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Antioch celebrates art
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06-14-12 610AM The Arts & Cultural Foundation, in partnership with the Antioch Historical Society, will host the eighth annual Celebration of Art 2012 Exhibit at the Antioch ...
Before hosting a garage sale, know the rules
Jun 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06-07-12 600AM Garage and yard sales are an effective way of reducing clutter while pocketing a little extra cash, but if you host a garage/yard sale in Oakley, you need to k...
Brentwood releases housing report
May 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-30-12 600AM According to the Brentwood Housing Statistic Report for January – March 2012, released Monday by the City of Brentwood, the housing market remains flat compare...
Golden Gate Bridge turns 75
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-24-12 600AM Community leaders will join the public to kick off the 75th anniversary celebration of the Golden Gate Bridge at a ribbon-cutting and kickoff to the May 27 Gol...
Golden Gate Bridge turns 75
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-15-12 601AM The Golden Gate Festival, held Sunday May 27, marks the official 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. The festival is part of the year-long anniversary ...
Historic Delta water tower to be raised
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-15-12 600AM Discover the Delta Foundation’s mission is to promote, protect and preserve the Delta by providing objective and science-based information so that this importa...
Suicide Hotlines Go Online
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-10-12 600AM The Contra Costa Crisis Center is one of six crisis centers across the nation testing out a new program that will introduce online services for suicide prevent...
Public notice for a Department of the Army Regional General Permit 1
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-09-12 600AM The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2001-00147 (RGP #1) to the Public Notice Link at www.spk.usace.mil/missions/r...
Local 99% activists to protest at Brentwood Bank of America
May 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-07-12 1000AM On Wednesday, May 9, MoveOn.org members will protest big banks’ recklessness and greed outside the Bank of America in Brentwood. The local demonstration is ai...
Oversight board members chosen for RDA successor agencies
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04-11-12 600AM Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph A. Ovick has named 14 appointees to boards that oversee agencies operating the dissolved redevelopment...
New app gets PG&E customers energy savvy
Apr 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04-04-12 600AM Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers can now share and compare their energy use with friends around the nation on Facebook with a new social energy applic...
County seeks grand jurors
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Contra Costa County Superior Court is accepting applications for Civil Grand Jury service for the fiscal year 2012-13 term. The Civil Grand Jury is made up of 19 members, who serve for one year...
BIMID energy conservation nets large rebate
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03-20-12 600AM Now that the new award-winning Water Recycling Facility is up and running, the Ironhouse Sanitary District, as well as Oakley and Bethel Island wastewater rate...
Save Mount Diablo saves Marsh Creek and money
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03-15-12 0601AM The nonprofit organization Save Mount Diablo just preserved its most recent creek parcel, Marsh Creek 7 near Brentwood. The pace of creek preservation is incr...
Youth Summit to tackle bullying
Mar 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03-07-12 0600AM The 2012 Contra Costa Youth Summit will be held March 31 at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg. Sponsored by Contra Costa County District V Supervisor Federal G...
Earthquake preparedness
Mar 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03-06-12 0600AM Following the two earthquakes that occurred in the East Bay Area early yesterday morning, PG&E reminds customers of the importance of preparing for natural di...
DeSaulnier legislation allows foster kids to stay in original schools
Feb 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02-28-12 600AM Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D – Concord) has introduced Senate Bill 1568, which allows former foster youth to stay in their existing schools when they move out of th...
County seeks grand jurors
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02-23-12 600AM The Contra Costa County Superior Court is accepting applications for Civil Grand Jury service for the fiscal year 2012-13 term. The Civil Grand Jury is made up...
New book explores widow’s journey to happiness
Feb 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02-16-12 600AM When author and Antioch resident Lori Godsey Anzini is asked to describe the beginning of widowhood, the spirited survivor answers with one word – grief. But A...
PG&E offers $1 million in scholarships
Feb 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 02-15-12 600AM This year, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will award up to $1 million in scholarships to students who live within its Northern and Central California ...