Regional
Flat Stanley catches executive eye
by Ruth Roberts
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’re a parent – or know someone who’s a parent – you’ve probably heard of Flat Stanley: the paper pen pal used in classrooms around the globe to encourage writing. Students color and design th...
An educated honor
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
County Board of Education President Cynthia Ruehlig, the first Filipino-American woman to win Contra Costa County-wide office, was recently honored at a Concord function recognizing Filipino-Americ...
Portal party
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Descendants of East County coal and sand miners of yesteryear cut the ribbon Saturday on the newly built Greathouse Portal and re-opened Visitor Center at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. Joi...
Brentwood: five years and still Playful
May 15, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
For the fifth year in a row, Brentwood has been named a Playful City by KaBOOM!, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to saving play. “Some of the most innovative concepts and cost-effect...
Patriots stay hot at BVAL swim meet
May 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage sophomore swimmer Stephanie Vosicka plows the water during the Bay Valley Athletic League Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the Patriots’ pool Saturday. Vosicka earned victories i...
East County man goes the distance
by Justin Lafferty
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood resident Arturo Ordaz finished his first eight-kilometer race in June of 2010 and thought, “Why stop there?” So two weeks later, the 49-year-old signed up for a 25K. And later, a 30K rac...
School ambassadors remember Ariana
by Ruth Roberts
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been nearly eight years since Ariana Williams attended Gehringer Elementary School in Oakley, but Office Manager Corinne Evans still has the little girl’s last off-campus pass tucked quietly a...
Just spinning through
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Some of the world’s best cyclists sprint through East County on Tuesday, May 15 as part of the Amgen Tour of California. The first group turns onto Marsh Creek Road in Clayton at about 1:40 p.m. an...
Employee arrested after four-alarm Antioch fire
by Justin Lafferty
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Pittsburg police have arrested the man fire officials believe started a four-alarm blaze with an illegal firework Tuesday afternoon in Antioch. According to Contra Costa Fire Protection District P...