FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01-07-12 600AM Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that its Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are accepting applications from aspiring college students for finan...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12-29-11 600AM Had too much to drink counting down to 2012 and need a safe ride home? AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California, ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12-13-11 601AM Lock the doors: check. Close all windows, upstairs and down: check. Leave a key with Bob next door: check. Just when you thought you’d mastered the art of bu...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12-13-11 600AM As temperatures begin to drop, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges customers to be mindful of the dangers associated with carbon monoxide (CO). Seve...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12-07-11 600AM Dr. Michael W. Olff of Gateway Financial Advisors, Inc. of Walnut Creek announced his recent attendance at the Cambridge 2011 National Conference in Atlanta, ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12-1-11 600AM Los Medanos College (LMC) has received $10,000 from Shell Oil Company to support the college’s Process Technology Program (PTEC). The monies will be used to o...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-23-11 601AM The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced it is holding more than $17 million in returned state income tax refunds. This year more than 52,000 refunds, ranging...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-23-11 600AM John Kabateck, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business, California’s leading small-business association, is encouraging holiday ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-17-11 0601AM Residents are invited to put their game face on and work out at Concord’s leading fitness boot camp – for free. Anna Dornier, owner of Transform FX Fitness B...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-09-11 0600AM The California Department of Veterans Affairs’ (CalVet) Northern California Veterans Cemetery today received a $900,174 grant from the U.S. Department of Vet...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11-2-11 600AM An application for one of America’s most highly regarded and well-publicized scholarship awards in now available online until Dec. 15. The nomination period by...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10-27-11 601AM Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho and county staff community update I invite you to join me at a Town Hall meeting for Antioch, Bethel Island and Oakley communi...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10-27-11 600AM The Center for Rural Affairs praised the introduction this week of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011, a cross-cutting initiative aimed ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10-18-11 1201AM Urban Gardens to Open Range: The Present and Future of Bay Area Food Landscapes is the name of a public forum scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. i...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10-11-11 1201AM Every year in California, firefighters respond to residential fires that take lives and inflict millions of dollars in damage. From Oct. 9-15, Cal Fire is te...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10-07-11 1201AM On Oct. 4, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 42 (Huffman), the bill sponsored by the California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) to help keep Californi...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10-06-11 1201AM As part of a nationwide effort to encourage the public to buy and burn firewood locally, CAL FIRE and the California Firewood Task Force kicked off a public ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09-29-11 1210AM Concerned about a spike in highway worker deaths, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has partnered with the California Highway Patrol (CH...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09-27-11 1201AM Assembly Bill 348 (Buchanan), re-authorizing a safety enhancement double-fine zone along Vasco Road, was recently signed into law by Gov Jerry Brown. Vasco R...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09-22-11 1201AM As children head back to school and families deal with hectic after-school activities, busy parents might unknowingly risk their children’s safety on the roa...