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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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....
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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 ...
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The East County community’s effort to support Brentwood 12-year-old Sydney Stone, who is battling the rare cellular disorder known as mitochondrial disease, continues in tomorrow’s fundraiser from ...
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I’ve lost pets before. I’ve flushed a few fish and buried a hamster or two, but I wasn’t prepared for how hard it would be to part with our 14-year-old cat, Cleo.
We adopted him in 1997. My third c...
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Members of the Warrior Watch and American Legion Riders, along with the Brentwood Kiwanis Club, recently held a long-overdue Welcome Home for retired Sgt. 1st Class Fred Urbin (in the brown hat).
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First 5 Contra Costa is offering Family-Friendly Community Grants of up to $10,000 for local community improvement, health and literacy projects that benefit children 5 and younger.
Funded projects...
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The Network of Care hosts its fifth annual crab feed Saturday, March 19 at the Antioch Fairgrounds Sunset Building. The $50 admission includes dinner, a raffle and silent auction. Doors open at 5:3...
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Despite having two years left on his term, Brentwood Mayor Bob Taylor and the rest of the City Council were temporarily ousted from their seats at the City Council dais to make way for a host of hi...
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With the help of more than 600 Brentwood volunteers, the organization Kids Against Hunger met the goal of packaging 50,000 meals and raising more than $10,000 for the needy children of Haiti. Durin...
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Every year the Contra Costa County Fair crowns one of the county’s lovely, poised and energetic women as the new Fair Queen, to serve as hostess during the event.
The Fair Queen competition isn’t a...
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A couple takes a seat at a booth in a local restaurant. They’re deep in conversation but they don’t say a word. Instead, their thumbs dance frantically over their cell phone keyboards, texting, pos...
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East County Military Families and Friends invite East County residents to celebrate the grand opening of the East County Veterans Peer to Peer Resource Recreation Center in Pittsburg on Saturday,...
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It’s official: there will be a 2011 CornFest.
Brentwood Chamber of Commerce CEO Harry York told the City Council this week that many details have yet to be worked out, but he wanted to get the word...