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07-10-09 115PM
United Steel Workers Local 5 has announced its endorsement of Sen. Mark DeSaulnier for Congress. USW Local 5 joins a long list of local labor organizations in ...
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07-08-09 505PM
The Department of Labor recently announced $7.5 million in employment and training grants designated to help Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans obtain green jobs. S...
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07-08-09 450PM
Students who recently earned certificates or degrees from Western Career College in Antioch will be honored at a graduation ceremony to recognize their achiev...
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07-08-09 400PM
Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, a 32-year Delta resident and deputy interior secretary in the Clinton Administration, gave the following statement at a recent Delta W...
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07-07-09 1045AM
FAIRFIELD – For the fundraising quarter that ended on June 30, two-tour Iraq War veteran Anthony Woods raised more than $100,000 and recruited more than 800 d...
Through the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County’s (WDBCCC) summer youth employment program, more than 1,000 youth between the ages of 14 and 24 have been gaining soft-skills training...
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06-26-09 1020AM
Through a settlement reached with the ACLU of Northern California, the Antioch Unified School District has agreed to undertake a comprehensive series of steps...
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06-25-09 1130AM
Through a settlement reached with the ACLU of Northern California, the Antioch Unified School District has agreed to undertake a comprehensive series of steps...
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06-23-09 305PM
Nineteen citizens representing all citizens of Contra Costa County form a judicial branch of government known as the Contra Costa County Grand Jury. Prior to t...
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05-15-09 335PM
There’s a blind spot right in your own driveway. According to Safe Kids USA, back-over incidents in driveways and parking lots in the United States kill at le...
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06-15-09 1135AM
Contra Costa Sheriff Warren E. Rupf has announced the start of the restored Discovery Bay Resident Deputy Program beginning on June 22. Three staff from the S...
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06-09-09 745AM
The Shepherd’s Gate Board of Directors plus executive and associate directors Steve and Carla McRee announced that the shelter needs to raise $150,000 by the e...
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06-08-09 115PM
Circus Vargas, America’s Favorite Big Top Circus, is doing its part to help those hit hardest by the economic downturn and will allow those who are unemployed ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06-08-09 815AM Hospice of the East Bay is pleased to offer a variety of support groups and workshops for adults, children and teens experiencing grief after the death of a ...
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05-29-09 310 PM
The disastrous economy has forced many families and individuals to opt out of taking a vacation this summer. To some, a vacation might seem like a mere daydre...
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05-29-09 300PM
The USS Hornet Museum in Alameda hosts its annual Independence Day party on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The family event features live music on the flight d...
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05-29-09 250PM
Celebrating the economic, energy and research advances that will come from the world’s largest, highest-energy laser system, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returne...
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05-29-09 245 PM
Despite its 156-year age, the California State Fair is always looking for ways to engage and empower the youth of each generation. The California State Fair t...
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05-18-09 435 PM
Not everyone has time to drop by governmental offices to ask questions about state services or issues, so Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D – Concord) is bringing his of...
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05-12-0-9 345PM
Continuing his fight to stop scams against homeowners, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today filed suit against two brothers who “ripped off homeowners...