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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...
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
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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...
May 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Public notice for a Department of the Army Regional General Permit 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05-09-12 600AM The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2001-00147 (RGP #1) to the Public Notice Link at www.spk.usace.mil/missions/...
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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 ...
May 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Apr 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Apr 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Mar 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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