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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is seeking two individuals to serve on the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District's (ECCFPD) Board of Directo...
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Discovery Bay residents Brian Dawson and Kevin Graves have been appointed by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to fill the town’s two empty CSD board seats. The unanimous appointme...
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A proposal to form a civilian board to provide oversight of the police department and help select a new police chief appears all but dead after numerous residents spoke against it at Tuesday’s Anti...
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The Brentwood City Council said yes to a parking fine hike, picked four new fire district directors, continued a sign moratorium and said goodbye for the year.
According to a staff report on parkin...
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For the third time in Oakley’s 10 years of cityhood, Pat Anderson will serve as mayor. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the council unanimously appointed Anderson for the position and promoted ju...
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Congressman John Garamendi held his first town hall meeting in Antioch on Saturday, a month after being elected to serve out the remaining year of Ellen Tauscher’s 10th Congressional District term,...
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For the second time this year, the Discovery Bay CSD board has turned down a landscaping improvement proposal along Willow Lake Road.
In a 2-1 vote at the regular CSD meeting on Nov. 18, the three...
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Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan will be actively campaigning to defeat the $11.1 billion water bond that will appear on the November, 2010 state ballot because less than half of the money will go for w...
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Councilman Reggie Moore is strongly backing a request from a Hispanic advocacy organization to form a civilian oversight board to look into alleged police misconduct and help select a new police ch...
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The Oakley City Council reviewed two designs for new wireless communication towers at this week’s meeting, but approved only one of the proposed projects.
Both public hearings regarding the towers ...
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Federal agencies are seeking comments from the public on a plan to ramp up their efforts to help the Delta – a plan that some local officials believe is unnecessary at best and likely harmful.
The ...
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By the time Gerald Smart completed his presentation to the CSD Board last week, the project manager for Veolia Water very nearly received a standing ovation.
“What impresses me about this company (...
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There’s good news for thousands of East County commuters stuck in a bumper-to-bumper grind every weekday morning and afternoon. More than a year after the completion of the widening of Highway 4 to...
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Members of the Committee To Stop Rosewood submitted 52 petition books containing 2,258 signatures on Nov. 12 as part of its effort to put a halt to the Rosewood housing project proposed by Discover...
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The CSD Board this week was expected to approve a letter to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors notifying it of an impasse over the appointment of two new directors. Under the advisement o...
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Under pressure to allow residents additional time to express their views on the 2-Gates Fish Protection Demonstration Project, the Bureau of Reclamation has extended the public review and comment p...
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Oakley City Council members sat among the audience on Tuesday for a special work session to discuss the city’s General Plan. The session was aimed at facilitating a dialogue between the public and ...
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More than 100 Oakley residents came out to support the proposed Oakley Generating Station during the California Energy Commission’s first visit to the city this week.
Commission Vice Chairman James...
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Local reaction to the water legislation passed last week in Sacramento ranges from raising a glass in celebration to a lukewarm wait-and-see attitude to simply considering it all wet, depending on ...
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The City of Brentwood is accepting applications for the following commissions and boards:
Planning Commission
Applicants for this commission must reside within the incorporated city limits. This ...