More than 140 local piano and flute students recently passed the Certificate of Merit music evaluation held in the Delta branch of the California Music Teachers’ Association. The students were test...
Former longtime school board member and school namesake Dr. R. Paul Krey tries to take a bite out of a Krey School student’s ice cream sundae at a recent school fundraiser at Baskin-Robbins. Severa...
Mike Logan, President of Logan Pools in Brentwood, has been appointed a judge in the Master Pools Guild’s International Awards of Merit contest.
Each year, members of this global network of elite c...
This February, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News died. In March, The Tucson Citizen followed. Meanwhile hundreds of other American newspapers reduced staff and declared themselves in significant economi...
On April 8, Brentwood Golf Club will unveil its own stimulus package, it’s Recession Relief program. The program, developed in response to the challenging times throughout the country and particula...
Liberty High School teacher Chris McDermott’s longtime vision to have his students design and build permanent construction workstations is becoming a reality, thanks to funding from a Lowe’s Toolbo...
by Rev. Austin Miles
Oakley
The Bible makes it clear that we humans are to tend the garden as he instructed Adam and Eve. We must take care of the Earth we occupy. Man has been so lax, so careless...
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Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11) introduced a piece of critical legislation to address the needs of our men and women in uniform: the Caring for Veterans wi...
Health experts advise consumers to incorporate more whole-grain foods in their everyday diets. But 80 percent of Americans are not getting the recommended three servings per day. One reason could b...
Author Laverne Baker will be at Barnes & Noble, 5709 Lone Tree Way in Antioch, on Saturday, April 4 at 2 p.m. to sign copies of her first book, “Nourishment for the Soul.”
From the time baker was a...
Steve Kinsella of The Kinsella Theater Group announces that the group will for the first time bring two Summer Intensive Theater Camps to the East Count area. The classes meet three hours daily, Mo...
On Feb. 25 at 5:52 p.m., Antioch Police patrol units responded to the report of a bank robbery at the Metro One Credit Union. An extensive search of the area was conducted, augmented by a police ca...
Congressman Jerry McNerney has announced the passage of important water legislation that would create a grant program to identify new water sources through such methods as recycling, reclamation an...
Guila's Hawaiian Kaju-Kickboxing Gym held the Paradise Cup on Feb. 28 in Antioch.
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Guila's is located at 4389 Hillcrest Ave. For more information, call 925-755-3434.
Heritage High School’s Black Student Union sponsored a Marching Forward Celebration of Diversity last week, honoring the100th anniversary of the NAACP.
Cheryl Cooper, education chair for the East C...
After taking first place in the San Francisco Bay Regional Odyssey of the Mind competition in February, a team of science students from Heritage High School has set its sights on competing at the u...
Eliot Fintushel, the Master of Mime and Mask, will visit the Oakley Library on Wednesday, April 1 at 4 p.m. The free program, open to children of all ages, is funded by First 5 Contra Costa, which ...
Contra Costa County District III Supervisor Mary Piepho gathered elected and community leaders recently to kick off planning for the new State Highway 239, which will connect State Route 4 in the B...
There are two hardware stores near my house. One is a big name-brand store that has everything I need at lower prices, open seven days a week. The other has inconvenient hours – they close at noon ...
The Deer Valley High School Education Advancement Foundation will host its third annual gala dinner event on March 21 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Lone Tree Golf Course Event Center. This year’s theme ...