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Jasmine Zamora Student CorrespondentThepress.Net
Apr 05, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...