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Balfour project heads for ballot
Obligated by election law to place an initiative seeking to annex 740 acres to the city’s southwest border on the June ballot, there was little the Brentwood City Council could do Tuesday except o...
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Big rate hike for big trash users
Some Antioch households will be paying an extra 26 or 27 percent to get their trash picked up, under a contract extension with Allied Waste Services ( AWS ) approved on a 4-1 vote of the City Coun...
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P-6 committee ready to advise
It took nearly a year, a request from the Board of Supervisors (BoS), and County Administrator David Twa to finally make it happen, but Monday night the residents of Discovery Bay convened their f...
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Brentwood moves trash facility forward
Work will proceed on a $9.8 million solid waste transfer station in Brentwood after the City Council decided it makes the best sense for ratepayers. The facility, which will be able to handle the ...
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DB Wetlands trial granted continuance
Discovery Bay’s groundbreaking, eco-friendly wetlands will be blooming for at least another two years. The CSD approved the extension of the Wetlands Trial Project at the Feb. 17 regular town me...
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Buchanan backs tax hike extension
The sales and income tax hikes passed by the state legislature last year to help reduce California’s budget deficit should be extended for several more years, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan told 20 p...
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City to vote on expansion
The Brentwood City Council next Tuesday will consider the potential effects of a proposal to add almost 750 acres of housing, commercial development and parks to its boundaries, and is expected to...
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Downtown plan gets green light
The crowd at Tuesday’s Oakley City Council meeting burst into applause following the council’s unanimous vote to approve the Downtown Specific Plan, a document that has been evolving over the past...
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