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Banners honoring 26 Americans killed while serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan went up this week along Discovery Bay Boulevard. The 9-foot banners, sponsored by the nonprofit organization...
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Discovery Bay residents Art and Barbara Gonzales and family are proud to announce that their son and brother, Pvt. Michael A. Gonzales, 18, graduated from the United States Marine Corp boot camp at...
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
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When Kevin Graves created the Some Gave All, Joey Graves Foundation in 2006, his intent was to honor not only his son – who died in Baghdad in 2006 – but the lives of the currently more than 700 Ca...
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U.S. Air Force Airman Hailey M. Cosby, daughter of Marshall and Tonya Cosby of Antioch, recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Hailey is a...
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Josie and Jeff Monaghan, founders of East County Military Families and Friends, have a new weapon in their arsenal.
After starting the organization in 2005 to help veterans and their families, they...
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Liberty High School graduate Christopher Garner, Class of 2005, recently attained his lifelong goal of earning his wings in the United States Air Force.
Garner attended San Jose State Univers...
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Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, located at The Streets of Brentwood, is promoting its third Fudge for Troops campaign through the month of July.
For every pound of fudge purchased, Rocky Mountain...
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The Antioch Police Department is getting a boost in manpower through a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department. The grant will allow the department to add five police officers to its fo...
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In honor of Independence Day and Canada Day in the U.S. and Canada, Cartridge World is offering military veterans a special 10-percent discount. “Cartridge World wants to recognize and thank vetera...
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On June 5, friends and relatives at Cortona Park attended the unveiling of the memorial brick path in Cortona’s rose garden. The memorial was celebrated with the release of 13 doves representing th...
May 31, 2012 | 0 | 9 |
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Chuck Kohler urges you to remember the moments he’ll never forget.
The Pearl Harbor survivor and Concord resident spoke at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony in Antioch, emphasizing the importance of r...
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The City of Oakley took a moment out of a busy weekend last Saturday to hold its first Memorial Day ceremony in City Hall Plaza.
“Today is a solemn reminder of the profound sacrifice made by so man...
May 31, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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If you were in Brentwood for the Memorial Day program in 2011, you probably remember the behemoth Coast Guard cargo plane that rumbled overhead for just a few seconds before disappearing over the h...
Apr 26, 2012 | 0 | 7 |
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Heritage High School graduates Cameron J. Altman and Joey M. Domeier graduated from the United States Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J. on April 6. Both of these outstanding young men w...
Apr 19, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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Joseph R Ziegler, a 2011 Deer Valley High School graduate, recently completed his basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, where he received his BMT Ribbon and National Defense ...
Apr 18, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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On April 9, 1942, 76,000 Filipino and American soldiers surrendered to Japanese forces and were forced to walk 80 miles to a prison camp in Capas, Tarlac.
The Filipino-American Association of Pitt...
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Those who wish to be remembered as an American veteran or preserve the name of a loved one who honorably served the United States of America are invited to be a part of the effort to install memori...
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In 1981, when the U.S. Congress began honoring the generations of women whose contributions had proven invaluable to society, Brentwood’s Bethann Eckenrod was 2 years old. Today, as National Women’...
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If you’re looking for a night of food, fellowship and a worthy cause, bring your appetite – and your patriotism – to Grazie! Grille at The Streets of Brentwood on March 13.
Operation Creekside, the...
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Teresa Wiens graduated from Navy boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill. on Feb. 17. She continues her Navy career at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, where she is studying to become a hospital corpsman.