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The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 4 celebrated Monday the start of con...
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The City of Oakley recently established a Quick Reference (QR) code to provide residents a copy of City Council agendas and the opportunity to follow along during meetings.
QR codes are square barc...
Jan 31, 2013 | 1 | 5 |
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The legal battle over Walmart expanding its Antioch store into a Supercenter has taken another turn.
California Healthy Communities Network (CHCN) – an unincorporated association of environmental, ...
Jan 30, 2013 | 0 | 8 |
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Oakley Councilmember Diane Burgis attended the recent League of California Cities’ New Mayors and Council Members Academy in Sacramento.
The annual event provides training on the role of elected o...
Jan 24, 2013 | 2 | 13 |
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Like many East County residents’ commute, Jim Frazier’s begins before the sun rises. He leaves his Oakley home around 6 a.m. to represent East County residents in Sacramento as the newly elected st...
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Antioch City Council
The plan to bring ferry service from the San Francisco Bay to Antioch is gathering steam, according to a report presented to the Antioch City Council by consultant Victor Car...
Jan 21, 2013 | 0 | 4 |
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Contra Costa County District III Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho is seeking qualified, motivated candidates to serve on the following county advisory committees:
County Library Commission
The comm...
Jan 17, 2013 | 1 | 11 |
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The Oakley City Council will revisit its decision to appoint Kevin Romick as the city’s 2013 mayor and Carol Rios as vice mayor.
Councilmember Randy Pope asked the council at last Tuesday’s meeting...
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The chefs at Humphrey’s on the Delta in Antioch, a restaurant once known for its fresh seafood, have turned in their aprons after a bankruptcy court required owner Eva Romero to surrender possessio...
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Citing the secondary effects of allowing marijuana facilities in a community, the Antioch City Council Tuesday night moved closer to permanently banning nearly all marijuana facilities in the city....
Jan 03, 2013 | 1 | 9 |
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As the threat of a peripheral canal looms, and the deadline for public comment on the Delta Plan Final Draft approaches, Discovery Bay resident Jan McCleery wants residents to know there is still t...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
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Tony Tiscareno, a 42-year Antioch resident and retired steelworker, was chosen to fill the vacant seat on the Antioch City Council Tuesday night.
“This was a tough choice,” said Antioch Mayor Wade ...
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The Discovery Bay Community Services District (CSD) Board invites the public to participate in the ongoing work of creating, building and sustaining the town’s new community center.
“I’m likening i...
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Gene Clare stood outside the City Council Chambers Tuesday evening surrounded by friends and family, and announced what his first order of business would be once he was sworn in.
“The first thing I...
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Oakley’s “Mayor Everywhere” Kevin Romick was voted to serve a second consecutive year as mayor after Vice Mayor Carol Rios announced she would be unable to manage the position due to family obligat...
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The Brentwood City Council Tuesday named three residents to represent Brentwood on the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District board, and picked a fourth to serve as an interim alternate.
The co...
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Antioch City Council
New Antioch Mayor Wade Harper announced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that he intends to create a subcommittee to address crime around the Sycamore Drive neighborhood.
“I...
Dec 06, 2012 | 0 | 7 |
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After years of legal wrangling, Walmart once again got the go-ahead to expand its Antioch store into a Supercenter.
In a ruling filed Nov. 27, a state appellate court overruled a Contra Costa Super...
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Tuesday night’s Antioch City Council meeting marked the end of one era and the beginning of another.
After a combined 26 years of service, Jim Davis and Brian Kalinowski left the dais as Wade Harpe...
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The City of Brentwood is moving into the future and wants input from residents to make sure the direction is the right one.
The work in progress is the update of the city’s General Plan, the bedroc...