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No parole office for Brentwood
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has informed the City of Brentwood that it has been taken off the list of potential sites for a new parole office. In a letter to Mayor Bob Taylor ...
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Liberty Union High School District is reconsidering its plan to build a fourth comprehensive high school at the corner of Sellers Avenue and Delta Road.<i>Press file photo</i> Plan for fourth LUHSD high school to be reconsidered
The plan to build a 2,200-student high school in a rural area near Knightsen at Sellers Avenue and Delta Road became not quite as certain after the Liberty Union High School District Board postpon...
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Construction on a power plant will begin later this year next to Mirant’s plant, seen here, on Wilbur Avenue.<br><i>Press file photo</i> Plant could power more jobs, money
City officials are looking forward to the construction of a new power plant on Wilbur Avenue, not only for the construction and operational jobs that will be created but also for the $1.7 million,...
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Antioch City Manager Jim Jakel crunches budget numbers during an interview last week.<br><i>Photo by Dave Roberts</i> Jakel looking at the silver lining
The dreaded “B” word – bankruptcy – has been mentioned several times by Mayor Jim Davis as a possibility, perhaps likelihood, for Antioch’s government in the next year or two if voters don’t appro...
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Mix and mingle at Brentwood City Update
Interested in learning more about Brentwood? Curious to hear about the city’s plans, programs and budget for the coming year? The Brentwood City Update will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 8 from 6 to...
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Meet your fire chief
The public is invited to celebrate the recent appointment of Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Chief Hugh Henderson on Monday, Aug. 30. Henderson, a long-time employee of the distr...
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A customer passes a field into which the Antioch Walmart store would like to expand, adding groceries to its product line. The Antioch City Council this week reconsidered its earlier denial of the project, and will discuss it again in September.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> Antioch Council backtracks on Walmart
The City Council softened its stance Tuesday night on an earlier decision to deny Walmart’s proposal to expand its facility to include a grocery department, despite also concluding that the expans...
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This truckload of <i>ergia densa</i> weeds were dropped on the driveway of the CSD town offices over the weekend, prohibiting staff and the public from entering or exiting the facility until Monday morning. <br><i>Photo courtesy of Town of Discovery Bay</i> Delta weeds dumped on CSD’s doorstep
At first glance it looked like something out of a bad horror movie. A massive, green glob of tentacles mysteriously deposited on the parking lot of a small town’s civic offices, poised to wreak ha...
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County seeks new commissioners
Contra Costa District III Supervisor Mary Nejedly Piepho is seeking qualified, motivated candidates to serve on the following county advisory committees: Mobile Home Advisory Committee, tenant ...
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Antioch nominated for excellence award
The National League of Cities ( NLC ) has announced that the City of Antioch is a finalist for the 2010 Awards for Municipal Excellence. The award recognizes cities and towns for outstanding progr...
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