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Tri Delta Transit offers free tickets to ride
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Now through Dec. 31, Tri Delta Transit and 511 Contra Costa are sponsoring a special promotion, providing up to 350 free, 20-ride bus passes to commuters who pledge to use the bus as part of their ...
Christmas Basket tradition continues
by Kyle Szymanski
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
While many East County residents are busy shopping for Thanksgiving and Christmas, a dedicated bunch is gearing up for an annual canned food and toy drive that has been part of far East County’s ho...
Principal placed on administrative leave
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 15, 2012 | 5 5 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
A special-education principal in the Contra Costa County Office of Education’s Turner Elementary School in Antioch has been placed on administrative leave, according to on-site staff. CCCOE Superin...
From the Dais: government briefs
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
From the Dais, a wrap-up of the most recent meetings of local government bodies in Antioch, Brentwood, Discovery Bay and Oakley, runs every other week in The Press. Antioch In his quarterly r...
Discovery Bay approves memorial garden
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Plans for a Blue Star memorial garden at Slifer Park in Discovery Bay are underway, and pending approval from the county, will make its debut on Earth Day, April 22. “I think it will be a great Ear...
Fall Faire features holiday shopping
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Off the Grid of San Francisco brings its gourmet food trucks to this weekend’s Fall Faire at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds in Antioch. Off the Grid is a roaming mobile food extravaganza, deli...
Crash, fire closes Highway 4
by Rick Lemyre
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A fiery crash closed westbound Highway 4 near G Street in Antioch for two hours Monday. No injuries were reported. According to the California Highway Patrol, a black, four-door car rear-ended a tr...
Dishing out thanks at Street Feast
by Samie Hartley
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Ryan Richardson is busy planning a Thanksgiving celebration for more than 1,000 people, and with only two weeks left to plan, he’s not even breaking a sweat. Richardson and his family, owners of Wi...
Newcomer to join CSD board
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Election night in Discovery Bay spotlighted familiar faces plus a new one. Two incumbents and one first-time candidate will fill the three available seats on the town’s CSD board. The two four-year...
Incumbents returning to school district boards
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley Union Elementary School District Incumbents Karen Bergenholtz and Larry Polk will serve another four years on the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees. Bergenholtz ama...
Victory assembled
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Jim Frazier relaxes at Humphrey’s on the Delta in Antioch Tuesday night as returns come in making him the winner in the race for State Assembly District 11. The former Oakley mayor garnered 63 perc...
East County voters have their say
Nov 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Tuesday’s election tally delivered a mixed bag for East County incumbents, while Antioch voters favored a school improvement bond, and countywide voters turned down a fire tax. Here are the final r...
Falcons dominate Liberty to win league title in Bell Game
by Kyle Szymanski
Nov 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The Freedom football team started its season determined to win the Bay Valley Athletic League title outright for the first time in school history. It took till the final game of the season, but the...
Summerset Band, Singers to Honor vets at El Campanil
Nov 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A musical celebration of America and its veterans comes to Antioch’s El Campanil Theater this Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The patriotic tribute to our nation and those who have protected it features the...
Gym named in honor of Joey
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 01, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been nearly a year since an emotional Kevin Graves knelt and penned a message to his son on a steel beam that would later become a part of the Joey Graves Memorial Gymnasium. Soon the Discover...
CSD candidates wind up campaigns
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Election 2012 is just around the corner, and as voters nationwide prepare to cast their ballots, Discovery Bay’s local CSD (Community Services District) candidates offer up some of their final thou...
A howling success
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
If the number of entries we received for The Press Halloween Pet Costume contest was an indication of success, the event was definitely a winner. Hundreds of people demonstrated their love for thei...
Kids find Booville eerily entertaining
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Ghosts, goblins, princesses and witches had their day last week at Discovery Bay Elementary School’s Booville celebration. The annual fundraiser and Halloween extravaganza brought out the fun of th...
Fond farewell
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay residents Lynda and Marston Myers are moving to Florida. Lynda was the secretary of Discovery Bay Presbyterian church, whose members threw a potluck dinner at the church last Sunday t...
Visiting the polls on Memory Lane
Oct 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Voting is even more American than baseball, apple pie or Chevrolet, even if only half of us participate. We eagerly await our 18th birthday and the opportunity to go to the polls, express our wishe...