more community
Community leaders honored
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Los Medanos College honored Oakley residents Maria Bordanaro and Arthur Fernandez at its recent Celebrating the Life of César Chávez awards reception. The annual event honors the life of César Cháv...
BANC seeks members
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Advisory Neighborhood Committee (BANC) is interested in expanding its current membership and is accepting applications from interested residents. BANC is an advisory committee compris...
Mt. Diablo Recycling open Saturdays
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Mt. Diablo Recycling Buy-Back Center, located at 1300 Loveridge Road in Pittsburg, is now open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mt. Diablo Recycling specializes in commercial recycling colle...
Teen Town Hall
Apr 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
In an effort to better represent middle and high school students, the 2012-13 Brentwood Youth Commission has planned a Teen Town Hall Forum for Wednesday April 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Brentwood Comm...
Rotary strides down fundraising fairways
Apr 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A vital part of the Antioch community since 1947, Antioch Rotary Club has a reputation for excellence in community projects, from providing free dictionaries for third-graders to providing coats to...
Final farewell
Apr 04, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty High School staff and students lined Second Street in Brentwood on Wednesday to say goodbye to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Sara Castromata, who was killed March 21 in a double murder-suicide at ...
Brentwood Civic Center is a big Deal
by Samie Hartley
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The San Francisco Business Times recently selected the Brentwood Civic Center as Best Community Impact Deal of the Year (outside San Francisco). A panel of Bay Area real estate movers and shakers c...
Quirky Quahog disgorges purple prize
by Ruth Roberts
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Jorio Amaral found it between the last two clams he was preparing to shuck: A small, empty shell with a round, purple object inside. It took a few moments for the Oakley resident to realize what he...
Annual egg hunt unites community
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Easter came a little early to Discovery Bay, but locals wasted no time hopping on the opportunity. An estimated 460 kids descended on Cornell Park March 30 for the 16th annual Discovery Bay Lions ...
Stepping up to the challenge
by Samie Hartley
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
As Karen Eagan remembers the days following her husband’s death, tears begin to form in her eyes. Ridge Eagan died of Glioblastoma, the most aggressive, malignant primary brain tumor in humans. Whe...
BANC Home of the Season nominations
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Advisory Neighborhood Committee (BANC) is looking for the city’s most outstanding front yards as part of the committee’s Home of the Season program, which runs in the months of April,...
Scintillating Six at gallery
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Six artists have been selected by Jack Gaughan of The Gallery On Second in downtown Brentwood to display their work from April 10 to May 5. A reception for the Scintillating Six will be held at the...
Chamber gives back
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay Chamber of Commerce presented a check to the Byron Union School District Tuesday night for $3,900 from funds raised through the annual State of the Town Gala event in January. Di...
Golf event supports youth
by Samie Hartley
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
East County philanthropists Jim and Anne Wangeman are opening their hearts to the community once again by hosting the Harvest Park Charity Golf Event at Discovery Bay Golf and Country Club on April...
Transplant patient runs for awareness
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Three years ago, when Oakley resident Ally Jenkins needed a hero, it arrived in the form of a donor for her double lung transplant. Now it’s her turn to be the heroine, as the 18-year-old prepares ...
Community mourns Oakley Marine
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
On one of the last occasions that Mariela Castro saw her sister Lance Cpl. Sara Castromata, the 19-year-old Marine was singing and dancing. “It was just after New Year’s and she was home for a few ...
Carpool to Delta meeting
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Local Delta residents interested in attending the Bay Delta Conservation Plan public meeting on Thursday, April 4 in protest of the proposed plan for the twin tunnels project, can carpool from the ...
The hunt is on
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The 16th annual Discovery Bay Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt returns to Cornell Park this Saturday, March 30. The fun starts at 9:15 a.m. and the hunt begins at 10 sharp. Every Easter, hundreds of cu...
Super supporters
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Members of the Byron-Delta Lions recently presented Brentwood Fine Meats owner Bill Harris with the Star Business Award. Harris and co-owner Greg Karkas sponsored the Lions’ fundraising cookbook a...
Celebrating a centennial
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Commons at Dallas Ranch in Antioch celebrated resident Roslyn Halstead on March 14: her 100th birthday. Roslyn’s party included a visit – and some flowers – from Antioch Councilmember Tony Tis...