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Oakley prioritizes quality growth
by Samie Hartley
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
At its meeting Tuesday, the Oakley City Council received a Strategic Plan update regarding the city’s goal to promote planned quality growth. The update was the second in a series of updates regard...
Bridge over ceremonial water
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Oakley Girl Scout Troop 31980 joined more than 5,100 Girl Scouts from seven states and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, May 11 as part of the 32nd annual Golden Gate Bridging event in Sa...
School district to provide summer meals
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakley Union Elementary School District (OUESD) Nutrition Services will once again be providing summer meal services to students in need. The district is working toward ensuring that no student...
Cleaning up Crockett
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley’s Adopt-A-Park program has expanded, adding a new partner in New Lifeline Ministries, which adopted Crockett Park. “We’re striving to better serve this community and are pleased ...
Community garden yields life lessons
by Samie Hartley
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Most kids don’t get excited about vegetables, but students at Gehringer Elementary’s Extended Day Learning Center (EDLC) are anxiously waiting to make their own salads with fresh veggies grown in t...
Fire district launches Facebook page
by Kyle Szymanski
May 09, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) is sounding the alarm on the community’s need for a communication channel between it and the residents it serves. The district launched a Fac...
Delta plan opponents foresee ecological damage
by Ruth Roberts
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Opponents of the newly released final Bay and Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its accompanying Environmental Impact Report (EIR) fear that the project might end up mired in the muck – literally....
Talk About Town: May 9
by Ruth Roberts
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
Next time you see former Brentwood Planning Commissioner Michelle Jogopulos around town, you might notice she’s got a new ride. She’ll soon be tooling around in a brand new pink Chevy Cruze , wh...
East County Cop Log: May 9
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East County police departments: BRENTWOOD April 17, 8:52 a.m. A subject contacted at a school on Ghiggeri Drive was found in possession ...
Daisy troop visits City Hall
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
After visiting Oakley’s City Hall and meeting Mayor Kevin Romick and Chief of Police Bani Kollo, members of Girl Scout Daisy Troop 33390 earned their Respect Authority badge. The girls learned abo...
Talk About Town: May 2
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Spotted outside The Press building this week: a white, Volkswagen convertible with a larger-than-life stuffed toy dog riding shotgun. Rumor has it that a certain larger-than-life Brentwood m...
Oakley revs up for Relay
by Samie Hartley
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Relay For Life is more than a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society – it’s a community event. Oakley is gearing up to host its fifth annual Relay For Life May 18 and 19 at the Freedom High Sch...
Athletes inducted into Hall of Fame
by Kyle Szymanski
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Their glory days were long ago, but their accomplishments will be remembered forever. Liberty’s Larry Enos Jr., Rob Gatrell, Christopher Gruler, Linda Ghilarducci, and Freedom’s Deondre Borel, Aman...
Oakley to host U.S. citizenship drive
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO), You, Me, We=Oakley! and the International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) host the second annual Community Citizenship Drive...
Grads of Distinction share achievements
by Samie Hartley
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty Union High School District alumni Douglas Adams, Craig Bronzan and Capt. Nicholas M. Eslinger returned to their former stomping grounds last week as role models imparting wisdom to future g...
Funds sought for veterans memorial
by Samie Hartley
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley is accepting donations for a proposed veterans memorial to be located at Civic Center Park in downtown Brentwood. The memorial will feature five red, square, granite columns surr...
Digging deep for donors
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Approximately 60 runners and walkers participated in the inaugural Ally5000 5K Fun Run at The Streets of Brentwood last weekend. Oakley teen Ally Jenkins, who received two double lung transplants ...
East County Cop Log: May 2
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
BRENTWOOD April 11, 1:08 p.m. The rear license plate was stolen from a vehicle left overnight at a business on Brentwood Boulevard. April 11, 2:33 p.m. An unidentified person who forced entry i...
It’s a Girl Thing
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Oakley, in collaboration with O’Hara Park and Delta Vista middle schools, recently hosted the third annual It’s a Girl Thing program. The award-winning program celebrates young girls a...
Falcon Festival
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School, 1050 Neroly Road in Oakley, hosts its fourth annual Freedom Falcon Festival Wednesday, May 1 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Falcon Festival is a showcase of everything that builds comm...