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The handmade blue and white polka-dot dress and white sun hat of Brentwood’s Kendal Manza, right, took the top prize at the recent Contra Costa County 4-H Fashion Revue in Lafayette.
The 4-H Fashi...
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Most kids don’t get excited about vegetables, but students at Gehringer Elementary’s Extended Day Learning Center (EDLC) are anxiously waiting to make their own salads with fresh veggies grown in t...
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The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) is sounding the alarm on the community’s need for a communication channel between it and the residents it serves.
The district launched a Fac...
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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...
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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...
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Second-graders were asked about the women in their lives. Here are their answers:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the ho...
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Special Haven Sensory Room hosts a Ladies Pamper Day fundraiser Sunday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Intuitive Healing Center, 213 G St. in Antioch.
Treatments include a 30-minute neck, bac...
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After visiting Oakley’s City Hall and meeting Mayor Kevin Romick and Chief of Police Bani Kollo, members of Girl Scout Daisy Troop 33390 earned their Respect Authority badge.
The girls learned abo...
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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...
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The City of Oakley is accepting applications for an appointee to the Contra Costa County Library Commission through May 20.
The Oakley City Council will consider applications on May 28 at its regul...
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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...