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When Gary Smith retires from the City of Oakley at the end of the month, the former chief building officer will miss many things about his job – especially the opportunity to work with the man who ...
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Opportunities to participate in local government abound
Candidates hoping to unseat 11th District Congressman Jerry McNerney will discuss the issues at the first-ever congressional forum to be he...
Apr 01, 2010 | 3 | 25 |
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As staff carried out the last boxes and equipment from Oakley’s Delta Family YMCA this week, city officials continue to grapple with the abrupt closure of the center on O’Hara Avenue, the loss of i...
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The search for a new general manager, bigger offices, a change on its Web site committee and revenue-generating cell phone towers were topics du jour at the recent Discovery Bay CSD meetings.
At a ...
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The City Council got an update on the performance of the Brentwood Police Department last week, and the news was mostly good – unless you’re a criminal.
“The benchmarks for 2009 indicate that the m...
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The rain dances and prayers to the rain gods by Californians paid off this winter, ending three years of drought, replenishing depleted reservoirs and likely ending the Contra Costa Water District’...
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While the City of Oakley awaits news from the California Energy Commission regarding the fate of the proposed Oakley Generating Station, representatives of the city will travel to Sacramento later ...
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After months of discussions with Oakley residents and city staff, Discovery Builders presented a new plan for the Rosewood Estates project, which the council unanimously approved at its most recent...
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A letter providing the comments from the town’s board about a proposed development in Discovery Bay has been delayed a second time, this time by the director most dismayed by the first delay.
CSD V...
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The City Council approved a resolution Tuesday seeking five assurances from the BART Board regarding the planned 10-mile eBART line in the Highway 4 median from the Bay Point BART Station to Hillcr...
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The Oakley City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to enter a community-benefits agreement with Contra Costa Generating Station, LLC even though the California Energy Commission isn’t expected to ma...
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Have you sent in your 2010 Census questionnaire yet? More than 120 million households received Census forms this week, and the U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging everyone to respond as soon as possi...
Mar 11, 2010 | 6 | 9 |
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Obligated by election law to place an initiative seeking to annex 740 acres to the city’s southwest border on the June ballot, there was little the Brentwood City Council could do Tuesday except or...
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Some Antioch households will be paying an extra 26 or 27 percent to get their trash picked up, under a contract extension with Allied Waste Services (AWS) approved on a 4-1 vote of the City Council...
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It took nearly a year, a request from the Board of Supervisors (BoS), and County Administrator David Twa to finally make it happen, but Monday night the residents of Discovery Bay convened their fi...
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Work will proceed on a $9.8 million solid waste transfer station in Brentwood after the City Council decided it makes the best sense for ratepayers.
The facility, which will be able to handle the c...
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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...
Mar 10, 2010 | 1 | 10 |
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The sales and income tax hikes passed by the state legislature last year to help reduce California’s budget deficit should be extended for several more years, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan told 20 pe...
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The Delta Family YMCA in Oakley will be closing its doors at the end of the month, but plans for a Special Kids all-abilities playground at the O’Hara Avenue site remain intact.
“We’re sorry to see...
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The Brentwood City Council next Tuesday will consider the potential effects of a proposal to add almost 750 acres of housing, commercial development and parks to its boundaries, and is expected to ...