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Oakley names new Parks and Landscape foreman
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 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...
Community leaders honored
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Los Medanos College honored Oakley residents Maria Bordanaro and Arthur Fernandez at its recent Celebrating the Life of César Chávez awards reception. The annual event honors the life of César Cháv...
East County Cop Log: April 5
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BRENTWOOD March 4, 7:50 a.m. An unidentified person stole a vehicle warming up in the driveway of a residence on Pippo Avenue. March 4, 8:13 a.m. An unidentified person shattered the windows of...
Quirky Quahog disgorges purple prize
by Ruth Roberts
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Jorio Amaral found it between the last two clams he was preparing to shuck: A small, empty shell with a round, purple object inside. It took a few moments for the Oakley resident to realize what he...
Oakley Councilman shaves head for charity
by Samie Hartley
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley City Councilmember Randy Pope is sporting a new look, but the super short haircut has nothing to do with the impending summer sun. Pope recently participated in a St. Baldrick’s Foundation f...
State releases updates in Bay Delta Plan
by Ruth Roberts
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Updates to the controversial and protracted Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) were released late last week – bringing the fluid and ever-changing document known as the Delta Plan one step closer t...
Oakley rec leaders wanted
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley is accepting applications for its Junior Recreation Leader program, an opportunity for youth to gain leadership experience through volunteer work. To be eligible, students must b...
Success internalized
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley City Manager Bryan Montgomery, left, presents facility maintenance intern Joseph Clark with a certificate of recognition for his service to Oakley as Facility Maintenance Coordinator Frank Z...
Opening Day on the way
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Delta dwellers know it doesn’t take a calendar to signal the start of boating season. All that’s needed is an Opening Day parade and an enthusiastic crowd. And on April 13, Discovery Bay will have ...
Transplant patient runs for awareness
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Three years ago, when Oakley resident Ally Jenkins needed a hero, it arrived in the form of a donor for her double lung transplant. Now it’s her turn to be the heroine, as the 18-year-old prepares ...
Community mourns Oakley Marine
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
On one of the last occasions that Mariela Castro saw her sister Lance Cpl. Sara Castromata, the 19-year-old Marine was singing and dancing. “It was just after New Year’s and she was home for a few ...
Redevelopment plans move forward in Oakley
by Samie Hartley
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
After years of inactivity, the DuPont property on Bridgehead Road in Oakley might soon become an East County hot spot, brimming with potential for mass redevelopment. DuPont representatives recentl...
East County Cop Log: March 29
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Feb. 27, 10:39-11:05 p.m. An unidentified person fired a BB gun at the windows of five vehicles parked on Highland Way in Brentwood. All the windows were shattered.
Oakley celebrates creek project
by Samie Hartley
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The skies parted briefly on Monday afternoon to rain sunshine on Oakley’s Creekside Park as the City Council and other local dignitaries gathered to celebrate the completion of the Marsh Creek Rest...
Inferno burns three homes in Bethel Island
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A two-alarm fire blazed through Bethel Island Wednesday morning, destroying two homes and damaging a third in the 1400 block of Taylor Road. According to Chief Hugh Henderson of the East Contra Cos...
Oakley joins international Water Challenge
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley will observe World Water Monitoring Day – Friday, March 22 – by inviting residents to participate in a water monitoring activity at Big Break Regional Shoreline from 10 a.m. to n...