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Council OKs tattoo shop
by Samie Hartley
May 19, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakley City Council recently approved a conditional-use permit for King Cobra Tattoo following a delicate discussion about decency and the fine line between a tattoo shop and an adult business....
Lining up for education
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley Union Elementary School District teachers, administrators and parents assembled along Laurel Avenue last week to protest education cuts across California. The event was held in conjunction w...
NCS softball nears
by Michael Dixon
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
At the beginning of the softball season, expectations were that the Bay Valley Athletic League would be a three-way battle between Freedom, Heritage and Antioch. And that was exactly how the season...
Vote for Oakley's best
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s happened to all of us: we enjoy a great meal, get superb service on our car or find a special spot for a romantic date. It’s only natural that we want others to know about the gem we’ve discov...
Patriots swimmers lock up BVAL title
by Michael Dixon
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Coming into the Bay Valley Athletic League championships on Saturday, host Heritage High needed only a third-place finish to clinch a third consecutive league championship for the boys and a second...
ROP students honored by county
by Samie Hartley
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Contra Costa County Office of Education recently conferred Students of Excellence awards on 36 high school seniors for outstanding achievement in their Regional Occupational Program (ROP) class...
Summer sports camps
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Kids can hone their tennis and soccer skills at several East County camps this summer. Freedom High School will host tennis camps for elementary, junior high and high school future court stars thro...
BVAL's best rise at meet
by Nate Smith
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Saturday’s Bay Valley Athletic League track and field championship events were nearing the finish when the results from the girls’ long jump and 200-meter dash were added into the team scores and a...
Leaders wanted
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley is looking for a few hard-working teens 13 to 16 who’d like to gain work experience by volunteering for the city’s Junior Recreation Leader program. Each participant will functio...
Friendship set to music
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Delta Squares Square Dance Club, founded in 1993, is one of Oakley’s best-kept secrets. The club dances every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Laurel Elementary School, 1141 Laurel Road. Square Dancing h...
Old building, new ministries
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Destiny Christian Center, built in 1908, is the tallest and one of Oakley’s oldest buildings. Located at 132 O’Hara Ave., the structure sustained extensive fire and water damage in 2009. A minimal ...
Oakley Cop Log: May 9 to May 15
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
May 9 – A custody order violation was reported on the 500 block of Norcross Lane. May 9 – On Matisse Drive at Michelangelo Drive, a subject was arrested for interfering with a public officer. ...
Track and field athletes ready for BVAL meet
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Some of the best track and field athletes in the North Coast Section will be competing for gold on Saturday as the Bay Valley Athletic League concludes its league season at the BVAL Championships a...
Brentwood to study leaving fire district
by Rick Lemyre
May 12, 2011 | 37 37 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to begin work on possibly establishing a Brentwood-only fire department, a decision that could cripple the effort to save the financially beleag...
Oakley ready to honor its own
by Ruth Roberts
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Longtime resident Irving Sherman, named the 2011 Oakley Citizen of the Year, will be recognized with other honorees at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner on Friday, May 20. Sherman became a volu...
Volunteers needed for Meals on Wheels
by Samie Hartley
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Meals on Wheels, operated by Senior Outreach Services, plans to open two new routes in East County. But to do so, the nonprofit organization needs 30 volunteers to pledge their time to the program....
Falcons captain engineers success on the court
by Justin Lafferty
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
It wasn’t during a game or a practice when Freedom High boys volleyball head coach Kellie Goldberg noticed the methodical nature of senior setter/outside hitter Dalton Weger. It was in her statisti...
Season over for BVAL tennis teams
by Michael Dixon
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Last weekend’s North Coast Section matches at Oakley’s Diamond Hills Sports Club brought an end to the high school tennis season for most Bay Valley Athletic League athletes. The lone exception wer...
Hanoum memorial
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
A public memorial service for the late Pastor Jerry Hanoum will be held Saturday, May 14 at 11 a.m. at Golden Hills Community Church, 2401 Shady Willow Lane in Brentwood.
BVAL Notebook: Golfers prep for NCS
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Bay Valley Athletic League golf teams will be well-represented at Monday’s North Coast Section Meet of Champions. Deer Valley, by virtue of winning the league season championship and league tourna...