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Antioch ferry terminal explored again
by Justin Lafferty
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Sutter Health goes mobile with iTriage
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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 track still in the running
by Samie Hartley
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Dazzling talent no illusion at Rock & Roll Magic Show
by Samie Hartley
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Rivertown Plein Air
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Wolverines take dead aim on dominance
by Michael Dixon
Sep 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
East County remembers 9/11
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 09, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Interfaith Project celebrates all faiths on World Peace Day
by Tim Rios
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
City wins Section 8 lawsuit
by Dave Roberts
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Services for Yom Kippur
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Help Scouts to the top
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Vaccines may play role in prostate cancer treatment
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Dirt modifieds to clash at Antioch Speedway
by Jack Menges
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
L.A.-based studio grooms young performers for limelight
by Samie Hartley
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Delta Blues Festival tunes up
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Turnovers hurt Panthers in opener
by Michael Dixon
Sep 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Legal victories for Antioch in Section 8 cases
Sep 03, 2010 | 15 15 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Plant could power more jobs, money
by Dave Roberts
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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, ...
Doubly welcome
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Honored at the Fair
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...