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BVAL Notebook: Girls ready for league play
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
If the preseason offers any glimpse into the future, 2012 should be another competitive year in Bay Valley Athletic League girls basketball. Heading into Friday’s opening games, Heritage appears to...
Bretnwood Cop Log: Dec. 28 to Jan. 1
Jan 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Dec. 28, 2:06 p.m. On the Highway 4 Bypass at Sand Creek Road, a driver swerved to avoid an animal, struck the rear of another vehicle and was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. De...
Local grads suit up for playoffs
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
If your favorite NFL team didn’t make the playoffs, you still have a few reasons to watch the games this weekend. Three local athletes are in the hunt for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Deer Val...
Liberty teen’s ‘X Factor’ connection
by Samie Hartley
Jan 11, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s still more than a month away, but Liberty High School sophomore Christine Wojcik is already thinking about the four-day holiday weekend in February. In a few weeks she’ll embark on a road trip...
Get Fit with Pilates
by Jennifer Wadsworth
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Skye Wetherbee spent the better part of her 20s pursuing the corporate American dream. It paid off. She earned a business degree, led the personnel department for a major retailer, gained financial...
Relay For Life Brentwood gears up
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Two upcoming events form the vanguard of Brentwood’s 2012 Relay For Life effort, marking the city’s eighth consecutive year of fundraising and support for the American Cancer Society’s research, ed...
Nationally-renowned skater comes to Brentwood
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The marquee event at a local skating rink returns on Sunday with a little more starpower. Michael Chack headlines the lineup at the popular figure skating exhibition Holiday on Ice Show, located at...
Setback for cities: State ends RDAs
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 05, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The future of several East County projects is up in the air after the California Supreme Court recently ruled that the state government could terminate its cities’ redevelopment agencies and take a...
Officials fume over fire report
by Rick Lemyre
Jan 05, 2012 | 6 6 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
A grand jury report stating that fire protection in far East County is “adequate” – despite last year’s closure of two stations – is drawing criticism from local fire officials and residents. “They...
Parks and Rec on the move
Jan 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department is in the process of moving from its current location at the Brentwood Education & Technology Center, 101B Sand Creek Road, to its new location at the ...
Tight hoops preseason
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If the race for the Bay Valley Athletic League boys basketball title is anything like the preseason, some of the best hoops in the East Bay might be found here in East County. Heritage, Liberty and...
Cheetahs ready to run
Jan 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The East County Cheetahs, a nonprofit youth track-and-field team, will hold an informational meeting and sign-ups this Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Antioch Community Park, 801 Jame...
Zumbathon will return
Jan 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Local fitness instructor Allison Harris has planned a second annual Go Red For Women fundraiser, benefiting the American Heart Association. On Saturday, Feb. 4 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Delta Valley Athl...
Brentwood Cop Log: Dec. 20 to Dec. 27
Jan 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Dec. 20, 10:51 a.m. During the investigation of a four-vehicle collision on the Highway 4 Bypass at Balfour Road, it was discovered that one of the drivers was unlicensed. Dec. 20, 11:07 a.m. A...
A league of his own
Jan 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Luke Kearney, Brentwood’s resident stunt man, arrived home recently from a stint across the pond where he took home top honors from the Screen Actors Guild for his recent work in the blockbuster “I...
Lions, Patriots share Diamond title at Jamboree
by Justin Lafferty
Jan 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Facing girls basketball teams from around the state, Heritage and Liberty recently proved there’s no place like home at the 12th annual West Coast Jamboree. The Patriots and Lions shared the Diamon...
Warm wishes
Jan 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The students in Angie de Fremery’s Edna Hill Middle School class recently made and delivered 15 fleece blankets to the residents of the Shepherd’s Gate women’s shelter. The fabric was donated by a...
Happy New Year from thepress.net!
Jan 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Have a great 2012!
Delectable domicile
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Sabrina Carrasco, Shelbee Claypool and Gabby Montiel took top honors for their scrumptious gingerbread house inspired by the movie “Up.” The Liberty High School culinary students were part of a 20...
Winter Walkabout draws hundreds
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Winter might be a time for hibernation, but downtown Brentwood came alive and was wide awake at the first Winter Walkabout. About 400 attended the Downtown Business Coalition event, almost 300 of w...