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Marsh Creek Road closed until December
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Marsh Creek Road between the State Route 4 Bypass and Camino Diablo Road is currently closed for construction through Nov. 30. As part of the Trilogy subdivision development, Shea Homes, must comp...
Discovery Bay teen headed for Capitol Hill
by Samie Hartley
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
While most high school students in Brentwood have hit a rhythm with their school routines, Hannah Dillman is about to shake things up. Next week Hannah, a junior at Heritage High, leaves for Washin...
Residents warned about burglary wave
by Ruth Roberts
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Summer may be winding down, but August has been a hot month for residential burglaries in Discovery Bay, prompting the Office of the Sheriff to issue a crime alert to local residents. “We’re defi...
Unemployment rises in East County
by Dave Roberts
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
President Obama traveled the country recently on a six-week “Recovery Summer” tour showcasing bright spots in the mostly sluggish economy. He didn’t drop by East County, however. Unfortunately, the...
Parents pony up for school library
by Ruth Roberts
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay Elementary Principal Allan Petersdorf knows that a school library is more than a place to check out books and conduct online research ­– it’s also an important part of a school’s cam...
Honored at Excelsior
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay student Demi Neal recently received a $500 grant from the Bay Area chapter of the Barnum Awards for her work with the Gay Straight Alliance club at Excelsior Middle School in Byron. ...
Coloring up the quad
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
These little gardeners recently took potting tools in hand and helped beautify the quad area at Timber Point Elementary. The green thumbs belong to, back row from the left, Hayley Gunderman, Rebek...
Meet your fire chief
Aug 26, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The public is invited to celebrate the recent appointment of Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Chief Hugh Henderson on Monday, Aug. 30. Henderson, a long-time employee of the distri...
Five healthy heart foods
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
When you’re paying attention to good nutrition, it’s easy to spend a lot of time focusing on what not to eat – all the stuff that clogs your arteries and expands your waistline. Now’s a good time t...
Road work promises smooth driving – eventually
by Ruth Roberts
Aug 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’ve traveled around Discovery Bay lately, you’ve probably noticed some construction along area roads, and you’ve most likely experienced some delays. The good news, however, is that over the ...
Delta weeds dumped on CSD’s doorstep
by Ruth Roberts
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
At first glance it looked like something out of a bad horror movie. A massive, green glob of tentacles mysteriously deposited on the parking lot of a small town’s civic offices, poised to wreak hav...
Crackdown on illegal vendors
by Dave Roberts
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Earlier this month a county health inspector in Oregon shut down a 7-year-old girl’s lemonade stand after determining she had not paid the $120 fee for a temporary license. The girl was ordered to ...
County seeks new commissioners
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa District III Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho is seeking qualified, motivated candidates to serve on the following county advisory committees: Mobile Home Advisory Committee, tenant sea...
Corvettes galore
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
A row of Corvettes glimmers in the sun at a recent show attended by the Discovery Bay Corvette Club. About two dozen of the ’Vettes will be on hand to glimmer up this year’s final Downtown Thursda...
Liberty looks to break BVAL drought
by Dave Roberts
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been so long since Liberty’s football team won a Bay Valley Athletic League game that no current student has attended one. But Head Coach Nate Smith is confident that this year’s more experien...
E-Waste Day on horizon
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa Waste Services (Mt. Diablo Recycling Center and Transfer Station, 1300 Loveridge Road in Pittsburg) is hosting a free E-Waste Day on Saturday, Sept. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event i...
Candidates set for local elections
by Ruth Roberts
Aug 12, 2010 | 4 4 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The filing deadline for applicants running in the upcoming election closed this week, leaving East County voters with a mix of familiar names and new faces as they head to the ballot box this Novem...
High-spirited homecoming
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay’s Lt. Col. Derrick Boler and 100 National Guardsmen returned Tuesday from a yearlong deployment to the Middle East, where they trained Iraqi police. Hundreds of happy family members,...
Stroking in synch
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Tina Gonzales and Lily Lee – paddles in synch and color-coordinated – enjoy a quiet afternoon on the lake recently as they ply the placid waters of Discovery Bay in their kayaks.
Help historian solve history mystery
by Samie Hartley
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
On June 1, 1908 John Krohn began his journey walking around the perimeter of the United States, an adventure that took him 357 days to complete. Also on that date in history, a Byron schoolgirl mai...