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Empty desks are a sign of a growing truancy problem in classrooms throughout East County.<br><i>Photo by Ruth Roberts</i> Truant kids might spell j-a-i-l for parents
So you signed the kids out for a midweek trip to Disneyland. What’s the big deal if your middle schooler takes a mental health day or skips class for some quality time with grandma? Occasionally t...
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No parole office for Brentwood
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has informed the City of Brentwood that it has been taken off the list of potential sites for a new parole office. In a letter to Mayor Bob Taylor ...
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The Liberty Union High School District is reconsidering its plan to build a fourth comprehensive high school at the corner of Sellers Avenue and Delta Road.<i>Press file photo</i> Plan for fourth LUHSD high school to be reconsidered
The plan to build a 2,200-student high school in a rural area near Knightsen at Sellers Avenue and Delta Road became not quite as certain after the Liberty Union High School District Board postpon...
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Last year s Play Day brought big smiles to dozens of Brentwood children. This year s Play-bor Day celebration will be the biggest Play Day yet.<br><i>Press file photo</i> Celebration for a pair of milestones
Since Brentwood has been named a Playful City by KaBOOM! for the third consecutive year, the Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department is pulling out all the stops to show that this East County co...
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Anna Marie Fletchero performs during the ninth annual Brentwood Art, Wine and Jazz Festival last weekend.<br><i>Photo by Stacey Chance</i> Thousands celebrate Art, Wine and Jazz
A Friday night windstorm flipped a dozen canopies set up for the ninth annual Brentwood Art, Wine and Jazz Festival last weekend, but because the artists had yet to arrive, no damage was done to t...
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Writers put on Game face
September’s Open Mic Night, sponsored by the Brentwood Writers, will be held Thursday, Sept. 9 at 6:30 at The Game in downtown Brentwood. All short work – poetry, short story, nonfiction, or any o...
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Brentwood Union School District students are ready to run – or walk – to raise money for their schools during the inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds, scheduled for Sept. 11.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Janna Stonebarger</i> Ready to Run For Fun’ds
Kids don’t normally associate running with fun, but next week students in the Brentwood Union School District will be lacing up their shoes for a good cause. The inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds...
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Roy Wells, left, discharges an 18th-century British Brown Bess for students at Edna Hill Middle School. <br><I>Photo by Samie Hartley</i> Having a blast with American history
“I’m about to make some noise,” declared historian Roy Wells as students at Edna Hill Middle School let out a collective OMG gasp. It’s not every day a man comes to campus with a gun and isn’t t...
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<i>Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Tanner</i> Up, up and away
Aaron Tanner in his Superman T-shirt left UCLA Medical Center last week following a heart and kidney transplant on Aug. 13. The 5-year-old Brentwood boy and his mother Elizabeth will be staying...
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DUI checkpoint in Brentwood
The Brentwood Police Department has announced it will be operating a DUI /driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, Sept. 3 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Sand Creek Road between Highland Way and Linden D...
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