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Summer jobs available
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley Recreation Division is accepting applications for part-time summer positions. Positions are available for recreation leaders, recreation aides and lifeguards. Applicants must be ...
Out of this world
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Kadie Rowland and Walter Zazueta are ready to follow the “High Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy,” a play premiering next week at Delta Vista Middle School and featuring a cast of students from Delta ...
Tri Delta Challenge
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
From April 25 through May 20, Tri Delta Transit and 511 Contra Costa will provide free bus tickets to commuters not currently using Tri Delta Transit to get to work. The free tickets will cover one...
Oakleyites of the year
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakley Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual Citizen of the Year awards, conferred for Citizen of the Year, Business Person of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, and Youth Vol...
Falcons cheer repeats
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
At the recent United Spirit Association’s High School Spirit Nationals in Anaheim, Freedom High School’s varsity cheer team earned the title of National Champion for the second year in a row. The ...
Oakley Cop Log: March 21 to March 27
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
March 21 – A business on the 2000 block of Main Street was burglarized. March 21 – A subject was found in possession of an unlawful weapon on the 300 block of West Cypress Road. March 22 – Cr...
Grads’ exploits extolled
by Samie Hartley
Apr 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
High school students are often showered with pearls of wisdom about the importance of education and planning the future, but the message doesn’t always sink in. Although the minutes were ticking aw...
Controversy swirls around pastor
by Ruth Roberts and Rick Lemyre
Mar 31, 2011 | 24 24 comments | 150 150 recommendations | email to a friend
UPDATED 5:10 A.M., March 31, 2011 A local pastor with a history of lawsuits, tax liens and bankruptcy is under fire from parishioners for questionable financial dealings, and may have been operat...
Making the grade
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
On- and off-campus coaches work differently to keep teams in the game
Oakley council to chime in on chickens
by Samie Hartley
Mar 31, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
At its next meeting, the Oakley City Council will decide whether or not to amend the municipal code to adjust the number of small animals allowed per home in residential districts. The council was ...
Hall hails new heroes
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty Union High School District Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome seven new members this year at an awards dinner scheduled for Saturday, April 16 at Heritage High School in Brentwood. Bill...
Water can't stop DV
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite wet surfaces and cold air on Saturday, Deer Valley High’s track and field team took first place in 21 of 62 events at the Deer Valley Invitational. The Wolverines appeared to have a strangl...
Splash for cash
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School swimmer Courtney Curran was one of 40 members of her team to participate in a car wash fundraiser at Les Schwab in Brentwood. The students washed more than 130 cars in an effor...
East Diablo Arsenal earns a state crown
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Diablo Arsenal U16 girls soccer team won the recent California Youth Soccer Association Founder’s Cup and claimed the title of best Class IV U16G Team in Northern California. In the champi...
Oakley Cop Log: March 14 to March 20
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
March 14 – An arrest warrant was served on Main Street at Norcross Lane. March 14 – A business on the 1600 block of Main Street was burglarized. March 15 – On Charles Way at Main Street, a...
Falcons get mixed results
by Michael Dixon
Mar 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
At the beginning of the season, Freedom High head softball coach Jeff Jonas expected his team of six sophomores and four freshmen to experience some growing pains through a tough preseason schedule...
All-BVAL athletes announced
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The MVPs of girls and boys basketball, as well as boys soccer, all attend Deer Valley.
Educators gather to honor their own
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
It was likely the largest gathering of teachers, principals and administrators in recent memory, but when East County educators gathered to recognize their peers’ achievements at the recent Associa...
Oakley continues to seek solutions to YMCA site
by Samie Hartley
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite receiving three proposals for repurposing the city’s former YMCA site, the Oakley City Council has decided to continue looking for additional opportunities. Staff recommended that the counc...
Little Wonders, big boost
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Little Wonders Preschool in Oakley is donating care packages to troops in Afghanistan. The children learned that the soldiers help keep our country safe and that they are far from home and need sna...