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Delta plan opponents foresee ecological damage
by Ruth Roberts
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Opponents of the newly released final Bay and Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its accompanying Environmental Impact Report (EIR) fear that the project might end up mired in the muck – literally....
Talk About Town: May 9
by Ruth Roberts
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Next time you see former Brentwood Planning Commissioner Michelle Jogopulos around town, you might notice she’s got a new ride. She’ll soon be tooling around in a brand new pink Chevy Cruze , wh...
East County Cop Log: May 9
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East County police departments: BRENTWOOD April 17, 8:52 a.m. A subject contacted at a school on Ghiggeri Drive was found in possession ...
ECCHS alive and well
May 09, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Contra Costa Historical Society (ECCHS), through its Breakers group, provides the community many fascinating opportunities for service. The Breakers meet a couple times a week to work on m...
Brentwood’s first middle school turns 60
by Samie Hartley
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
The Edna Hill Middle School 60th anniversary celebration is just a week away, and students and faculty past and present are invited to take a trip down memory lane and revel in Bobcat pride. The ev...
Acclaimed at Adams
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to the following students for being named to the Adams Middle School’s Honor Roll and Honor Society for the second academic quarter: HONOR ROLL (3.30-3.69 GPA) Sixth Grade: Te...
Shopping made easy at Bearly Worn
by Samie Hartley
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Siobhan Blume discovered shortly after becoming a mom that buying baby clothes can be a hassle. Sure, the outfits are preciously tiny and adorable, but maneuvering a stroller around a department st...
Near escape
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
A towering eucalyptus tree was no match for the recent furious East County winds. Brentwood’s Linda and Paul Ciaramitaro woke up Thursday, May 2 to find parts of their tree strewn in several direc...
Fusion 3 highlights unique salon experience
by Kyle Szymanski
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
When the owners of Brentwood’s Fusion 3 Salon opened the shop, they wanted to give the industry a new look. Three years later, the salon has given some of the industry’s worst practices a drastic c...
Orleans does Gulf Coast with gusto
by Charlotte Cusack
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Orleans was in the works long before it opened shortly before Christmas last year in historic downtown Brentwood. Owner Kim Nelson envisioned the restaurant, which touts “A Taste of Louisiana,” in ...
Brentwood named Playful City
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood recently joined 217 cities and towns in the United States that earned the designation Playful City USA from the national nonprofit organization KaBOOM! The award recognizes communities fo...
Summer lunch for kids
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Union School District is participating in the USDA Summer Food Service Program, in which lunch will be provided to all children and teens 2 to 18 without charge from June 10 through J...
Little white church gets facelift
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Most Brentwood residents have seen it for years, and many have feared for its fate. The little white church on the corner is better known as the Brentwood Church of Christ. The church traces its or...
Swimming sensation
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage senior Rachel Allison recently signed her letter of intent to swim for Azusa Pacific University in Southern California. A three-time league champion in the 100 breaststroke, Allison holds...
Perfectly placed produce
May 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty High School Arts and Humanities Academy is putting the finishing touches on its five agricultural-themed murals on utility boxes in downtown Brentwood. Students have been working on th...
Drive-by dragon
May 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
East Bay residents have the Bay Bridge troll – a 14-inch iron sculpture that lives beneath the eastern span – and now Brentwood residents have the Happy Dragon. If you’ve driven along State Route ...
Brentwood Fire Station 54 reopens
by Kyle Szymanski
May 02, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The sight and sounds of a fire truck don’t usually generate joyous excitement. But that’s what happened Wednesday when the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District reopened Station 54 in downtown...
Talk About Town: May 2
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
Spotted outside The Press building this week: a white, Volkswagen convertible with a larger-than-life stuffed toy dog riding shotgun. Rumor has it that a certain larger-than-life Brentwood m...
Athletes inducted into Hall of Fame
by Kyle Szymanski
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Their glory days were long ago, but their accomplishments will be remembered forever. Liberty’s Larry Enos Jr., Rob Gatrell, Christopher Gruler, Linda Ghilarducci, and Freedom’s Deondre Borel, Aman...
Oakley to host U.S. citizenship drive
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO), You, Me, We=Oakley! and the International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) host the second annual Community Citizenship Drive...