John Muir Medical Center specialists, pediatricians and local health and wellness providers will be on hand at the John Muir Health Festival this Saturday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Outp...
The City of Brentwood is currently seeking adults to serve in the volunteer capacity of Adult Advisor for the Brentwood Youth Commission. Applicants must reside in the city limits of Brentwood. The...
To help save the planet and raise money for education while you’re doing it, join LUHSD ED Foundation at its E-Waste Recycle Day Event – Saturday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Streets of Br...
Congregation B’nai Torah of the East Bay was one of only 20 Reform congregations in North America selected to receive an Incubator Grant from the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) to implement a new p...
Antioch Police Lt. Robin Kelley faces a problem, but it’s a good one.
Swarms of applications crossed her desk for the Volunteers in Police Services program, which assists the police force in non-vi...
Rick Lemyre and Desty Shoemaker, above, were saluted last week for eight years at the helm of the Brentwood Diversity Committee (BDC).
The BDC’s mission is to foster community harmony and celebrat...
According to the World Health Organization, someone on the planet dies of hunger every 3.6 seconds. And each year, 15 million of those are children.
“Can you imagine?” said Brentwood resident Debor...
Antioch Riverview Garden Club’s pick for Garden of the Month is the Victory Highway Cactus Garden located at the entrance to the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds.
Dedicated May 31, 1926, the memori...
When Josie Monaghan first starting talking about a place for returning East County veterans to gather, relax and support one another, the founder and executive director of East County Military Fami...
Backyard barbecue once again triumphed over the pros as Kris McCullough captured his second consecutive Brentwood Barbecue King title on Super Bowl Sunday, besting 17 cooks from all over the Bay Ar...
By attending the inaugural Quality of Community forum held by the local activist group Take Back Antioch (TBA), a large group of Antioch residents sent a clear message – they want to help.
For last...
Eagle Scout candidate Benjamin Painter has spearheaded an effort to bring gardening to students at Independence High School. On Saturday, Feb. 5, Benjamin led a group of Boy Scout volunteers to bui...
For a writer, the opening of a new library is always a happy occasion. Especially when it does so with a magic touch, as presented by prestidigitator Timothy James. The tall, slim man with a distin...
The City of Brentwood is seeking youth 11-18 to serve a two-year term beginning July 1, 2011 as commissioners on the Brentwood Youth Commission. Founded in 1999, the commission is made up of 10 stu...
The community is invited to help defray the medical expenses of 5-year-old Brentwood resident Aaron Tanner, who underwent double organ transplant surgery last year. On Monday, Feb. 14 – Valentine’s...
There’s more to Facebook than Farmville and poking your friends. Brentwood resident Brandi Lohr tapped into the social network last month to search for her father, and after a few days of hunting, ...
As students at Freedom High School continue to grieve for the loss of a classmate who committed suicide last month, Principal Erik Faulkner invited concerned parents to attend a suicide prevention ...
Jeff Schults gives his wife, Jan, a kiss as a packed house applauds his selection as the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.
The event, held last Saturday at Club Los Meganos, also...
Antioch’s Quail Lodge Senior Community recently held a spelling bee that tested its residents’ wordcraftiness.
Jewell Powell, 88, far left, took home first place by spelling “xylograph,” a print m...
Delta Diablo Sanitation District (DDSD) has announced that two of its operations staff have been honored as outstanding wastewater professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area by the California Wate...