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Loma Vista principal and special ed teacher placed on leave
by Ruth Roberts
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Despite findings by the Brentwood Police Department that no criminal misconduct occurred between Loma Vista Elementary School special-education teacher Kristie Schrick and one of her autistic presc...


Lifelong San Francisco Giants fan Wanda Zimmerman was one of the winners of the Major League Baseball’s Honorary Bat Girl Contest. During her trip to AT&T Park on Sunday, she got to meet her favorite player, pitcher Sergio Romo.
<br>Photo courtesy of Wanda Zimmerman
Giants hit homer for loyal fan
Brentwood resident Wanda Zimmerman has experienced some memorable days in her 53 years. Some of those days, however, she’d like to forget. On Oct. 21, 2003, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ex...
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The Bristow Middle School journalism class visited The Press this week to get an up close and personal look at the news business.
Talk About Town: May 16
Just in case Brentwood residents weren’t proud enough of their seventh – yep, count ’em: seventh – award as a Kaboom! Playful City , this year the city can boast another honor: receiving more li...
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Byron Boys Ranch Librarian Nadia Bagdasar chooses books she thinks will speak to the residents’ experiences and appeal to their interests. During a recent poetry contest at the ranch, the boys read their own works inspired by library books or personal experience.<br>Press file photo
Boys’ poetry anything but delinquent
The youth at the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility in Byron celebrated April’s National Poetry Month last week by holding their fourth annual poetry contest. Using past experience as fuel fo...
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CHP officer injured in Brentwood crash
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was injured Saturday afternoon when he collided with a car on Marsh Creek Road in unincorporated Contra Costa County. According to battalion chief Jef...
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Photo Credit: Thinkstock.comA California winery is recovering four cases of Cabernet Sauvignon that have aged on the floor of Charleston Harbor for the past three months.
Tue May 21 05:56:39 UTC 2013
(CBS)Three armed, masked men robbed the Redwood Credit Union in Santa Rosa Monday morning, a police sergeant said.
Tue May 21 05:39:30 UTC 2013
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Cedric Walker, a defensive coordinator with the San Jose Sabercats, is accused of attacking Jacksonville Sharks assistant general manager Tim Johnson following a game on May 18, 2013. (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office)A coach for the San Jose Sabercats arena football team is facing battery charges resulting from an altercation after a game in Florida over the weekend.
Tue May 21 00:22:44 UTC 2013
Trainer Mark Gruesbeck (L) of the San Francisco Giants looks at the pitching hand of Ryan Vogelsong #32 after Vogelsong was hit in the hand by a pitch against the Washington Nationals in the fifth inning at AT&T Park on May 20, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)Ryan Vogelsong broke his throwing hand on a swing after pitching himself toward his first win in seven starts, and the San Francisco Giants returned from a terrible road trip to beat the Washington Nationals 8-0 on Monday night.
Mon May 20 23:41:39 UTC 2013
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Dorothy Toy & Paul Wing were one of the top all-Asian dance acts of the 1930s and 1940s. (CBS)Known as the "Chinese Ginger Rogers," Dorothy Toy was one of the most famous dancers in the Bay Area. But a deep, dark secret revealed by a jealous rival sabotaged her dreams.
Tue May 21 00:19:47 UTC 2013
Stone Temple Pilots With Chester Bennington (L) and Dean DeLeo (R) perform on the main stage at BFD 2013. (credit: Steve Jennings/Live 105)The secret act revealed at Live 105's music festival, BFD 2013 on Sunday turned out to be the revamped 'Stone Temple Pilots' w/ Linkin Park's Chester Bennington...
Mon May 20 16:12:03 UTC 2013

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