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Help bring back July 4 celebration
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: We’d like to share with you some information about a meaningful and fun community event that we would like to invite you to celebrate with us. As you know, the city of Antioch has gone th...
BVAL Notebook: Tennis, golf athletes hit NCS roadblocks
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Several locals made the list for the recent North Coast Section golf qualifier, but none were able to advance to the NCS Tournament of Champions for the chance to join Deer Valley. Two Heritage at...
Antioch teen claims international belt
by Justin Lafferty
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch kickboxer Katrina Nahe is only 15, but she can already say she’s conquered the world. Nahe, a freshman at Deer Valley, defeated Tisha Balentien of Holland on Saturday by unanimous decision...
Former hoops MVP signs with Buffalo
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley grad Andre McPhail, the 2011 Bay Valley Athletic League boys basketball MVP, has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Buffalo. “Andre comes to us with a background of ...
Impending Eaglehood
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch resident Evan Warnock, 17, will celebrate his promotion to the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor held May 12 at the Antioch Historical Society. A junior at De La Salle High School, W...
Antioch Cop Log: May 11
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
April 24, 2:47 p.m. Officers of the Antioch Police Department responded to the report of a hit-and-run accident near the intersection of West Ninth and I streets. Upon arrival, officers found a 3...
Employee arrested after four-alarm Antioch fire
by Justin Lafferty
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Pittsburg police have arrested the man fire officials believe started a four-alarm blaze with an illegal firework Tuesday afternoon in Antioch. According to Contra Costa Fire Protection District P...
Antioch police seek taxi robbers
May 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch police are still looking for three men who robbed an East County cab driver at gunpoint, forced him into the trunk and drove the taxi to Oakland. The Antioch Police Department recently rele...
Play at the plate
May 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
In Antioch Little League action, Austin Rowley of the Junior Minor AA Giants slides home while Aiden Bandes of the Nationals tries to make a play on the ball. Watching is Michael Gaunt. The Giants ...
City to address squatter problem
by Justin Lafferty
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
East County Realtor Melissa Case has dealt with her fair share of squatters throughout her career. Recently, the problem became more personal. A couple Case said lives illegally in an Antioch home...
BVAL Notebook: Heritage ace tosses no-hitter
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Under the scrutiny of radar-gun-toting scouts behind home plate on Tuesday, Heritage pitcher Paul Blackburn put on a show. Blackburn threw the school’s first no-hitter, walking two, in the Patriot...
Committee takes aim on Antioch July 4 celebration
by Justin Lafferty
May 03, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Organizers of Antioch’s downtown Fourth of July Celebration are closing in on their goal to put on a full-fledged event, including fireworks for the first time in three years. Celebration Committe...
Man who accidentally shot brother arrested
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
An Antioch man who accidentally shot and killed his brother was arrested on Saturday. According to a press release from the Antioch Police Department, 41-year-old George Enriquez was arrested on s...
E-waste disposal gets Nifty boost
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Futures Explored, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that provides life skills and work-related training to adults with developmental disabilities, has opened Nifty E-Waste Recycling Centers in the East...
Heritage, DV make waves
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage's swimming and diving team defeated Deer Valley last week to continue their flawless Bay Valley Athletic League season. Heritage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Haley Rose Love, Rachel All...
Wolverine takes recruitment in stride
by Justin Lafferty
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
After a standout performance at a Nike basketball camp in Minneapolis, Deer Valley’s Marcus Lee is becoming quite popular among college recruiters. According to college sports website Rivals.com, ...
County fair ticket deals
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Tickets for the Contra Costa County Fair, held May 31 through June 3, are on sale now, and earlybirds save not only money but time by purchasing fair tickets online at www.contracostafair.com . A...
Scout aids wetlands rec
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
In an upcoming Court of Honor, Antioch resident John Pratt Peterson will mark his attainment of the rank of Eagle Scout. The 18-year-old Deer Valley High senior led a team that built interpretive s...
Antioch Cop Log: May 4
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
April 27, 12:08 a.m. The Antioch Police Department received a call from the Oakland Police Department reporting a subject who had been kidnapped and robbed in Antioch. A 45-year-old male cab driv...
Community mourns teen's death
by Rick Lemyre
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
East County is mourning the loss of Ashley Malone, a 15-year-old girl from Oakley who lost her life in a crash early Saturday morning in Brentwood. She was a passenger in a truck transporting to a ...