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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...
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More than 2,000 participants and attendees are expected to participate as Discovery Bay attempts to break its own world record at the seventh annual Paddle for Fame on Saturday, June 29 at the Disc...
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Tickets for the Contra Costa County Fair, held May 30 to June 2, are on sale now. Fair goers can take advantage of discounts and pre-sales by purchasing admission, carnival ride wristbands and fami...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Relay For Life is more than a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society – it’s a community event.
Oakley is gearing up to host its fifth annual Relay For Life May 18 and 19 at the Freedom High Sch...
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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...
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Liberty Union High School District alumni Douglas Adams, Craig Bronzan and Capt. Nicholas M. Eslinger returned to their former stomping grounds last week as role models imparting wisdom to future g...
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The City of Oakley is accepting donations for a proposed veterans memorial to be located at Civic Center Park in downtown Brentwood.
The memorial will feature five red, square, granite columns surr...
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I consider myself a friendly person. On an average day as I drive around town, I wave at six or seven neighbors: Ron, our mailman; our school crossing guard; moms I know driving around picking up t...
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Local artist and art instructor Nancy Roberts gives a free acrylic painting demonstration this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at CR Framing and Gallery, 700 Harvest Park Drive in Brentwood.
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Members of the Discover Art League have been invited to exhibit their work through the end of May at Umpqua Bank, 3700 Lone Tree Way in Antioch. A reception for abstract artist Sandra Carrigan Berk...
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O’Hara Park Middle School hosts a Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday, May 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the O’Hara Park School Cinco de Mayo committee, You, Me, We Oakley and the Oakley Union Ele...
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Dow scientists visited Oakley on Monday to demonstrate exciting chemistry experiments as part of Oakley’s Science Week. At left, a Dow Wizard shows the crowd what happens to dry ice when it melts. ...
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Prom is a staple of the high school experience, a time to get dressed up and dance the night away. But for homeschooled kids, proms are hard to come by.
Charmaine Abasolo decided when she began hom...
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The Contra Costa County Fair is looking for those interested in attending the fair – while being part of the fair.
Fair volunteers play an important role making the event a success. They help in th...
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Discovery Bay CSD President Ray Tetreault lent some muscle to the cause during last weekend’s Earth Day celebration at the new community center.
Local officials and volunteers began building flowe...
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The newest members of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District were welcomed aboard last Saturday during a graduation ceremony at Freedom High School.
The graduates, who were hired by the di...
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Cayln Ewing never thought she’d find her life’s calling in a beauty shop. She was getting her hair done one day in 2011, casually flipping through an issue of People Magazine when her eyes welled w...