Celebration for a pair of milestones Since Brentwood has been named a Playful City by KaBOOM! for the third consecutive year, the Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department is pulling out all the stops to show that this East County co...
Historical bash right on ’cue
While Labor Day is known as a prime barbecuing holiday, one barbecue in particular – held a weekend later – should be on East County residents’ radar. The East Contra Costa Historical Society’s Co...
Doubly welcome Antioch brought home another of its own from Iraq last weekend: Staff Sgt. Nick Sponseller of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. The Warrior Watch Riders surprised him at Applebee’s and provided ...
Up, up and away Aaron Tanner in his Superman T-shirt left UCLA Medical Center last week following a heart and kidney transplant on Aug. 13. The 5-year-old Brentwood boy and his mother Elizabeth will be staying...
Honored at the Fair
Members of Knightsen 4-H celebrated a victory at the California State Fair last month, where the Contra Costa County display received the Silver Award in the Counties Exhibit Competition. Thirty c...