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DB Wetlands trial granted continuance
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
UPDATED (3-16/1:30 p.m.) Discovery Bay’s groundbreaking, eco-friendly wetlands will be blooming for at least another two years. The CSD approved the extension of the Wetlands Trial Project at the F...
Seen in Sacramento
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay resident Bobbi Nugent got the Capitol idea of bringing the Discovery Bay Press to a recent California State PTA Legislature Day. She took her Hometown Weekly Newspaper to Sacramento a...
Discovery Bay Cop Log: February
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Feb. 1 – Grand theft was reported on the 200 block of Cypress Point. Feb. 7 – An assault with a deadly weapon occurred on the 1900 block of Dolphin Place. Feb. 7 – Felony vandalism was report...
‘More students’ budget idea flunks
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Of the budget cuts still on the table to help the Liberty Union High School District (LUHSD) meet its projected $3.8 million shortfall next year, an idea to allow students from other districts to t...
DBPOA board set to respond to recall
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 04, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The president of the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association (DBPOA) says that despite having missed the response-time deadline, the board plans to formally respond to a petition to recall six of...
Community turns out for 2-Gates briefing
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay group working to stop the construction of the controversial 2-Gates Project has stated that while substantial progress has been made in the fight over what many feel is the precur...
Trees gone, stumps next
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Thanks to help from Mother Nature, the removal of 43 Aleppo pine trees along portions of Discovery Bay Boulevard and Sandpoint Road took a little longer than expected, but the last of the aging, po...
Supervisors give the devil mountain its due
by Dave Roberts
Mar 02, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
County supervisors last week unanimously opposed a request by Oakley resident Arthur Mijares to change the name of Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan. Mijares believes that naming the county’s most prominent...
Top teachers honored
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Three educators from the Byron Union School District – two of whom are sisters – have been named 2010-11 Teacher of the Year, and while only one will go on to compete at the county level, all agree...
Tree removal project underway
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
If you traveled the west side of Discovery Bay Boulevard or along Sandpoint Road last week, you likely noticed some changes in the scenery. A number of Aleppo pine trees, 43 to be exact, were being...
Effort to scuttle 2-Gates continues
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay-based group San Francisco Bay and Delta Foundation (SFBDF) is hosting a town forum next month to update the public and local business community on the controversial 2-Gates projec...
Helping sick kids’ families
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Network of Care is hosting its fourth annual crab feed fundraiser on Saturday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Veterans Hall, 757 First St. in Brentwood. The event kicks off with appetizers, a traditi...
Go Irish for DCSS
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early this year at a special dinner-dance fundraiser on Saturday, March 13, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Brentwood’s Eskaton Lodge, 450 John Muir Parkway in Brentwood. The eve...
Linus blankets kids with comfort
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Contra Costa County Chapter of Project Linus is hosting its annual Make a Blanket Day on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Project Linus, a national nonprofit organization, makes ...
Send troops a bit of home
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
In an effort to bring the comforts of home to our troops, the Antioch Military Family & Friends is partnering with the Contra Costa County Law Enforcement Training Center Class 165 to host a Care P...
Free tax preparation
Feb 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If you earned less than $52,000 in 2009, you can get your taxes prepared for free through the Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Contra Costa campaign, in which IRS-certified tax preparers help you get the...
New fire board takes the hot seat
by Rick Lemyre
Feb 11, 2010 | 10 10 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
It was symbolic of the stuck-in-the-mud pace of progress that has been typical of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District’s move to self-governance. The newly formed board of directors, face...
Activists file DBPOA recall petition
by Ruth Roberts
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
A coalition of property owners has filed a petition to recall six of the seven board members of the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association (DBPOA), accusing the board of – among other things – m...
John Marsh paintings to adorn walls of Historical Society
by Samie Hartley
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Contra Costa Historical Society (ECCHS) Museum has always offered an exhibit honoring East County’s first American settler John Marsh, but the exhibit is getting a face lift with the addit...
Free tax preparation
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
If you earned less than $52,000 in 2009, you can get your taxes prepared for free through the Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Contra Costa campaign, in which IRS-certified tax preparers help you get the...