Some came for the golf, others for the dining and entertainment, but all came out last weekend to support the Special Kids Foundation and its plans to build an all-abilities playground on the site ...
Jul 29, 2009 | 1 | 9 |
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Every summer around the middle of July, Katie Bartling begins to get nervous.
“As a teacher, I’m constantly thinking about what I need for the next year and I start putting together a wish/supply l...
Jul 29, 2009 | 0 | 4 |
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Every summer around the middle of July, Katie Bartling begins to get nervous.
“As a teacher, I’m constantly thinking about what I need for the next year and I start putting together a wish/supply l...
Jul 23, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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Oakley council members and Friends of Oakley board members Kevin Romick, Pat Anderson and Jim Frazier celebrate the success of the Friends of Oakley inaugural Chili Cook-off and Car Show last weeke...
Jul 23, 2009 | 1 | 11 |
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There were tears and smiles, hugs and handshakes, kudos and thanks, and it was all topped off by checks totaling $21,000. It was, in and of itself, a nice little party, but it paled in comparison t...
Jul 23, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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Despite a $500 donation from the Brentwood Police Officer’s Association earlier this month, A Place of Learning is struggling to keep its doors open.
The community tutoring facility, which for thre...
Jul 23, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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Join H.A.R.P. (Homeless Animals Response Program) and Delta Discovery Cruises for a relaxing sunset dinner cruise on Sunday, Aug. 9. You may check in at 5:30 p.m. and enjoy the view from the top de...
Jul 22, 2009 | 0 | 13 |
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The Delta Family YMCA in Oakley has reached its community fundraising goal of $400,000, bringing the organization one step closer to its much-anticipated $6.4 million expansion.
“This is just great...
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Students at Old River Elementary School in Knightsen recently learned that time is indeed money – $15,000, in fact – and they have Staples Inc. to thank for it.
As part of its First Bell program, t...
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The Brentwood Rotary Club observes a fiscal year that runs from July 1 through the end of June. Appropriate to the club’s tradition of Service Before Self, the club didn’t honor the new incoming sl...