Antioch, CA

18 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Los Medanos College softball team takes two from rival Vikings
ARIC CRABB/Staff archivesMustangs take two from rival VikingsJenna Leavitt, seen here pitching as a senior for Concord High last year, led the Los Medanos College softball team to 5-2 and 11-7 w...

18 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Brentwood News Around the Horn: Freedom High baseball team's winning streak reaches fives games
Freedom puts together five in a row The Freedom High baseball team has the best nonleague record (10-4) of any Bay Valley Athletic League team and carried the momentum of its five-game win strea...

18 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times School Bell: Pittsburg's Hillview Junior High hosts a community health and resource fair
Hillview Junior High hosts a community health and resource fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 20 at the Pittsburg school, 333 Yosemite Drive.Principal Anthony Molina said the event was to "make ou...

18 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Carol Olson: Senior Columnist: Airtight packaging a pain to open for seniors
Most of today's packaging does keep products fresher than they used to be years ago, and of course, it makes things safer for all of us. But, it also makes a lot of them next to impossible to op...

13 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Highway 4 embankment work to close Lone Tree Way lanes in Antioch and Brentwood next week
Late-night drivers on Lone Tree Way between Antioch and Brentwood should add a few extra minutes to their travel times this upcoming week.One lane of the road will be closed between Jeffery Way ...

11 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times East Contra Costa Letters to the editor: Are solar panels really green?
Are solar panels really green?Dear Editor:As I watch the construction of the solar panels at our schools, I cannot help but wonder how much carbon did it take for the miners to get to work to mi...

11 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Guest Commentary: Walter Ruehlig: Rental business fees could help raise money to augment police services in Antioch
There is a season meant for talk and a season meant for action. Antioch has had its day lamenting runaway crime. Hand-wringing over back-to-back yearly bad news grabs needed attention, but is ul...

09 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Road closures continue this week on Highway 4 in Pittsburg and Antioch
Drivers headed through Pittsburg and Antioch should expect more delays on Highway 4 this week as work continues to widen the road to eight lanes.All lanes of eastbound Highway 4 will be closed i...

04 Apr 2013 — Contra Costa Times Twice-Told Tales: Life on the Perkins' farm is just ducky
60 years agoPopulation growth of county called juvenile delinquency cause: Population growth of the county is one cause for the increase in juvenile delinquency, Superior Judge Wakefield Taylor ...

28 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Special meeting in Antioch Thursday to discuss economic development, tax ideas
ANTIOCH -- Work with the Chamber of Commerce. Revitalize Rivertown. Tweet more.Those are some of the future strategies for economic development the Antioch City Council will discuss during a spe...

25 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Slideshow: Chesar Chavez Day celebration in Antioch
Mariachi band members along side with dancers from the Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Esther Torres and Mexican charros performing rope tricks performed today for the 10th annual Cesar Chavez Sta...

22 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times No pay increase for lawmakers is a no-brainer
Who says there is no good news coming out of Sacramento? Consider this: The chairman of the citizen panel established to set pay rates for the members of the state's Legislature and constitution...

20 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Guest Column: Walter Ruehlig: Neighbors need to band together to thwart thugs who disrupt neighborhoods
A recent guest commentary by City Clerk Arne Simonsen told a success story of tenacious citizen pursuit, combined with efficient city staff code enforcement, in resolving a neighboring squatter ...

20 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Guest commentary: Jim Mattison: Discovery Bay residents urged to protect valuables and watch out for burglars
When you think of Discovery Bay, most picture our smaller community with the warm Delta weekends and a friendly atmosphere wherever you go. But the last several months have been an unsettling ti...

20 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Heritage High honors students of the quarter
Courtesy of Heritage High SchoolHeritage applauds studentsHeritage High School in Brentwood recently honored students for the third quarter. The students nominated by their teachers are: Huda Ah...

20 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Academic notes
EdwardsLaTashia Q. Edwards of Antioch recently graduated from Boston University, with a master of science in nutrition. Boston University is the fourth largest independent university in the Unit...

15 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times County to rush call-center deal without public vetting of costs: Contra Costa Times
As of Friday morning, just hours before the vote, there was still no publicly available financial analysis telling taxpayers and Contra Costa supervisors what risk they would be taking on. And w...

14 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Guest Commentary: Arne Simonsen: Antioch Code Enforcement crew makes great strides
Sometimes persistence pays off.After years of issues with the tenant and "sub-tenants" at the house next door, the house was sold on a short-sale.But then the local transients started breaking i...

13 Mar 2013 — Contra Costa Times Antioch: Rolling gunbattle between two cars Tuesday morning
ANTIOCH -- Police said people inside two cars engaged in a rolling gunbattle Tuesday morning only a few blocks from an elementary school.Officers responding to the reported shooting could not fi...