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East County Cop Log: April 5
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BRENTWOOD March 4, 7:50 a.m. An unidentified person stole a vehicle warming up in the driveway of a residence on Pippo Avenue. March 4, 8:13 a.m. An unidentified person shattered the windows of...
Final farewell
Apr 04, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty High School staff and students lined Second Street in Brentwood on Wednesday to say goodbye to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Sara Castromata, who was killed March 21 in a double murder-suicide at ...
Brentwood Civic Center is a big Deal
by Samie Hartley
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The San Francisco Business Times recently selected the Brentwood Civic Center as Best Community Impact Deal of the Year (outside San Francisco). A panel of Bay Area real estate movers and shakers c...
State releases updates in Bay Delta Plan
by Ruth Roberts
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Updates to the controversial and protracted Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) were released late last week – bringing the fluid and ever-changing document known as the Delta Plan one step closer t...
Mind over matter
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Krey Elementary students Nathan McCurdy, Hunter Walsh, Saskia Straub, Katie Reid, Saniyah Shaikh and Renny Buchanan won first prize at the recent Odyssey of the Mind state finals. The Krey squad s...
Unforgettable Odyssey
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood Elementary students Aiyana White, Dylan Buttner, Olivia Sanchez, Marlee Fee, Lili Rodriguez, Katelyn Peltz, and Braeden Migay – coached by Rhian White, Stevie Fee and Alistair White – too...
Singers take spotlight
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty Chamber Singers will perform the National Anthem at O.co Coliseum when the Oakland A’s take the diamond against the Texas Rangers on Monday night, May 13. The students are selling disco...
Stepping up to the challenge
by Samie Hartley
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
As Karen Eagan remembers the days following her husband’s death, tears begin to form in her eyes. Ridge Eagan died of Glioblastoma, the most aggressive, malignant primary brain tumor in humans. Whe...
Spaghetti feed
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a spaghetti feed fundraiser Friday, April 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Veterans Hall, 757 First St. in Brentwood. Tickets are $10. For tickets and more information, ca...
Streets of Brentwood adds upgrades
Apr 02, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Streets of Brentwood Shopping Center is enhancing its parking, traffic circulation, lighting and play area. An additional 60 parking spaces will be added to The Streets’ center area. Traffic ci...
BANC Home of the Season nominations
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Advisory Neighborhood Committee (BANC) is looking for the city’s most outstanding front yards as part of the committee’s Home of the Season program, which runs in the months of April,...
Market Match incentive returns to Brentwood
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Farmers’ Market is proud to announce the return of the Market Match program, which offers farmers’ market customers an extra $5 in free produce when they spend at least $10 using thei...
Golf event supports youth
by Samie Hartley
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
East County philanthropists Jim and Anne Wangeman are opening their hearts to the community once again by hosting the Harvest Park Charity Golf Event at Discovery Bay Golf and Country Club on April...
Students take stand against bullying
by Samie Hartley
Mar 28, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Bullying is on the rise in our schools, so a group of students at Liberty High School decided to do something about it. Students in the Peer Mediation class, who work with fellow students to addres...
Transplant patient runs for awareness
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Three years ago, when Oakley resident Ally Jenkins needed a hero, it arrived in the form of a donor for her double lung transplant. Now it’s her turn to be the heroine, as the 18-year-old prepares ...
Beloved teacher remembered
by Samie Hartley
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Former Liberty High School band director Allan Jones passed away on March 20 at the age of 83. A beloved teacher, Jones took over the Liberty band program in 1957 and soon transformed the players i...
East County Cop Log: March 29
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Feb. 27, 10:39-11:05 p.m. An unidentified person fired a BB gun at the windows of five vehicles parked on Highland Way in Brentwood. All the windows were shattered.
Excellence at Edna Hill
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to the following Edna Hill Middle School students for being named to the Honor Roll and Honor Society: HONOR ROLL, third academic quarter Sixth grade Nitza Alvarez, Sebastia...
Wild about reading
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Early March marked Ron Nunn Elementary students’ celebration of For the Love of Reading Week. The event combined Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, Read Across America and Young Authors Week. The school set the ...
Charlie to charm East County
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Streets of Brentwood Shopping Center recently welcomed its newest merchant, Charming Charlie, the chain’s first and only Bay Area location. Rated one of the nation’s hottest new retail concepts...