Antioch might be home to a ferry terminal in a few years, offering a commute option to San Francisco and serving as a point of response for emergencies, but officials are still trying to find a way...
Consumers can check health symptoms, look up health conditions and now find detailed information about doctors, hospitals, emergency rooms and medical clinics in the Sutter Health network via the f...
Antioch High School is still hoping to score a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Project grant, but the school needs more community support to make it to the top of the list.
At press time, Antioch High’s com...
Antioch is gearing up for a magical month in October. Not only will the Society of American Magicians present the Rock & Roll Magic Show at the El Campanil Theatre; Mayor Jim Davis proclaimed at Tu...
On Sunday, Sept. 26 the public is welcome to come watch art as it’s created by local artists in the historic Rivertown area from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. An artists’ reception will follow from 4 to ...
Deer Valley High’s girls golf team, under the coaching of Andria Edwards, turned into a powerhouse program, not only in the Bay Valley Athletic League but throughout Northern California.
While they...
This weekend as the nation recalls the events of 9/11 and commemorates the lives lost that day, East County’s Military Family and Friends will also be reflecting and remembering at the group’s four...
An Antioch group known as The Interfaith Peace Project will be putting its own spin on the International Day of Peace, celebrated Sept. 21.
Since its inception by the United Nations in 1981, the ev...
Antioch’s government prevailed last week in a lawsuit that accused the police of racially harassing an African-American woman receiving a Section 8 housing subsidy. City officials believe the verdi...
Chabad of the Delta, an organization focused on education and awareness of the Jewish faith and serving the communities of Pittsburg, Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley and Discovery Bay, will be hosting i...
East County residents can help a pair of local Scouts achieve their organizations’ highest awards. Allison Koontz of Antioch Girl Scout Troop 30847 is working on her Silver Award. “I’m an avid read...
For decades, we have treated prostate cancer with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. A promising new vaccine, though, could help our bodies fight the cancer head-on.
Prostate cancer is a typicall...
Troy Foulger returns to his home track Saturday night with the idea of winning the dirt modified season championship at the Antioch Speedway. The 21-year-old Martinez driver enters the final point ...
Bright-eyed celebrity hopefuls who want to see their names in lights, twinkling on a marquee at the latest Hollywood premiere, often uproot themselves and move to Los Angeles looking for their big ...
There will be hard-blowin’ saxes, greasy guitars and plenty of boogie-woogie at Waldie Plaza on Sept. 18. And even if the lingo doesn’t quite make sense, if you’re a music lover, you’ll enjoy the 1...
At every level of football, for as long as the sport has been played, teams that lose the turnover battle generally lose the game. In Friday night’s season opener, the Antioch Panthers lost the tur...
The City of Antioch is celebrating judicial decisions handed down on Thursday.
In the first, (Tuggles v. Antioch et al) a Federal jury rejected the plaintiff's claim that Antioch's handling of nuis...
City officials are looking forward to the construction of a new power plant on Wilbur Avenue, not only for the construction and operational jobs that will be created but also for the $1.7 million, ...
Antioch brought home another of its own from Iraq last weekend: Staff Sgt. Nick Sponseller of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division.
The Warrior Watch Riders surprised him at Applebee’s and provided a...
Members of Knightsen 4-H celebrated a victory at the California State Fair last month, where the Contra Costa County display received the Silver Award in the Counties Exhibit Competition.
Thirty co...