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Tea time for foster kids
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Golden Hills Community Church, 2401 Shady Willow Lane in Brentwood, hosts a family tea party fundraiser to benefit Royal Family Kids’ camps on Saturday, April 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets ($15) inclu...
Sculpture on display
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood sculptor Cindy Williamson will be showing her 2013 sculpture “Checking for Signs” April 4 through May 25 at the George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco. This will be Williamson’s third ye...
Sports league goes to bat for schools
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Delta Baseball & Softball League recently donated more than $2,750 to Contra Costa County schools. The donation is an expression of the organization’s Delta Goes to Bat for Schools initiative. ...
Artist of the month
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discover Art League has named Brentwood resident Sandra Berkson as Artist of the Month for March. A four-year member of the Discover Art League, Sandra is an impressive practitioner of abstrac...
Brentwood offers art camp and classes
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Registration is open for Spring Break Art Camp for children 6-12. The camp runs March 26 through 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. Students will explore drawing, painting, collage and sculpture in a wide variety...
Adams returns to BUSD helm
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 07, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Retired Brentwood Union School District (BUSD) superintendent Doug Adams stepped back into his former role last week, following the firing of his successor Merrill Grant. Adams, who served as the...
Solar business a Tamayo affair
by Kyle Szymanski
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Homeowners looking to reduce their utility bills might start by looking on the roof. Local residents who install solar panels can save as much as $200,000 on electric bills over the life of the sy...
Hannah Nicole under new ownership
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Hannah Nicole Vineyards and Winery in Brentwood has announced that its 18,000-square-foot winery, tasting room and event venue is under new ownership. Daily operations will continue under current m...
Brentwood Cop Log: Feb. 4 to Feb. 10
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Feb. 4, 12:32 p.m. A driver who slapped another driver over a parking spot on Lone Tree Way was arrested and released on a Promise To Appear. Feb. 4, 11:29 p.m. On Adams Lane, a subject stopped ...
Press editor says goodbye
Mar 05, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Co-Founder and Managing Editor Rick Lemyre has retired from the Brentwood Press and Publishing Corporation. Lemyre, 56, officially left the Press last Friday, bringing to a close his nearly 15 year...
Heritage will rock you
Mar 04, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Boom, boom, clap … boom, boom, clap … we will, we will, rock you … clap. The familiar beat and sound of the legendary Queen song ring throughout the Heritage High campus in Brentwood as students ...
Trusty Guide
Mar 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Press’ East County Guide 2013 has hit the newsstands – and offices and stores – throughout the area. The guide lists everything from child care to churches, orchards to optometrists, plus sugg...
‘Grand Night’
Mar 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Director Steve Kinsella, left, rehearses with Leah Warren, Arielle Werner, Alivia Logan and Michael Verzosa in preparation for “A Grand Night for Singing: a Tribute to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Ham...
Speaking of jobs
Mar 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Independence High students, from left, Anastazia Tedford and Katherine Buffum; La Paloma students Brittany Acosta and Karen Rodriquez; and Liberty students David Knittel and Aaron Lenci recently co...
Power of Hope relayed
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch, Brentwood and Oakley Relay For Life organizers were recently honored for their efforts in 2012 by the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Nationwide Power of Hope Award. The award is ...
Relay Roundup
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
March Madness is upon us, and there are plenty of ways to support Relay For Life teams taking on the fight against cancer. Here are a few ways you can help local teams with their fundraising effort...
BUSD school board fires superintendent
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 28, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Union School District Board (BUSD) fired beleaguered superintendent Merrill Grant Wednesday night during a closed session meeting.
Heritage art student takes top prize
by Samie Hartley
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage High School junior Cherylynn Lima is a Photoshop wiz, but she doesn’t use the program to process photographs – she uses it to draw. The photo-processing program isn’t the obvious choice fo...
High-tech robotic device inspects PG&E gas pipeline
by Kyle Szymanski
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
When Pacific Gas & Electric Company needed to inspect a gas pipeline in Brentwood recently, it decided to switch from a smart pig to a cutting-edge robot to complete the job. The 9-foot, 250-pound ...
Searching for pieces of Edna Hill history
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Diamonds are forever, and so is being an Edna Hill Bobcat. Plans for Edna Hill Middle School’s 60th anniversary celebration are moving full speed ahead, and the community is invited to help with th...