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Stories Bookshop hosts poetry reading and book signing
Sep 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
An enthusiastic energy filled Stories Bookshop at a recent reading by local poet Sayra Flores of selections from her new book, “Shades of Sayra.” The book features illustrations, including the cove...
Los Vaqueros ramps up for autumn
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) is bringing back the interpretive programs and events at Los Vaqueros Watershed that were put on hold during construction to expand the reservoir. The interpretiv...
Lodi Grape Festival offers deals galore
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Presale admission and carnival discount tickets for the Lodi Grape Festival, held Sept. 13-16, are on sale now through Sept. 12 online at www.grapefestival.com, Food 4 Less and Rancho San Miguel st...
Hospice offers grief support
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Hospice of the East Bay offers a variety of support groups and workshops for adults, children and teens experiencing grief following the death of a loved one. Classes are offered at Hospice’s admin...
Summerset Singers and Band to give Veteran’s Day concert
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A musical celebration of America and its veterans comes to Antioch’s El Campanil Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day – when the Summerset Singers chorus and the Summerset Big Band pay patrio...
Air Force Band plays Pittsburg
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The United States Air Force Band, on a two-week tour through California and Arizona this fall, will give a free concert at the Pittsburg High School’s Proscenium Theatre on Oct. 13.The band is seek...
Legislation designates sea turtle as new state symbol
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
California Senators have voted to designate the endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle as the official marine reptile of California and send the enabling legislation, AB 1776 by Assemblymember F...
Public invited to vote for favorite farmers’ market
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
In recognition of National Farmers’ Market Week, American Farmland Trust launched an online leaderboard revealing the top 20 farmers’ markets leading the America’s Favorite Farmers’ Markets contest...
Bay Area festivals promise fall fun
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Autumn is just around the corner, which means many of the Bay Area’s best festivals are still ahead. Here’s a roundup of the fall festivals produced by Miramar Events in the San Francisco Bay Area:...
AARP tax aides needed
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Volunteers are needed in Brentwood, Antioch and Pittsburg to assist seniors and low- to moderate-income taxpayers with tax preparation for one day per week during the tax season. Training is provid...
Hospice of the East Bay receives grant
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
In June, a $68,000 grant was awarded to Hospice of the East Bay by The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation for patient room upgrades at Bruns House, hospice’s inpatient facility in Alamo. The grant fun...
Cat on the lam
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
This beautiful black cat was found Friday, July 13 in the Creekside Park area. He’s calm, healthy and well cared for, but without a collar. If he’s your beloved feline, call 925-516-8670.
Amateurs tee it up at Lone Tree
Jul 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Golfers are invited to test their game at the annual East County Mid, Master, Senior, offering tournament-level competition and course conditions. The Northern California Golf Association event, he...
County seeks commission members
Jul 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa County District III Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho is inviting qualified, motivated candidates to serve on the following county advisory committees: COUNTY LIBRARY COMMISSION The comm...
Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed seeks volunteers
Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed’s July Meeting will be held Thursday, July 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Liberty Union High School District offices, 20 Oak St. in Brentwood. The meeting will explore ...
Get a grip on finger injury
by Julie Ruiz-Wibbelsmann
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Playing softball and baseball often means diving for a fly ball or sliding hands-first into a base to make the play. But if you feel a sharp pain in your hand afterward, you might have sustained a ...
A call for survey respondents
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Brentwood is partnering with the CSU East Bay Department of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism in researching consumer perceptions and leisure practices related to gas prices, the econom...
Rotary joins forces with Mothers
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood Rotary Club recently donated $500 to Mothers of Brentwood to benefit the organization’s backpack drive. The Mothers also raised more than $3,800 for its community outreach efforts dur...
Mortarboard mugging
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Childhaven Preschool recently held commencement ceremonies for its graduates, ages 4 to 5, in The Theatre at Edna Hill in Brentwood. All 23 Childhaven scholars were equal to the dignified occasion ...
PG&E warns customers of nationwide utility scam
Jun 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is alerting customers to be aware of a scam that has impacted other utility customers across the nation. The scam, reported to be perpetrated in person and t...