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The Brentwood City Council joined the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) and the Oakley City Council in voting Tuesday to provide local control over fire protection in far East County.
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The five candidates seeking to represent the 10th Congressional District break down into a group of three on the left and two on the right as revealed in a forum at Saint Mary’s College Monday nigh...
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Taking advantage of savings already realized on the new downtown civic center, the Brentwood City Council Tuesday voted to proceed immediately with the construction of a parking structure that was ...
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Nine Discovery Bay residents have applied to fill the two available CSD seats left vacant last month with the resignations of Treasurer Dave Dove and Director Shannon Murphy-Teixeira. The deadline ...
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Antioch is in danger of losing its century-old right to take water from the San Joaquin River, possibly resulting in a multi-million dollar increase in water costs for residents and businesses.
Tha...
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The Oakley City Council joined the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) and the Brentwood City Council in voting Tuesday to provide local control over fire protection in far East County.
By unanimous ...
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The City of Brentwood has completed the sale of bonds to finance the downtown civic center at a record-low interest rate of 4.97 percent, which will free up approximately $14.6 million over the 30-...
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AT&T is known nationally as a communications provider, but the company recently went before the Oakley City Council to plant a tree.
The council last week approved the installation of a 77-foot mon...
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Discovery Bay CSD meeting agenda packets will now be available to the public on the Friday before a scheduled Wednesday meeting, even after the CSD offices close.
In the past, the public has been i...
Oct 16, 2009 | 11 | 13 |
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The City of Brentwood’s sale of bonds for the construction of the new Civic Center was completed this week at an interest rate of 4.97 percent, resulting in a savings of $14.6 million off original ...
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It might have been the mightiest October storm in history that raged through Brentwood on Tuesday, but the talk in the city Council Chambers during the deluge was more about “the perfect storm.”
On...
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A plan to construct more than 12,000 houses, apartments and condos along with more than 6 million square feet of shopping centers and business parks on the old Concord Naval Weapons Station propert...
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The Oakley City Council Tuesday said it needed more public input before deciding on one issue before it, but declined to hear more testimony on another more contentious item carried over from Septe...
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The East County Democrats For Action, the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, the Antioch Democratic Club, the Tri-Valley Democratic Club, and the Lamorinda Democratic Club are co-sponsoring a...
Oct 08, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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PG&E has announced its intentions to purchase the proposed Contra Costa Generating Station that is currently being considered by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
The proposed power plant, wh...
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The Contra Costa County Superior Court has halted Oakley’s plans to develop thousands of acres of farmland as part of the East Cypress Corridor Specific Plan, ruling that the environmental impact r...
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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The three remaining members of the Discovery Bay CSD Board unanimously agreed in a special meeting on Sept. 30 to appoint, rather than hold a special election, to fill the two seats left empty by t...
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It’s rare when a seat in the U.S. Congress becomes vacant. So when 10th District Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher resigned this summer to take a position in the State Department, candidates came out of...
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What a difference a year makes. The three City Council candidates at a forum in October of 2008 assured the public that the economic downturn would not significantly hurt the city budget and that c...
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When Rafael Ayala looked out his living room window in the Rose Garden neighborhood, he used to enjoy a sweeping vista of Mt. Diablo, standing tall on the horizon and occasionally accented with a d...