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Delighting in Miss Sparkles
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Clown extraordinaire Miss Sparkles Delight will be on hand to make you giggle, chuckle and guffaw during a special presentation at the Brentwood City Center on Wednesday, Jan. 11 from 4 to 4:45 p.m...
Chill out with a book
Dec 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Library will be conducting a free winter reading program for students K-12 from Jan. 9 to March 16. Participation is easy. Students pick up a reading log in the Brentwood Library star...
District begins fire tax meetings
by Rick Lemyre
Dec 15, 2011 | 36 36 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
The first in a series of public meetings aimed at informing residents of the need for a new tax for fire service drew a small but inquisitive crowd in Discovery Bay on Monday. About 30 district res...
Community mourns former chamber icon
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
For years she ran the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce like the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, bringing to the job her consummate leadership skills, pervading sense of humor and abiding passion for the...
Shining light on the Shadows
by Rick Lemyre
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
The history of place names in Contra Costa
ECYFL family aids founder’s cancer fight
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Gale Camilli isn’t one to ask for help. One of the co-founders of the 20-year-old East County Youth Football League (ECYFL), Camilli usually arrives at the stadium by 6 a.m. to help set up, and off...
From flossed to flexed
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood dentist Jamil Alkhoury recently flexed his bodybuilding talent at the National Physique Committee Sacramento Championships. Alkhoury claimed a title in the Novice Overall Heavyweight divi...
Festival of Trees to share the joy
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Novelist Edna Ferber wrote that “Christmas isn’t a season, it’s a feeling” and that feeling was on full display this month at the inaugural Festival of Trees event in Brentwood. The three-day affai...
BVAL Notebook: East County athletes to battle best of Sacramento
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
For a few local athletes, football season isn’t over. Several Bay Valley Athletic League players will suit up for the East Bay team as they take on Sacramento’s best players in the Holiday Classic...
Edna Hill leading the pack
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Edna Hill Middle School Cross Country Team has achieved the distinction of being undefeated this season, finishing with a 5-0 record. The speedy Bobcats overpowered all five other middle school...
Holiday fun continues in East County
Dec 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The holidays are fast approaching and there is so much to do. Instead of stressing yourself out in the gift-giving rush, take a moment to enjoy some holiday happenings in East County. FRIDAY, DEC....
Titans bring worldly experience to Stonebarger
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Most basketball teams in the recent Stonebarger Tournament weren’t forced to endure much more than an hourlong bus ride to Liberty High. The boys and girls teams of Tenison Woods College, however, ...
Chanukah in East County
Dec 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Jewish congregations in East County are holding a pair of events celebrating Chanukah, the eight-day holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The public is invited to...
Information meetings on fire tax begin tonight
Dec 12, 2011 | 6 6 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
A series of community meetings aimed at informing the public about the need for a new fire tax in far East Contra Costa will begin Dec. 12 in Discovery Bay. The East Contra Costa Fire Protection Di...
Liberty girls win Stonebarger tourney
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty High’s girls basketball team took on opponents from all over the map at the recent Stonebarger Tournament. The Lions started off facing Kimball, from Tracy, then played Pinole Valley in the...
Scared of Santa
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
While Santa Claus is a source of joy for some children, he’s evidently a source of terror for others. Jennie Volta, seen at left, didn’t get around to telling Santa what she wanted for Christmas – ...
Delta 2000 offers holiday helping hand
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
When Susie Dove saw the look on the kids’ faces, she knew all the effort has been worth it: The search for the Christmas tree. The search for the stand. The search for any kind of decoration. Dove,...
BVAL wrestling preview: Lions still stellar on the mat
by Justin Lafferty
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty High’s wrestling team hopes to continue its string of dominance over the Bay Valley Athletic League, but the Lions’ head coach knows it won’t be easy. Liberty lost several seniors to gradu...
BVAL girls soccer preview: Heritage takes aim on another playoff run
by Michael Dixon
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage girls soccer team entered the 2011 North Coast Section playoffs as the Bay Valley Athletic League champions and the No. 6 overall seed. The Patriots responded with a run to the semifin...
Trash changes rolling out
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 08, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If ever there were a time to get excited about trash and recycling, that time is now. Beginning in January, county residents in Brentwood, Discovery Bay, Knightsen and Bethel Island will begin rece...