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Controversy swirls around pastor
by Ruth Roberts and Rick Lemyre
Mar 31, 2011 | 24 24 comments | 150 150 recommendations | email to a friend
UPDATED 5:10 A.M., March 31, 2011 A local pastor with a history of lawsuits, tax liens and bankruptcy is under fire from parishioners for questionable financial dealings, and may have been operat...
Making the grade
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
On- and off-campus coaches work differently to keep teams in the game
Oakley council to chime in on chickens
by Samie Hartley
Mar 31, 2011 | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
At its next meeting, the Oakley City Council will decide whether or not to amend the municipal code to adjust the number of small animals allowed per home in residential districts. The council was ...
Hall hails new heroes
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty Union High School District Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome seven new members this year at an awards dinner scheduled for Saturday, April 16 at Heritage High School in Brentwood. Bill...
Water can't stop DV
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite wet surfaces and cold air on Saturday, Deer Valley High’s track and field team took first place in 21 of 62 events at the Deer Valley Invitational. The Wolverines appeared to have a strangl...
Splash for cash
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School swimmer Courtney Curran was one of 40 members of her team to participate in a car wash fundraiser at Les Schwab in Brentwood. The students washed more than 130 cars in an effor...
East Diablo Arsenal earns a state crown
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Diablo Arsenal U16 girls soccer team won the recent California Youth Soccer Association Founder’s Cup and claimed the title of best Class IV U16G Team in Northern California. In the champi...
Oakley Cop Log: March 14 to March 20
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
March 14 – An arrest warrant was served on Main Street at Norcross Lane. March 14 – A business on the 1600 block of Main Street was burglarized. March 15 – On Charles Way at Main Street, a...
Falcons get mixed results
by Michael Dixon
Mar 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
At the beginning of the season, Freedom High head softball coach Jeff Jonas expected his team of six sophomores and four freshmen to experience some growing pains through a tough preseason schedule...
All-BVAL athletes announced
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The MVPs of girls and boys basketball, as well as boys soccer, all attend Deer Valley.
Educators gather to honor their own
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
It was likely the largest gathering of teachers, principals and administrators in recent memory, but when East County educators gathered to recognize their peers’ achievements at the recent Associa...
Oakley continues to seek solutions to YMCA site
by Samie Hartley
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite receiving three proposals for repurposing the city’s former YMCA site, the Oakley City Council has decided to continue looking for additional opportunities. Staff recommended that the counc...
Little Wonders, big boost
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Little Wonders Preschool in Oakley is donating care packages to troops in Afghanistan. The children learned that the soldiers help keep our country safe and that they are far from home and need sna...
Budget woes slow Delta talks to trickle
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
As East County residents fear the creation of a peripheral canal that would pump more water from the San Joaquin Delta to Southern California, the state’s budget problems are slowing down deliberat...
Emergency notification
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa County now offers an emergency notification system for cell phone communication. In the case of a large-scale emergency, such as the disaster in Japan, the county’s emergency notificat...
Freedom bounces back in victory over Antioch
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
What has been a bumpy start for Freedom High’s boys varsity tennis team got smoother on Tuesday, as the Falcons claimed an 8-1 victory over Antioch. At the head of the winning effort was junior Jus...
Oakley Cop Log: March 7 to March 13
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
March 7 – A stolen vehicle was recovered from the 900 block of Almaden Circle. March 7 – Vehicle accidents with property damage occurred on Empire Avenue at Laurel Road and on Neroly Road at Vi...
Young Pats trump Falcons
by Michael Dixon
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Facing constant wind and overcast skies threatening rain, Freedom and Heritage’s boys golf teams got their league season underway on Tuesday. Fortunately, the rain didn’t hit Brentwood’s Creekside ...
Critical meeting on fire service
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
UPDATED: The future of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District will be on the table when its board of directors meets on April 4.
Lions, Falcons to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Mar 23, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Six former Liberty Union High School District athletes and one team will be honored on April 16 as part of the district’s Hall of Fame induction night, held at Heritage High. The 1979 Liberty High ...