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Resident crime-fighters needed
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Volunteer Hans Ho has helped Antioch residents for nine years, and now he’s asking them to return the favor. Ho’s term as the city’s crime prevention coordinator has been up for a year, but h...
Free child ID event at Dallas Ranch
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, as many as 800,000 children nationwide are reported missing every year – more than 2,000 children every day. Child ID is an imp...
Election filing period opens
Jul 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Nearly all cities in East County are holding elections Nov. 6 for seats on their town councils and school boards. The application period runs through Aug. 10 except for Antioch city offices, for ...
Antioch holds off on police tax
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Top-notch groomer
by Randae Bither
Jul 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to Heather Wood of Doggie Depot for placing third out of 257 entries in the fourth annual Rags to Riches Ultimate Groomer Contest 2012, conducted by Double K Industries. Heather’s e...
Girl Scouts merit self-defense badge
by Courtesy of Cory Hefner
Jul 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The girls of Scout Troop 31086 can stand up for themselves better this week, having recently completed requirements for the Self Defense Merit Badge at Black Diamond Karate. The Scouts learned how ...
Confire forced to cut assistance
by Rick Lemyre
Jul 12, 2012 | 14 14 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The Contra Costa Fire Protection District (Confire) will reduce the number of engines that automatically respond to incidents in far East County to avoid depleting resources in Antioch, Pittsburg a...
Digital age hits Rock Bottom
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Ever since 1974, Richard Armstrong has had his finger on the pulse of the music industry to keep Rock Bottom Records in Antioch afloat. Starting 10 years ago, the Internet and changing customer nee...
Council tackles health insurance
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Antioch City Council Tuesday set a July 20 deadline for the sale of Kelly’s Card Room at 408 O St. between current owner Albert Cianfichi and Blarney LLC. If a deal is reached, Blarney LLC, led...
Grants to fund more police in Antioch
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Country star releases first video
by Samie Hartley
Jul 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Local country star Jessica Caylyn’s career is heating up. She recently kicked off her Northern California summer tour and released her first official music video. Caylyn released her first single, ...
Avoid the 25
Jul 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07-03-12 1018AM Alcohol-impaired driving crashes make the Fourth of July one of the deadliest holidays of the year. That’s why this Independence Day, the Avoid the 25 anti-DU...
Man shot and killed by police in Antioch
Jun 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A man was shot and killed by Antioch Police Thursday after he opened fire on officers. Police say Antioch resident Denny Gonzales, 35, fired at them as they were trying to persuade him to drop his ...
Crime reporting goes high-tech in Antioch
by Kyle Szymanski
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch residents now have more crime-reporting options than merely dialing 911. They can anonymously text the city’s police department using a new web application that made its debut in early June...
Antioch teen struck and killed by train
by Kyle Szymanski
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
An Antioch teenager was struck and killed by a freight train Wednesday near where another youth was killed by a train earlier this year. Samantha Aparicio, 17, was hit on the railroad tracks near t...
Perfectly purple
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Relay for Life participants Melissa Stanton, Eric Cabriel, Judy Trapanese and Tanja Burk walk the survivors lap during Relay for Life on June 23 at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg. The survivors r...
Antioch council adopts budget
by Kyle Szymanski
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Without increased revenue streams or the creation of additional revenue sources, the City of Antioch will have a difficult time providing basic services for the community in the future, according t...
Antioch’s summer concerts rock on
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Waldie Plaza in downtown Antioch will again be hopping with good music and family fun this summer. Due to the generosity of the Lesher Foundation, the city’s summer concert series has been expanded...
Man shot during struggle with police in Antioch
Jun 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
An Antioch man was shot in the stomach by police Monday after fighting with officers seeking to arrest him on parole violations. Paul Morales, 36, was shot at about 2:40 p.m. in the 2200 block of R...
Diary of a demolition derby survivor
by Vicki McKenna
Jun 25, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be an epidemic of bad drivers out there, especially red-light runners? I pretty much live in my SUV, so I’m out there witnessing the madness. We all know...