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In an exciting, back-and-forth match between two intense athletes, Deer Valley’s Abid Ahmad came up with a victory over Freedom’s Jeff Matteri to claim the singles title in Tuesday’s Bay Valley Ath...
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Facebook was hatched at Harvard University, but its effects have been felt in Hollywood, Washington D.C., Colombia, Egypt and even here in East County.
It’s a time waster, some say. A scrapbook. A ...
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Antioch’s top cop reports that due to proactive policing and greater input from alert residents, violent offenses in the first part of the year took a significant dip.
Acting Antioch Police Chief A...
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Brothers Abid and Zahid Ahmad were playing tennis on Xbox one day when it occurred to them: why don’t we give this a shot in real life? It looked easy for the virtual Andy Roddick, they figured, so...
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The ambition for East Bay-based country music band Rodeo House, according to singer Dave Scott, was to play at Fremont’s Saddle Rack – one of the biggest country bars in the region.
Scott and the r...
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Scott Busby and Michael Paul were in a dogfight to the finish the DIRTcar West modified feature Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. It was Busby regaining the lead on the checkered flag lap while M...
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The Bay Valley Athletic League’s track and field athletes had a strong contingency at last weekend’s Sacramento Meet of Champions.
Athletes from Deer Valley, Heritage, Freedom and Pittsburg all tra...
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East County residents concerned about identity theft can get their unwanted confidential documents shredded while they watch on Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Dow Credit Union parkin...
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In Paris Imholz’s four years as a pitcher for Antioch High’s varsity softball team, a win over league rival Freedom has always been slightly out of reach.
That is, until Imholz took charge on Tuesd...
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While Deer Valley High volleyball head coach Lou Panzella is proud of his teams’ past successes, he’s quick to point out that it means nothing in terms of what’s being accomplished right now. And y...
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Only one big-tented circus remains in America, a circus that manages to maintain a demanding road schedule – the all-new 75th edition of the Carson & Barnes Circus.
Carson & Barnes brings nearly a ...
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For 25 years, Antioch-based Delta 2000 has been helping local nonprofit organizations, but the economic recession has forced it to pare back operations and re-organize.
Part of the group’s rebirthi...
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The worst of Antioch’s fiscal nightmare seems to have passed, and city officials are open to the possibility of reinstating code enforcement.
Since the code enforcement department was essentially ...
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The community is invited to help support victims of the Japan earthquakes by attending a special dinner gala fundraiser held at the Antioch Historical Society Museum on Saturday, May 7.
While Antio...
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Lovers of art are invited to prepare for this year’s Artists’ Open Studio Tour, which runs from May 20 to 22, by picking up a tour map at the new Artists’ Open Studio Gallery, 741 Second St. in Bre...
Apr 28, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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Chalk up feature victory No. 458 for Scott Busby, California’s most winning stock car driver. Busby blasted by Iowa’s Kellen Chadwick and fought off spectacular moves by young champion Troy Foulger...
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Officers arrived to find a 26-year-old male dead from multiple gunshot wounds. April 25, 9:35 p.m. The victim was a roommate of the female caller, and was not involved romantically with her.
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Two tireless Antioch community activists were fêted recently as citizens of the year, as the city’s Chamber of Commerce honored those who go above and beyond to make the city shine brightly.
At Fri...
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Saving money while increasing efficiency and decreasing work-related accidents is the goal of any successful workplace. Leonard Pompa, a veteran wastewater operator at Delta Diablo Sanitation Distr...
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Playing bocce began as a way for Antioch residents Manny and Lydia Romo to get out of the house and do something together.
They didn’t anticipate needing a passport.
Bocce took the husband and wife...