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A holistic approach to health and community
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
While Dhyanyoga Centers in Antioch takes a holistic, whole-body approach to improving health of those inside its classrooms, the yoga complex is also committed to healing outside its doors. Yoga is...
Bolster your endurance, strength and structure
Jan 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Family Practice chiropractors are marshalling forces in a nationwide effort – New.You.2011. – providing complimentary health consultations and services. During the month of January, many of the nat...
Antioch cop layoffs postponed
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
UPDATED: 1-7-11 10 a.m. Layoff notices for six Antioch police officers have been delayed until Jan. 21, due in large part to talks of donations from the community. According to City Manager Jim ...
Elderly Wish program has gifts to give
by Ruth Roberts
Jan 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
If wishes were horses, goes the 16th-century nursery rhyme, then beggars would ride. But if you ask Mary Chapman, executive director of the Elderly Wish Foundation, wishes are exactly what one shou...
Antioch Chamber loses key members
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Tough economic times have forced the Antioch Chamber of Commerce to lay off its president and director of operations, as the chamber has been unable to bring in as much money as in years past. Acco...
Antioch Library service expands
Jan 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch residents can take a dance class, join a game of basketball and pick up their library books – all in one convenient location – when the Mirant Gateway Center for Learning Library opens in t...
Student art featured at Lynn House
Jan 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The sixth annual Art4Schools Exhibits will be held at Antioch’s Lynn House Gallery, 809 W. First St., Jan. 26 through May 18. Sponsored by the Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch, the City of Ant...
Annals of Antioch revisited and revised
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Longtime Antioch historian Charlie Bohakel has studied this area extensively for most of his life. He can picture when the Antioch Lumber Company was a bustling major employer, identify when the ci...
Lions shine like diamonds at Jamboree
by Michael Dixon
Jan 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
In the 162-team tournament, Liberty takes home the top spot in the Diamond Division. Deer Valley, playing in the hardest bracket of the tournament, rebounds from tough early losses.
Timeless hours editing preverbal dominoes
by Ger Erickson
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Not so fast, A.D. 2010. Before you take your final bow and stride off stage, your presence is required at the podium. One more item remains on the awards ceremony agenda – something to do with Dubi...
Celebrate New Year’s close to home
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’re still in the holiday spirit and looking for a place to ring in the New Year, oodles of options are available close to home. Here’s a sampling of some family-friendly happenings as well as...
City, police negotiations continue
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Animosity between City of Antioch officials and the Antioch Police Department seems to have died down, both sides said, as they continue to negotiate concessions for 2011 to balance the city’s budg...
Younger DV soccer players lead the pack
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
With 11 seniors on this year’s team, Nick Howliston knew his Deer Valley High varsity boys soccer team could be a contender for the Bay Valley Athletic League title. The coach just didn’t think his...
Lions reign supreme at Lou Bronzan Invitational
by Michael Dixon
Dec 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
More than 50 schools from Northern California participated in the tournament, held at Liberty.
Happiest place in Antioch dazzles district
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 23, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
All that’s missing from the Antioch house of Gary and Kristen Vistalli is a monorail and a ticket booth. The Vistallis, including 15-year-old son Tyler, have turned their house into a Disney haven,...
Antioch: eBART design ‘unacceptable’
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A proposed eBART station near Hillcrest Avenue on Highway 4 could be rejected by Antioch officials unless planners agree to include a public bathroom, an escalator and a station agent in the projec...
Remembering Michael
Dec 23, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Michael Quintana, Jr. Memorial Fund recently held its 15th annual Christmas Party for CAP-Antioch, ALIVE-Antioch, and Inroads at the Paradise Skate Entertainment Center in Antioch at the fairgr...
Madoshi finds his place at Antioch
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s a noticeable change when Namuji Madoshi crosses the threshold into Antioch High’s Don Richardson Gym. The soft-spoken senior varsity basketball player grows into his 6-foot-5-inch frame. On...
Sufficient efficiency
Dec 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Navid Talai with Enlight installs an energy-efficient streetlight at 917 W. Fourth St. in Antioch as part of the city’s lighting retrofit project. The Fourth Street light was the last to go in, fo...
Hail to the chief
Dec 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the newest chief justice of the California Supreme Court, spoke to Deer Valley High School law academy students and the school’s senior government students earlier this month r...