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Talk About Town
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
This week the Press debuts its version of three-dot journalism in our Talk About Town (TAT) column, where we take a quick peek – and an occasional good-natured poke – at people, events, businesse...
Recreation leaders wanted
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley Recreation Division is accepting applications for Recreation Aides, Recreation Leaders and lifeguards. Recreation staff will work on a variety of programs, including Summer Blaze...
O’Hara yearbook honored
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
O’Hara Park Middle School’s 2012 yearbook is featured in the 2013 Jostens Gotcha Covered Look Book, a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool cov...
Artists’ Show Tour returns to East County
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The 2013 Artists’ Show Tour, formerly known as the Artists’ Open Studio Tour, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5. The free, self-guided tour includes stops in Brentwood, Discovery Ba...
Oakley reviews Strategic Plan
by Samie Hartley
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley updates its Strategic Plan every two years. The plan was last updated in 2012, so this year, city staff is delivering special reports at City Council meetings now through Septemb...
Household fats, oils and grease accepted
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Keeping household fats, oils and grease (FOG) out of drains and ultimately out of wastewater pipes is an important goal of the Ironhouse Sanitary District (ISD). Over the past year and a half, the ...
East County Cop Log: April 25
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
April 5, 8:26 a.m.: A subject who stole a golf cart from a school on Second Street was apprehended and arrested by Oakley police.
Additional segment of O’Hara Avenue to be widened
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Access into Oakley’s downtown along O’Hara Avenue between Laurel Road and Covered Wagon Drive is about to be significantly upgraded. On Feb. 12 the Oakley City Council awarded an agreement to DeSil...
Motorists urged to ‘Move Over’
Apr 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force on highways throughout the state over the next week, installing “Move Over” signs intended to help save lives and increase sa...
Garden party at Freedom
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Freedom High School FRESHH (Freedom Relies on Environmental Stewardship for a Healthy Home) Club hosts a community celebration Sunday, April 21 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Freedom community gard...
Clinic offers self-defense tips for women
by Samie Hartley
Apr 18, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Imagine you’re walking to your car, chatting away on your cellphone as you dig for your car keys in your endless pit of a purse when a man approaches you and demands your handbag. He’s wielding a k...
Internet cafés banned in Oakley
by Samie Hartley
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakley City Council voted to establish a permanent ordinance prohibiting Internet cafés from operating within city limits. “The term Internet café perhaps conjures up images of latte-sipping cu...
Summer day camps abound in East County
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Children are already counting down the days to summer vacation, but let’s face it: no matter how desperately they seek a carefree schedule filled with lazy sunny afternoons, they’ll fall under the ...
Frazier bill bans hands-free texting
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A bill sponsored by District 11 Assemblymember and Oakley resident Jim Frazier to ban voice-activated, hands-free texting passed the Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday with a 9-5 vote. AB ...
East County Cop Log: April 18
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
BRENTWOOD March 27, 12:34 a.m. On Brentwood Boulevard, a subject caught defrauding a cab driver was found to be under the influence of a controlled substance. He was arrested and taken to the Ma...
Oakley names new Parks and Landscape foreman
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Jesse de la Cruz joined Team Oakley last week as the new Parks and Landscape Division foreman. For the last 10 years, de la Cruz has worked for the Daly City Parks Division, most recently in the po...
Giants fever
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Leilani Aviles of Oakley was all smiles this week – and with good reason. The Gehringer Elementary School second-grader came home a winner when she caught Giants outfielder Hunter Pence’s home run...
Science Week combines education with fun
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley hosts its 12th annual Oakley Science Week April 20 to 27. The program, offering eight workshops and presentations, is free to children of all ages and their families. There is no...
East County Cop Log: April 12
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BRENTWOOD March 20, 8:21 p.m. A driver who struck two vehicles on Torrey Pines Drive was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention F...
Downtown plan moves forward in Oakley
by Samie Hartley
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Expect roadwork to resume on Main Street in Oakley now that the City Council has approved an additional $677,000 to be dedicated to capital improvement projects related to the Downtown Revitalizati...