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The completion this week of a 420.75-kilowatt solar project brings Delta Diablo Sanitation District (DDSD) closer to achieving its goal of energy-neutral operation. The system comprises five fixed ...
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The Brentwood City Council Tuesday voted to appoint at least two residents to replace councilmembers as representatives on the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District board of directors.
Four Br...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 | 12 |
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Starting this week, The Press will present From the Dais, a wrap-up of the most recent meetings of local government bodies in Brentwood, Oakley, Antioch and Discovery Bay. The column will allow us...
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 | 12 |
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The Antioch City Council Tuesday cleared the way for a nonprofit organization to take ownership of the Roswell Butler Hard House, built in 1869 by Antioch’s first mayor, and turn it into a public h...
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The Discovery Bay Community Services District has joined forces with the Byron Bethany Irrigation District to create a Joint Powers Agency (JPA), which allows for the creation of an independent pub...
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Nearly all cities in East County are holding elections Nov. 6 for seats on their town councils and school boards. The application period runs through Aug. 10 except for Antioch city offices, for ...
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The Contra Costa Fire Protection District (Confire) will reduce the number of engines that automatically respond to incidents in far East County to avoid depleting resources in Antioch, Pittsburg a...
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The Antioch City Council Tuesday set a July 20 deadline for the sale of Kelly’s Card Room at 408 O St. between current owner Albert Cianfichi and Blarney LLC.
If a deal is reached, Blarney LLC, led...
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Assemblymember Joan Buchanan has announced that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 1971 into law. The bill passed through both houses of the legislature with unanimous support.
AB 1971 clari...
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The Oakley City Council unanimously approved the City’s 2012-14 Strategic Plan at its June 26 meeting. The newly adopted plan took months to develop after undergoing a more extensive community outr...
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The City of Oakley will begin the nomination process for City Council candidates on Monday, July 16. A municipal election will be held Nov. 6 for the three council seats currently held by Mayor Kev...
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The Oakley City Council recently approved the city’s operating and capital budgets for the 2012-13 fiscal year, which total $35,527,985.
This year’s estimated general fund revenues total $13.2 mill...
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The Oakley City Council voted this week to send a letter to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to challenge the organization’s proposed Regional Housing Needs Allocation and Methodology...
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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Without increased revenue streams or the creation of additional revenue sources, the City of Antioch will have a difficult time providing basic services for the community in the future, according t...
Jun 27, 2012 | 28 | 12 |
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The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) is putting out a call for volunteers to help offset the loss of 15 full-time firefighters laid off in the wake of the failure of Measure S ea...
Jun 25, 2012 | 0 | 9 |
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On his way to attend a Mayor’s Conference in Brentwood a few years ago, Contra Costa Transportation Authority Chairman Don Tatzin discovered what driving on Highway 4 was like for East County commu...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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Oakley’s municipal code bans beekeeping in residential areas, and after a brief discussion at the city’s most recent council meeting about revising the code, the ban will remain in place.
When Coun...
Jun 14, 2012 | 41 | 13 |
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Fire stations in Brentwood, Knightsen and Bethel Island will close and 16 firefighters will be laid off on July 1, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District decided on a 5-4 vote Monday.
Faced...
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The city of Antioch is no longer in the precarious position of last year, Antioch Mayor Jim Davis said at the annual State of the City address Monday.
“Last year, I characterized Antioch as being i...
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The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District board will meet Monday to discuss its next steps after voters this week soundly rejected Measure S, the $197-per-parcel tax aimed at staving off stati...