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Curves to kick off food drive in April
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
During the month of April, Curves of Antioch will participate in the 13th annual Curves Food Drive, which collects non-perishable food and cash donations to benefit a local food bank. Current membe...
Relay event at The Game
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Relay For Life team Cancer Sucks will host a fundraiser on Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at The Game Sports Pub ’N Pizza, 235 Oak St. in Brentwood. The Game will donate a percentage of...
Locals pitch in for Japan relief
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
As outpourings around the world continue in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, local businesses and community organizations in East County are working to gather support for the...
Garden club turns 75
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Knightsen Garden Club celebrated 75 years of service to the community in February. The social and service club was established in February of 1936. Charter members included many descendants of ...
Local sculptor exhibits work
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood sculptor Cindy Williamson will be among a number of artists exhibiting their work at an upcoming reception at the George Kevsky Gallery in San Francisco. The show, which runs April 2 to M...
Lions, Falcons to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Mar 23, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Six former Liberty Union High School District athletes and one team will be honored on April 16 as part of the district’s Hall of Fame induction night, held at Heritage High. The 1979 Liberty High ...
Bike rodeo ropes in students
Mar 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
At Timber Point’s recent Bike Rodeo, Sheriff’s deputies and Brentwood Bicycle Company personnel inspected hundreds of students’ bicycles and provided personalized feedback and bicycle education. S...
Spreading smiles
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood Girl Scout Cadet Troop 30131 and Junior Troop 31884 worked together recently on the You Make Me SMILE Campaign, aimed at brightening a woman’s or girl’s day and boosting her confidence. ...
Sweets for survivors
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
To honor cancer survivors, Brentwood Relay For Life organizers have scheduled a Survivor Ice Cream Social for Sunday, March 27. All cancer survivors are welcome to stop by Club Los Meganos at Trilo...
Seeking a bone marrow miracle
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
To most preschoolers, birthdays mean parties, presents and treats. But when Ronan Godfrey turned 3 recently, he celebrated the day with a blood transfusion. “I wake up every day and still can’t wra...
Concert honors Chavez
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Give Always to Others & Company is hosting its eighth annual Cesar E. Chavez State Holiday Concert on Sunday, March 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Marion Beede Auditorium at Antioch High School, 700 E....
Kids to vie in verse
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
On Saturday, April 30, the Discovery Bay CSD will sponsor the grand opening of the Ravenswood Splash Pad, a zero-depth, interactive spray fountain. And the honor of cutting the grand-opening ribbon...
Mark PAL on tax return
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
California taxpayers have the option to make a donation to the Police Activities League (PAL) on their state income tax this year. California PAL is one of 15 voluntary contributions on the 2010 st...
Remembering Oakley’s women pioneers
by Samie Hartley
Mar 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Traditionally, the mayor reads proclamations at Oakley City Council meetings, but Mayor Jim Frazier returned the duty to three-time Mayor Pat Anderson for the reading of the Women’s History Month p...
Historical docents needed
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Contra Costa Historical Society is looking for people interested in local history to become museum docents. No experience is necessary, and membership is not required. One session of docen...
Habitat home
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch residents Christian and Elizabeth Gargaro recently bought their first home with the assistance of Habitat For Humanity East Bay, which bought the foreclosed house and offered volunteers to ...
Pizza party to fight blight
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Throughout this month, Antioch will offer a variety of opportunities to help the community while offering helpings at the table. On Saturday, community activism group Take Back Antioch (TBA) hosts ...
Antioch teen to launch country career
by Samie Hartley
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 95 95 recommendations | email to a friend
While most 18-year-old high school graduates are gearing up for another round of college midterms, Jessica Caylyn is preparing to launch a career. The Antioch teen recently returned from a three-we...
Turn out the lights for Earth Hour
by Samie Hartley
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakley City Council voted Tuesday to support the international Earth Hour campaign and is asking residents to participate in the event and do their part to support environmental sustainability....
E-waste for e-ducation
Mar 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A volunteer sorts some of the mountain of e-waste – weighing a whopping 16,563 pounds – at the Liberty Ed Foundation fundraiser Feb. 26. Foundation President Karen Rarey said the event’s earnings ...