If you missed Jesse Jackson’s appearance in Antioch last month or simply can’t get enough of the reverend, you’re in luck. Jackson will be making a second appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 1313 A St. at 7 p.m. as part of his national tour to speak out against home foreclosures.

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Ready to work up a sweat for a good cause? Sign up now for the Rally for Ally 5K Walk-a-thon to help raise money for Oakley teen Ally Jenkins, who is still recovering from her double lung transplant. The 3.1-mile walk will take place on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 9 a.m. at Lifestyle Health & Fitness, 5351 Neroly Road in Oakley. The entry fee, due Oct. 10, is $20 for adults and $15 for participants 19 and younger. An additional $2 is added to the entry fee for those who sign up after Oct. 10. For more information or to sign up, visit www.rallyforally.org.

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In other Ally news: the Freedom High School freshman was released from the hospital last week just in time for a celebration on Oct. 7. Ally celebrated her 15th birthday with a trip to the beach with her friends and family, followed by a taco dinner. Ally and her family are living in an apartment in San Francisco while she continues outpatient treatment at UCSF.

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You were speeding a smidgen and got pulled over. Big deal, right? Well, that’s when the weirdness begins – for the cop. From DUI to drug abuse to felony warrants to loaded firearms in the glovebox, our front-line law enforcers never know what they’re getting when they walk up to the driver’s window. We thought a statistical analysis was in order, and found that one in four entries in the Brentwood Police Department Public Logs involves a traffic stop. Of those, one in two involves a driver with a suspended license or no license at all. Our conclusion: don’t get too relaxed out there on the road. Way too many drivers have no business getting behind the wheel in the first place.

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The Friends of Oakley will be getting a jump on the holiday season this weekend when they host the Wine, Cheese & Children’s Art event at the Hanoum Estates in Oakley. Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Oakley Community Christmas Basket program, which will serve 250 local Oakley families this year. The party runs from 4 to 7 p.m. this Saturday at 4790 Knarlwood Road and tickets are $25 at the gate. Call 925-625-5745 for additional information.

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Time for school to restart, please: We don’t know for sure it was bored kids on break, but in addition to water-bottle-throwing incidents on the Bypass this week, emergency officials responding to a small fire under the railroad trestle near Sand Creek Road discovered evidence that someone had set off a pipe bomb there. The ATF and the FBI came out to collect samples of the galvanized pipe used to make the thing, but won’t investigate any further unless something else happens. Everyone we here at the Press have talked to said the same thing: “The kids are on break, huh?”

–Compiled by Press Staff