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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...
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When little girls dream about their wedding day, they picture themselves gliding down a petal-strewn aisle in a flowing beaded gown as soft candlelight reflects off their misty eyes and beaming smi...
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Construction improvements on O’Hara Avenue between Kay Lane and Vintage Drive are now underway. The improvements will widen the asphalt on the west side of O’Hara Avenue and include the installatio...
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Naturalist James Frank is accustomed to seeing animals, but when he witnessed a video of one of the first salmon seen in Marsh Creek in 54 years, it filled him with excitement.
“The video is really...
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Protecting your personal information comes with the territory of living in the digital age of the 21st century. We guard our passwords and shred our mail to keep our private information undisclosed...
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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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After suffering through the greatest loss since the Great Depression, the housing market appears to be on the rise . In the past three to six months, residential listings are up, building permits ...
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Freedom didn’t put on an offensive or shooting display in its recent Bay Valley Athletic League opener at Liberty. But its defense and inside presence were dominant all night, paving the way for a ...
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Freedom Sophomore Jailyn Brown rejects a shot during the Falcons’ recent 49-21 victory over Liberty that opened their Bay Valley Athletic League season.
Freedom senior Elsa Ross lit up the Lions f...
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Jan. 1 – Malicious telephone calls were made to a resident of the 100 block of Oak Villa Court.
Jan. 1 – Vehicle accidents with property damage were reported on Main Street at Malicoat Avenue, ...
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Congratulations to Janis Prado of Oakley, who won The Press’ 2012 Christmas Lights Contest. Her classic color display celebrated the spirit of the season with subtle, structured design and won her ...
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It’s a little after 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve – and the party was just getting started.
Eager to evade the forthcoming “witching hour,” as he called it, a cook at Mike’s Beef ’N’ Brew in Oakley was...
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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...
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We’ve all made the comment (or at least thought it) “If I were king” or “if I were queen” and added how we’d fix the world’s woes. As we say goodbye to 2012 and usher in a new year, we at The Press...
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Florence Kobold recently treated her Vintage Elementary second-grade class to a tour of Oakley City Hall and the City Council Chambers.
Students completed their community lesson plan and visited C...
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In what appears to be the final word, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has given the go-ahead for the construction of a natural-gas-fired generating station in Oakley.
“The CPUC ap...
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Who can resist the charm of the police log refrain “The driver was determined to be intoxicated” or the worst carnival attraction ever: “There will be a concussion stand at the event”?
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“Those Christmas lights light up the street; light up the fireworks in me; may all your troubles soon be gone; those Christmas lights keep shinin’ on”
– from Coldplay’s “Christmas Lights”
The co...
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The Friends of the Oakley Library recently mailed a survey to 500 randomly selected Oakley Disposal customers. The survey is intended to gauge public opinion and potential support for a parcel tax ...
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Marina Ferreira was at school when she first heard the news. The Liberty High School senior was sitting in her econ class when her teacher announced there had been a shooting at a Connecticut eleme...