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Freedom’s football team was clearly in no mood to mess around in Saturday’s North Coast Section playoff opener against Berkeley. The Falcons scored touchdowns on their first four possessions en rou...
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Deanna Rundall, president of Freedom High School’s American Cancer Society student club, helped decorate the Freedom campus last month in recognition of cancer awareness. The organization also prov...
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The O’Hara Park Middle School garden recently got a boost from Oakley Mayor Kevin Romick and Pompei Nursery.
Brian Brady, a teacher with the Contra Costa Office of Education Special Education Progr...
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East County residents have a number of opportunities to participate in Veterans Day events close to home. Here are a few.
Antioch
Antioch’s Veterans Day parade starts at 1 p.m. at 2nd and E Stree...
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The Friends of Oakley Community Foundation will begin registering families for its annual Christmas Basket Program next week.
In its fifth year, the program provides holiday meals and toys to Oakle...
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The Oakley City Council will discuss a rate increase proposed by Oakley Disposal Service at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in Oakley City Hall, 3231 Main St.
The s...
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The City of Oakley is hosting a pin design competition to create a new City of Oakley pin that includes the iconic oak leaf logo while also incorporating the wine-and-water branding suggested by re...
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Ryan Richardson is busy planning a Thanksgiving celebration for more than 1,000 people, and with only two weeks left to plan, he’s not even breaking a sweat.
Richardson and his family, owners of Wi...
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Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) Superintendent Joe Ovick said this week that he would “continue looking into” concerns from special-education teachers over what they describe as pun...
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Oakley Union Elementary School District
Incumbents Karen Bergenholtz and Larry Polk will serve another four years on the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees.
Bergenholtz ama...
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Jim Frazier relaxes at Humphrey’s on the Delta in Antioch Tuesday night as returns come in making him the winner in the race for State Assembly District 11. The former Oakley mayor garnered 63 perc...
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Doug Hardcastle and Diane Burgis will join incumbent Kevin Romick on the Oakley City Council after 18,858 residents cast their votes on Tuesday.
Local business owner Hardcastle collected 22 percent...
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Tuesday’s election tally delivered a mixed bag for East County incumbents, while Antioch voters favored a school improvement bond, and countywide voters turned down a fire tax. Here are the final r...
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Freedom High School student Madison Mills, seen here with Freedom Principal Erik Faulkner, right, and Liberty Union High School District Board of Trustees President Ray Valverde, was recognized at ...
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The Freedom football team started its season determined to win the Bay Valley Athletic League title outright for the first time in school history. It took till the final game of the season, but the...
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A musical celebration of America and its veterans comes to Antioch’s El Campanil Theater this Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The patriotic tribute to our nation and those who have protected it features the...
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The San Joaquin Yacht Club, 550 Riverview Place, will host Bethel Island’s Veterans Day observances on Sunday, Nov. 11 from noon to 5 p.m. The featured speaker will be U.S. Army veteran Dr. John Sh...
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The City of Oakley hosts its inaugural Veterans Day Observance ceremony Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. in the Oakley Civic Center, 3231 Main St.
Oakley’s program includes bagpipes, the presentation of ...
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Six candidates vying for three seats on the Oakley City Council are giving their final push to earn voters’ attention and support. Incumbent Mayor Kevin Romick is seeking re-election for his third ...
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Rose Cremeans and Carol Renaud, volunteers at the Bethel Island Food Bank, inspect the nearly-bare cupboards from which they support about 150 local residents in need twice per month. “We are in re...