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Dawg days downtown
Mayor Bob Taylor says he’s always been an advocate of Brentwood’s historic downtown, and now he’s put his money – and perhaps an all-beef hot dog or two – where his mouth is. “I think I fill a nic...
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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E-waste disposal gets Nifty boost
Futures Explored, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that provides life skills and work-related training to adults with developmental disabilities, has opened Nifty E-Waste Recycling Centers in the East...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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UV rays and vision health
Recent studies have shown that prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays can create conditions such as cataracts and macular degeneration, and can lead to vision loss and blindness. It’s vi...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Style comes to town at Streets of Brentwood
Let’s face it: when it comes to fashion we can all use a little help. It’s a designer jungle out there, crowded with fabrics, colors and couture considerations. No wonder we feel like refugees from...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Muir birthing center puts focus on family
Prissy didn’t know much about birthing babies, but John Muir Medical Center surely did, and nearly 3,000 satisfied customers can back it up. “My experience there was amazing,” said Elizabeth Schwa...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pamper mom
What mom wouldn’t love a day filled with facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, champagne and lunch? Well, one lucky winner will win a spa day for two this Mother’s Day courtesy of Sawã Spa in Br...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Inspired to preserve memories
The days of shoeboxes full of photos are gone. Instead, the increasingly popular art of scrapbooking has been sweeping through picture collections and revolutionizing the art of preserving memories...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Enos upholds family tradition of unimpeachable produce
For some East County farmers, roots in the community go far deeper than the roots of their crops. For Ron Enos of Enos Family Farms, those roots go back to mid-1800s, when both the maternal and pat...
May 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Consignment shop makes kids’ clothes affordable
Children grow out of clothes fast, and keeping up can become a financial nightmare. And what’s a mother to do with all the perfectly good garments her children wore only twice before they no longer...
May 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kaiser Permanente keeps four-star rating
For the fourth straight year, Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan in California to earn a four-star rating – the highest possible – for overall quality of care in the Healthcare Quality Repor...
Apr 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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