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Start Smart class boosts teen driver safety
Jan 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
No parent wants to be given the news that a teenage son or daughter has been killed in a traffic collision. The statistics are frightening. Teen drivers represent only 4 percent of the state’s lice...
Local student to attend D.C. Youth Summit
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley High student Hannah Howard has been selected to represent California as a National Youth Delegate to the 2013 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment, to be held June 23-28 at George...
Brentwood boys raise funds for Toys For Tots
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood residents and Loma Vista Elementary fourth-graders Devon Cardoza and Jason Tastard made the recent holidays brighter for children in need. The entrepreneurial 9-year-olds took a school pr...
Trails Challenge
Jan 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 16, the East Bay Regional Park District is accepting registration for the 2013 Trails Challenge. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the popular outdoor program. Last ...
Winter wetland adventures
Jan 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Delta reveals wonders to those willing to seek it, and the Big Break Visitor Center in Oakley is offering an exciting lineup of Delta Discovery programs every Saturday and Sunday in January and...
Big Break Visitor Center unveils programs
Jan 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Bay Regional Park District’s Big Break Visitor Center at the Delta invites the public to its first round of regularly scheduled nature programs at the Center in January and February. Begin...
The storied past of fire protection
by Rick Lemyre
Dec 25, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
No “Looking Back” edition would be complete without an excerpt from The Press’ extensive coverage of the Measure S fire tax, which was defeated in the June election. The following story was origin...
Seen in the wild blue yonder
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Megan “Pitts” Mills went vertical with her Hometown Weekly Newspaper following a performance by the Patriots Jet Team at the Mirimar Air Show. Megan’s L-39 jet is piloted by Jeff “Mojo” Jess. In fo...
Third homicide suspect arrested following car chase
Nov 27, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Following a brief car chase that ended in a crash, Antioch police arrested a third suspect Monday in connection with the Nov. 14 murder of a 32-year-old Antioch man. No injuries were reported. The ...
Turkeys make ultimate sacrifice for needy
Nov 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover’s annual turkey giveaway took off in a big way this year. The new configuration of Glover’s district, spanning the county’s north coast from Pinole to ...
Bart on art
Nov 15, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
Edna Hill Elementary School youth theater guru Bart Schneider hit the airwaves this week during a segment of KLIV 1590 AM in San Jose. The talk show interview was conducted by the show’s creator an...
Students shadow building industry pros
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
On Nov. 8, the Building Industry Association Professional Women In Building’s Educational Outreach Committee (EOC) collaborated with Junior Achievement (JA) and Meritage Homes Northern California t...
Hospice helps those coping with holiday grief
Nov 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The holiday season is a time to give thanks and celebrate. But for many, the holidays are an unhappy time. “This time of year we are expected to gather with family and friends and be joyful. We are...
Ask the DMV
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Do you have questions about driving-related requirements like registration and insurance? Are you unclear about laws and restrictions related to driving? The California Department of Motor Vehicles...
Changes on campus
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty Union High School District (LUHSD) Diversity Coordinator Jesse Gossett, second from left, joined by the student representatives from the Campus Climate Committee, recently gave a presentati...
PG&E employee rewarded for habitat protection
Oct 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Peter Beesley, a senior environmental specialist for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), has been recognized by the utility for his work to restore habitat for the endangered Lange’s metalmark...
Timesaving tips when cleaning for the holidays
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s official: the holiday season is here. Is your home ready for parties, baking and last-minute drop-ins from family and friends? Merry Maids cleaning experts will be at a Home for the Holidays s...
Honorific at Edna Hill
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to the following students for being named to the Edna Hill Middle School Honor Roll and Honor Society for the first academic quarter: HONOR ROLL SIXTH GRADE: Nitza Alvarez, Jason Am...
From California to Kentucky and Afghanistan
by Sgt. Paul Evans
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
“When I lost my job, that was really hard for me,” said Sgt. Nikko Moreno, a 39-year-old Danville native now residing in Bowling Green, Ky. “I’d worked so hard for so many years and built up to hav...
Tarantula event up and running
Oct 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Tanned, rested and hairy after a year off, due to the expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir, the sixth annual Los Vaqueros Tarantula Run returns Saturday, Oct 20 at Los Vaqueros Reservoir and Watersh...