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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 | 4 4 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...
It’s a Girl Thing
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 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...
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...
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...
Cinco de Mayo celebration
Apr 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Freedom buzz
Apr 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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. Fre...
County names top public school teachers
Apr 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Science Week fun
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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. ...
Blaze battlers
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Talk About Town
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Recreation leaders wanted
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
O’Hara yearbook honored
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Artists’ Show Tour returns to East County
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Oakley reviews Strategic Plan
by Samie Hartley
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Household fats, oils and grease accepted
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...