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Lenny Byer never met a cause he didn’t like or an effort he could resist, and this week a grateful and appreciative community gathered to pay final respects to the man who spent a lifetime supporti...
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An early-season storm and chilly temperatures did little to dampen spirits during last weekend’s Discovery Bay Parade of Lights festivities. Sponsored by the Discovery Bay Chamber of Commerce, the ...
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When residents from The Commons at Dallas Ranch arrived at Duarte Nursery in Stanislaus County, they were treated to an incredible sight: aisles upon aisles of poinsettias in dazzling colors and va...
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Avery Lasnier isn’t letting Santa vanish from view. Seen here with mom Laura, the 10-month-old was overjoyed to meet Old Saint Nick, who posed with the Lasnier family at the Oakley Tree Lighting Ce...
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We all have those hard-to-buy-for people on our gift list, and as the big day approaches, deciding what to give them seems to get only harder. As in years past, The Press this week presents some la...
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The Brentwood Community United Methodist Church choir will perform the Christmas musical “Go Tell It!” on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.
The production is a narrated mixture of classic and contemporary...
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In its effort to raise funds for participation in the July, 2011 San Francisco Avon Walk For Breast Cancer, the Walkers For Knockers team will hit the pavement at the Streets of Brentwood on Saturd...
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The newly expanded (to 60-plus members) Summerset Singers Chorus will present a program of holiday music at the Brentwood Senior Center on Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.
The concert will consist of traditional...
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To view video highlights from this year's Brentwood Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, click here .
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To check out highlights from the Oakley Christmas Tree Lighting and the Streets of Brentwood Chanukah Celebration, click here .
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When the phone call came on Black Friday morning, it was just one more testament to what Elizabeth Tanner refers to as an ongoing state of grace.
“For this all to happen on Thanksgiving weekend, of...
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Thanksgiving is over, but hundreds of East County residents continue to give thanks to the organizers of Street Feast, a regional holiday celebration for those who needed a helping hand to make it ...
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The weekend theft of a custom go-kart along Highway 4 near Discovery Bay might have resulted in the death of one family’s prize mustang, and the owners of the horse are offering a $5,000 reward for...
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The first major cold snap of winter rolled through East County this week, but it wasn’t enough to nudge aside the warmth coming from a small, back-corner space in a Brentwood shopping center Tuesda...
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Santa’s reindeer – also known as Junior Girl Scout Troop 31624 – make their way along the route during the rain-soaked Holiday Parade at The Streets of Brentwood last weekend.
The inclement weathe...
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After the miracle of their son’s double organ transplant and recent return home, “grateful” is something Mark and Elizabeth Tanner have gotten good at. And when the extended family gathered this we...
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Each season when the holiday parade comes to town, Virgil Koehne is out there waving traffic through the maze of roadblocks and detours along the procession route. “Traffic control is what I do,” s...
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The Brentwood Regional Community Chest Christmas Basket Program offers holiday fixings and toys to families in need, and a few openings remain for recipients this year. The final registration will ...
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The Friends of Oakley will once again provide holiday meals and wrapped toys for Oakley families this Christmas. Last year, the nonprofit organization was able to provide 195 families with gifts fo...
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No matter how many times Megan Joseph looks at the statistics, the numbers are still sobering.
According to the 2009 California Healthy Kids Survey, 20 percent of seventh-graders polled in the Anti...