Golden Gate Bridge turns 75 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-15-12 601AM The Golden Gate Festival, held Sunday May 27, marks the official 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. The festival is part of the year-long anniversary...
Historic Delta water tower to be raised FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-15-12 600AM Discover the Delta Foundation’s mission is to promote, protect and preserve the Delta by providing objective and science-based information so that this import...
Suicide Hotlines Go Online FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-10-12 600AM The Contra Costa Crisis Center is one of six crisis centers across the nation testing out a new program that will introduce online services for suicide preven...
Local 99% activists to protest at Brentwood Bank of America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-07-12 1000AM On Wednesday, May 9, MoveOn.org members will protest big banks’ recklessness and greed outside the Bank of America in Brentwood. The local demonstration is ...
Oversight board members chosen for RDA successor agencies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04-11-12 600AM Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph A. Ovick has named 14 appointees to boards that oversee agencies operating the dissolved redevelopmen...
New app gets PG&E customers energy savvy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04-04-12 600AM Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers can now share and compare their energy use with friends around the nation on Facebook with a new social energy appli...
County seeks grand jurors The Contra Costa County Superior Court is accepting applications for Civil Grand Jury service for the fiscal year 2012-13 term. The Civil Grand Jury is made up of 19 members, who serve for one yea...
BIMID energy conservation nets large rebate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03-20-12 600AM Now that the new award-winning Water Recycling Facility is up and running, the Ironhouse Sanitary District, as well as Oakley and Bethel Island wastewater rat...
Save Mount Diablo saves Marsh Creek and money FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03-15-12 0601AM The nonprofit organization Save Mount Diablo just preserved its most recent creek parcel, Marsh Creek 7 near Brentwood. The pace of creek preservation is inc...