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Spring Sun celebration
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The vernal equinox – the first day of spring – arrives next week. On Wednesday, March 20 at 4:02 a.m., Earth reaches a mark in its orbit of the Sun where daylight and darkness in the Northern hemis...
Delta-Antioch Kiwanis dinner
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Kiwanis Club of the Delta-Antioch holds its annual tri‐tip dinner Saturday, March 23 at the VFW Hall located on 815 Fulton Shipyard Road in Antioch. A social hour begins at 5 p.m., followed by ...
Residents address Antioch crime concerns
by Kyle Szymanski
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
As Antioch’s crime rate continues to rise, city residents fought back with solutions during a crime prevention forum last week at Antioch High School. About 125 people were in attendance Feb. 28 as...
Finding the right word
by Rick Lemyre
Mar 07, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
I remember watching the Oscars as a kid many years ago, seeing celebrity after celebrity parade to the microphone to say things like “There’s no way to describe the honor … ” and “I do not have the...
Police Volunteer of the Year honored
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley Police Department Volunteer Sue Longo was recognized for her contributions to the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the community in being awarded the Sheriff’s All Volunteers Ex...
Think before you flush
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Ironhouse Sanitary District (ISD), which serves Oakley and Bethel Island, recently launched a pollution prevention program to educate customers about what happens to their waste when it goes down t...
Press editor says goodbye
Mar 05, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
Co-Founder and Managing Editor Rick Lemyre has retired from the Brentwood Press and Publishing Corporation. Lemyre, 56, officially left the Press last Friday, bringing to a close his nearly 15 year...
Oakley introduces neighbor network
Mar 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
This week the City of Oakley launched Nextdoor, the first social network for neighborhoods to foster neighbor-to-neighbor communication. Oakley residents can log on to www.nextdoor.com and join f...
Festive feed
Mar 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A sold-out Discovery Bay Lions Crab Feed left 425 revelers full and already anticipating next year. “We served over 1,700 pounds of crab with all the pasta and salad they could eat,” said Lion Jim ...
Speaking of jobs
Mar 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Independence High students, from left, Anastazia Tedford and Katherine Buffum; La Paloma students Brittany Acosta and Karen Rodriquez; and Liberty students David Knittel and Aaron Lenci recently co...
Power of Hope relayed
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch, Brentwood and Oakley Relay For Life organizers were recently honored for their efforts in 2012 by the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Nationwide Power of Hope Award. The award is ...
Relay Roundup
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
March Madness is upon us, and there are plenty of ways to support Relay For Life teams taking on the fight against cancer. Here are a few ways you can help local teams with their fundraising effort...
Heritage art student takes top prize
by Samie Hartley
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage High School junior Cherylynn Lima is a Photoshop wiz, but she doesn’t use the program to process photographs – she uses it to draw. The photo-processing program isn’t the obvious choice fo...
Searching for pieces of Edna Hill history
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Diamonds are forever, and so is being an Edna Hill Bobcat. Plans for Edna Hill Middle School’s 60th anniversary celebration are moving full speed ahead, and the community is invited to help with th...
Community program seeks church participants
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakley faith community is invited to learn more about the You, Me, We Oakley! (YMWO) program during a special introductory meeting Thursday, March 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Oakley City Hall, 323...
Spider girl
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Karey Martins, 4, proves you’re never too young to start honing your Spidey superpowers. The cutie was recently caught enjoying an afternoon with her grandfather at Veterans Park in Brentwood.
History docents wanted
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Contra Costa Historical Society (ECCHS) Museum opens its doors for the 2013 season in April, and docents are needed to host public tours for weekend visitors and lead small groups of third...
Lions set sights on Mexico
Feb 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
In January, six Byron Delta Lions – Kathy Doty, Lisa Taylor, Ginny Perez, Joyce Musielak, Paulette Doyle and Alberta Stanley – joined a Lions In Sight mission to Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Worki...
Bestselling author comes to Heritage
Feb 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Cheryl Strayed, author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” the New York Times bestseller “Beautiful Things” and the novel “Torch,” will vis...
County library turns 100
Feb 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Far East County will host a 100th Anniversary Celebration – Wayback Wednesday – honoring the Contra Costa County Library on Wednesday, March 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Brentwood Community Center, 3...