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Putting classroom funding on the table
by Jasmine Zamora
Student Correspondent
Apr 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
As the economy continues to impact school budgets, creative ways are needed to help fund classroom activities. Fortunately for Kathleen Jensen, creativity is part and parcel of her line of work. Ga...
Fugitive Antioch teacher caught in San Diego
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
A Park Middle School teacher was arrested Thursday in San Diego on suspicion of intent to commit lewd acts with a minor, according to a press release from the Antioch Police Department. Charles Red...
Making the grade
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
On- and off-campus coaches work differently to keep teams in the game
District reviews two-principal plan
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
In the wake of pink slips issued recently to two popular administrators at Deer Valley High School, Antioch Unified School District officials are determining the next step for the city’s largest sc...
Garage sale reslated
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Mother Nature put a damper on a planned garage sale, but not on enthusiasm for supporting our troops. The garage sale intended for last weekend to support East County Military Families and Friends ...
Water can't stop DV
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite wet surfaces and cold air on Saturday, Deer Valley High’s track and field team took first place in 21 of 62 events at the Deer Valley Invitational. The Wolverines appeared to have a strangl...
East Diablo Arsenal earns a state crown
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Diablo Arsenal U16 girls soccer team won the recent California Youth Soccer Association Founder’s Cup and claimed the title of best Class IV U16G Team in Northern California. In the champi...
Golfing for grants
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Soroptimist International of Antioch will host its inaugural golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, June 24. This is the chapter’s first large-scale fundraiser to help the organization meet its goal...
Sutter Delta honored
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Sutter Delta Medical Center has received a gold seal of accreditation as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). To achieve the ACR gold standard accredita...
Police seek Antioch teacher
Mar 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
UPDATE: A Park Middle School teacher has been suspected of crime against a minor.
All-BVAL athletes announced
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The MVPs of girls and boys basketball, as well as boys soccer, all attend Deer Valley.
Educators gather to honor their own
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
It was likely the largest gathering of teachers, principals and administrators in recent memory, but when East County educators gathered to recognize their peers’ achievements at the recent Associa...
Bridge goes back out for bids
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Antioch will get new bids for a bridge project that it claims a developer has defaulted on, over the objections and threatened lawsuit by the builder. Last month, the city sent a notice...
Century milestone
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch resident Elfreda Millsaps, born March 8, 1911, recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a host of family and friends at the Quail Lodge Retirement Community. At left, she cuts her birth...
Budget woes slow Delta talks to trickle
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
As East County residents fear the creation of a peripheral canal that would pump more water from the San Joaquin Delta to Southern California, the state’s budget problems are slowing down deliberat...
Emergency notification
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa County now offers an emergency notification system for cell phone communication. In the case of a large-scale emergency, such as the disaster in Japan, the county’s emergency notificat...
Scholarship Connected
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
After reading a newspaper story about Parents Connected in Antioch in January, veterinarian Howard Schutzman decided he wanted to help with the group’s mission of getting kids into college. Accordi...
Boys and girls of summer
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Allison Felix, Ashley Rowley and Austin Rowley put on their game faces at Antioch Little League’s recent Opening Day celebration at Antioch High School. The event’s parade was led by the Challenger...
Freedom bounces back in victory over Antioch
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
What has been a bumpy start for Freedom High’s boys varsity tennis team got smoother on Tuesday, as the Falcons claimed an 8-1 victory over Antioch. At the head of the winning effort was junior Jus...
Antioch Cop Log: March
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
March 19, 12:30 a.m. Officers of the Antioch Police Department responded to the report of shots fired in the parking lot of Delta Bowl on 3300 Delta Fair Blvd. Upon arrival, officers found no gu...