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O’Hara Park Middle School hosts a Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday, May 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the O’Hara Park School Cinco de Mayo committee, You, Me, We Oakley and the Oakley Union Ele...
Apr 27, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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Oakley Vice Mayor and urban beekeeping advocate Randy Pope, right, recently donated a complete beehive, including 10,000 worker bees and one queen, to the Freedom High School Community Garden.
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Apr 27, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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More than 7,900 teachers are currently educating approximately 169,000 students in Contra Costa County’s public schools. To recognize their efforts and bring well-deserved honor to the teaching pro...
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Dow scientists visited Oakley on Monday to demonstrate exciting chemistry experiments as part of Oakley’s Science Week. At left, a Dow Wizard shows the crowd what happens to dry ice when it melts. ...
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The newest members of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District were welcomed aboard last Saturday during a graduation ceremony at Freedom High School.
The graduates, who were hired by the di...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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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...