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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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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...
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...
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...