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Steelworkers endorse DeSaulnier
Jul 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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 ...
Grant awarded to help Iraq and Afghanistan vets
Jul 08, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Graduates ready for success in Antioch
Jul 08, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Garamendi says voice of the Delta must be heard in water negotiations
Jul 08, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Woods raises more than $100K for congressional campaign
Jul 07, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Youth program provides summer employment and training
Jul 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Antioch school district and ACLU reach settlement
Jun 26, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Antioch Unified School District and ACLU Reach Settlement
Jun 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Contra Costa County Grand Jury
Jun 23, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Driveway ‘seconds of safety’ save lives
Jun 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Sheriff restores Resident Deputy Program in Discovery Bay
Jun 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Shepherd’s Gate in urgent need of community support
Jun 09, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Circus Vargas to give free tickets to unemployed
Jun 08, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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 ...
Hospice offers support
Jun 08, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Nifty tips for a thrifty summer vacation
May 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
USS Hornet hosts Independence Day Celebration
May 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Governor dedicates world’s largest laser system
May 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Youth Art & Design Expo accepting submissions
May 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
State leader takes his office to residents
May 18, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
Attorney General sues to block property tax rip-off
May 12, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...