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Oakley Union School District plans to cut $1.6 million from the district budget by the start of the 2010-11 school year.<br><i>Photo by Ruth Roberts</i> Schools brace for tough year
School superintendents throughout East County are tightening their fiscal belts as they brace for another year of sinking finances and impending cuts. “The state of California is in a crisis, and ...
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Talk About Town: Feb. 5
It’s time to fire up the barbecue grill and put your secret recipes to the test at the annual Brentwood PAL Barbecue King Cook-off . Keeping with tradition, the cook-off will take place at Har...
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Rita Caruso, left, vice president of the Discovery Bay Chamber of Commerce, shares a smile and congratulatory moment with newly-honored Citizen of the Year Denise Dimock.<br><I>Photo by Rick Lemyre</i> Town celebrates community
It was a night of celebration, congratulation and camaraderie as Discovery Bay residents feted their own last weekend during the annual Chamber of Commerce State of the Town gala. The event, emcee...
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New fire board to meet
Following this week’s appointment by county supervisors of the final two members the new governing board of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, the board will hold its first meeting on...
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Students in Greg Cameron’s fifth-grade class at Pioneer Elementary School in Brentwood have collected more than $100 for relief efforts in Haiti. <br><i>Photo courtesy of Stacie Robles</i> Community steps up to help Haiti
Local groups and organizations have been digging deep into their hearts and pockets to bolster the humanitarian effort in Haiti. Some have already collected and sent packages or contributed dollar...
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CSD President Kevin Graves points out the boundaries of a proposed housing development on 20 acres between Newport Drive and Bixler Road in Discovery Bay.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> CSD balks at new development
Pointing to a tepid economy and worries over sewer and water capacity, the Discovery Bay CSD withheld its blessing last week on a proposed 67 home subdivision in the west end of town. William Sc...
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5-year-old Drew Morganstein of Discovery Bay donated her tresses for a good cause.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Amy Morganstein</i> Helping cancer patients
Because she has recently lost loved ones to cancer, 5-year-old Drew Morganstein – a kindergartener in Carol Elder’s class at Timber Point Elementary – is very aware of the disease. She told her mo...
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Cory Hunt and his father, Jim, caught this image of a funnel cloud over Brentwood Saturday afternoon. The funnel did not touch down, but created some excitement for many people who witnessed the rare - for Contra Costa County - climatological event.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Cory and Jim Hunt</i> Tornado warning near Brentwood, Discovery Bay lifted
New photos added 01-25-10 New photos added 01-26-10 New photos added 01-28-10 A National Weather Service tornado warning for far East County expired at 2:07 p.m. Saturday with no immediate r...
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DB crime report released
According to a recently released report from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, vehicle crime in Discovery Bay is down from last year and property crimes have nearly flatlined, while violen...
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<i>Photo by Stacey Chance</i> Seal meal
A seal enjoys what appears to be the second half of its fresh fish lunch recently, unaware that photographer Stacey Chance is lingering nearby, camera at the ready. Seal and sea lion sightings ar...
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