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Steve Johnson, owner of Brentwood’s Extreme Pizza at left, offers up the Ragin’ Rooster – a pizza featuring barbecue chicken, red onions, fresh cilantro plus mozzarella and cheddar – just one of the many pizzas available at the new restaurant.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> Pizza taken to the Extreme
Broccoli might not seem like an appealing pizza topping, but Steve Johnson insists it works. Potatoes, celery and walnuts also make excellent toppings at Extreme Pizza, the latest pizza parlor to ...
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Hannah Nicole Vineyards will host a barrel tasting event March 12 through March 14. <br><i>Photo courtesy of Hannah Nicole Vineyards</i> Sampling the beguiling barrel
Hannah Nicole Vineyards invites the public to visit the vineyard for its fifth annual Barrel Tasting and sample some of the finest local wines around. “It’s just a casual, kick-back, relax, bring-...
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BRV Corporation recently took over Brentwood Golf Club where Haley Edwards, above, placed third in the BVAL championship last year. Brentwood Golf, Nines get new owners
Changes are underway at the Brentwood Golf Club and Nines Restaurant, but according to those in charge of the change, the only difference customers will see will be for the better. BRV Corporati...
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Melinda Torgersen, owner of the Catwalk Boutique on Oak Street, dresses her mannequins in preparation for the upcoming A Bride’s Day Out on March 6 in Downtown Brentwood.<br><I>Photo by Ruth Roberts</i> It’s A Bride’s Day Out
Planning a wedding can be stressful. Trips to the caterer, photographer and dress shop, not to mention the thousands of details to be considered, can leave a bride and her family feeling flustered...
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Plans for the creation of a long-awaited pedestrian-friendly downtown area featuring specialty shops, restaurants and cafés could begin as soon as this summer, when the City of Oakley expects to receive control of Main Street, above, from Caltrans.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> City seeks Downtown Plan input
After 10 years of planning, the Oakley City Council will finally be presented with the Downtown Specific Plan during a public hearing at its meeting next Tuesday. Oakley has been working on the Do...
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Oakley studio opening soon
Longtime Oakley residents and artists Alan and Lynn Peterson will reopen Peterson Studios to the public this spring. The event will be celebrated with an art exhibit entitled “Let in the Light,” f...
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Brentwood offers promotional grants
The City of Brentwood will be accepting applications for the Business License Tax City Grant Program starting Feb. 22. The program allows for 20 percent of the business license tax collected by th...
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A customer browses through some of the merchandise at Brentwood’s new Goodwill store.<br><i>Photo by Ruth Roberts</i> Goodwill does good things
The sign out front says “Goodwill” and the merchandise inside offers the varied selection you’d expect from the popular thrift shops. But that’s where the similarities end, because this shiny new ...
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Citizen of the Year Rick Lemyre and Jim Wangeman, co-owner with his wife Ann of Business of the Year Harvest Park Bowl, congratulate each other at the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce awards dinner last weekend.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> Citizen, Business of the Year honored
When you’re Citizen of the Year, you can do pretty much whatever you want, including interrupting your own celebration to take a phone call. That’s what 2010 Brentwood Citizen of the Year Rick Lem...
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Customers enjoyed the atmosphere, and the wine, during the recent event at Co. Co. County Wine Company in Brentwood.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Chantel Holt</i> Bloomfield/Co. Co. bash goes back to the Futures
On a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon, downtown Brentwood’s Co. Co. County Wine Company hosted Bloomfield Vineyards’ first Futures Release Party. The event was the first of its kind in East Contra ...
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