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Demands mount for Bypass safety
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 17, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The growing number of accidents and deaths along the Highway 4 Bypass has renewed calls for improving the road’s safety. “I think that the public needs to get involved and get the ball rolling,” sa...
Volunteers flock to assist Antioch PD
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch Police Lt. Robin Kelley faces a problem, but it’s a good one. Swarms of applications crossed her desk for the Volunteers in Police Services program, which assists the police force in non-vi...
Miles of smiles
Feb 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
One of Antioch High’s most famous alumni, baseball star Aaron Miles, stopped by the Antioch Sports Legends Hall of Fame last weekend to sign autographs and meet fans as part of Aaron Miles Day. Mil...
Deer Valley out-Foxes Heritage
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
With a big game from senior Raven Fox, the Wolverines came out with an easy win over the Patriots.
Antioch emerges victorious but bruised
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 16, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Panthers kept their league title hopes alive with a win over the Lions, but they may have lost their leading scorer for the season.
Wolverines edge Patriots in senior night shootout
by Michael Dixon
Feb 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley holds off a late Heritage charge to come out victorious on Tuesday night. BVAL title will be decided on Friday.
Magnificent memorial
Feb 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch Riverview Garden Club’s pick for Garden of the Month is the Victory Highway Cactus Garden located at the entrance to the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds. Dedicated May 31, 1926, the memori...
Jewelry rep honored
Feb 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch’s Maureen Metcalf was recently honored in lia sophia’s Excellent Beginnings Program for outstanding sales accomplishments and professionalism. Having recently joined the fashion jewelry bu...
Sought-after gang member arrested
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch Police Tuesday arrested a member of a San Francisco gang on suspicion of carjacking and robbery in connection with an incident that took place in August in Vender Court in Antioch. Antioch...
Take Back Antioch gathers steam
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 10, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
By attending the inaugural Quality of Community forum held by the local activist group Take Back Antioch (TBA), a large group of Antioch residents sent a clear message – they want to help. For last...
Highway 4 widening moves along
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite the uncertainty of the proposed eBART station at Hillcrest Avenue, the widening of Highway 4 appears to be on schedule and should be finished by the end of 2014. Susan Miller, the Contra Co...
Volunteer to fill GAP
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch’s Graffiti Abatement Program will hold a public meeting for interested potential members on Monday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers – Third and H streets. The program, run by vol...
Library’s magic touch
by Austin Miles
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
For a writer, the opening of a new library is always a happy occasion. Especially when it does so with a magic touch, as presented by prestidigitator Timothy James. The tall, slim man with a distin...
Bringing the heat
Feb 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Legendary lefty Vida Blue, who pitched for the Oakland A’s, San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals, stopped by Bases Loaded in Antioch recently to sign his biography, “Vida Blue: A Life.” Pen...
Helping kids connect with college
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Five local parents are making it their mission to make college a possibility for Antioch Unified School District students, and their message is spreading throughout Northern California. Parents Con...
BVAL football players ink college futures
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
On National Signing Day, Heritage's Will Oliver committed to UCLA, Darrell Greene of Freedom signed his letter of intent to San Diego State and Antioch's Shamawn Wright made it official with UC Davis.
Pittsburg muddies regional road plan
by Justin Lafferty
Feb 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Pittsburg officials, angered by the lack of construction on their roads, have stopped contributing to a local transportation planning committee’s pool of money. But the committee’s recent vote to r...
X-Y-L-O-G-R-A-P-H
Feb 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch’s Quail Lodge Senior Community recently held a spelling bee that tested its residents’ wordcraftiness. Jewell Powell, 88, far left, took home first place by spelling “xylograph,” a print m...
Antioch wastewater staff recognized
Feb 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Delta Diablo Sanitation District (DDSD) has announced that two of its operations staff have been honored as outstanding wastewater professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area by the California Wate...
New chief, familiar face
Feb 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch Unified School District Trustee Walter Ruehlig Trustee, left, and district Superintendent Don Gill congratulate newly elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson at his...