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Antioch Cop Log: Sept. 8 to Sept. 16
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Sept. 8, 6:40 p.m. A 54-year-old Antioch resident was driving westbound on West Sixth Street near the intersection of C Street at approximately 25 mph when a 7-year-old girl ran out in the street...
Heated Laliberte crowned champion
by Jack Menges
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Tommy Laliberte was forced to wait a few days before learning that he was the 2010 Antioch Speedway wingless sprint champion. Laliberte came into the final point race of the season with a comfortab...
Marsh Creek gets clean sweep
Sep 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
East County residents came out in full force Saturday to clean up local waterways during the Marsh Creek Cleanup and the Antioch Coastal Cleanup events, as part of California Coastal Commission’s C...
Troop Fest to aid combat vets
Sep 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The East County Military Family and Friends and Warrior Watch Riders are hosting the inaugural Troop Fest on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 1 to 11 p.m. at Straw Hat Pizza, 3001 Delta Fair Blvd. in Antioch....
Lions pounce on Wolverines
by Justin Lafferty
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
After a competitive first half on Wednesday, Liberty High’s boys water polo team applied the heat to Deer Valley. The Lions scored five consecutive goals in the third quarter on their way to a 14-7...
City wins second Section 8 suit
by Justin Lafferty
Sep 23, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
An Antioch landlord who sued the city, accusing police officers of racial discrimination against his Section 8 tenants, has withdrawn his claim, city attorney Lynn Tracy Nerland said on Wednesday. ...
East County API test scores soar
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite ongoing budget cuts, the elimination of school programs and increased class sizes, California’s schools have managed to raise their Academic Performance Index (API) scores again for the eig...
First-responders honored
by Justin Lafferty
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Local public safety personnel were fêted on Saturday at the Knights of Columbus Awards Ceremony, including a second-generation Antioch police officer. Antioch police detective Jimmy Wisecarver Jr. ...
Joining hands in the name of peace
by Justin Lafferty
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
People of a multitude of faiths gathered last weekend at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church to heighten awareness of a common cause – peace. The International Day of Peace, a celebration of interfaith ...
Gorgeous garden
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The Antioch Riverview Garden Club will be highlighting a special garden each month in the Antioch Press. This month’s garden, located at 1707 C St., belongs to Catherine McGrath, who does a wonder...
Soroptomist names new officers
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Soroptimist of Antioch Club recently installed its new officers, and among the club’s upcoming projects outlined by new President Gina Moore (co-owner of Delta Bay Waterproofing) are the club’s ina...
4-H begins enrollment
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Attention all families with children 5 to 19. All three East Contra Costa County 4-H clubs are accepting open enrollment for the 2010-11 year. Enrollment runs through Nov 1. If you’d like to learn ...
Choose to Re-use in Antioch
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Antioch is partnering with Allied Waste to encourage residents and businesses to Choose to Re-use in the month of October. Events planned throughout the month include a citywide yard sa...
Seen in Milan
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Betty J. Smith and Andrea E.M. Smith took their Antioch Press on a three-week vacation to visit Betty’s daughter Vivian, who lives in Italy. They’re seen here beneath the gleaming, ornamented spir...
Follow us on Twitter
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The sports section of the Brentwood Press is now on Twitter at www.twitter.com/thepress_sports . Follow us for quarterly updates of Friday night football games as well as scores and stories throu...
Flu shots recommended
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Centers for Disease Control is recommending that everyone 6 months and older get a flu shot this season, including the previously non-recommended age group of healthy, non-pregnant adults 18 to...
Close race at the top
by Jack Menges
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Although Tommy Laliberte and David Press battled for the wingless sprint car championship at the Antioch Speedway all season, culminating in the final point race last weekend, the results are so cl...
Wolverines ready for title defense
by Nate Smith
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite back-to-back undefeated league seasons, plus seven returning seniors for the 2010 campaign, Deer Valley girls volleyball coach Lou Panzella is taking nothing for granted. “Last year carries...
Panther water polo gets feet wet
by Michael Dixon
Sep 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Antioch High varsity girls and boys water polo teams have less experience than their Bay Valley Athletic League rivals, but head coach Nick Plurkowski feels there are reasons to believe that im...
Whooping cough declared epidemic
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 16, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), California is in the throes of a whooping cough epidemic – the worst of its kind in more than 50 years. To date, nearly 4,000 incidents of the vi...