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With thousands of women unable to secure employment because they lack the resources to take the initial yet vital step of looking presentable for a job intervi...
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01-31-12 600AM
Nationally-acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator Ashley Wolff comes to Oakley on Thursday, Feb. 2 to tell students at Laurel Elementary School about...
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01-26-12 600AM
Full STEAM Ahead is the theme of this year’s second annual Contra Costa County STEAM Colloquium, to be held Thursday morning, Feb. 2 at the Hilton Concord.
Pre...
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01-19-12 600AM
Contra Costa County’s watchdog agency, the Civil Grand Jury, is an arm of the Superior Court. Unlike a criminal grand jury, this jury does not hear cases but i...
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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 financ...
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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, N...
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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 burg...
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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). Sever...
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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, G...
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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 of...
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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 f...
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11-23-11 600AM
John Kabateck, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business, California’s leading small-business association, is encouraging holiday s...
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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 Bo...
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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 Vete...
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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 ...
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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 communit...
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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 a...
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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. in...
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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 tea...
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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 California...