Bethel Island News

The first workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Antioch Public Library, 501 W. 18th St.

THE RECESSION has turned us into a nation of bargain hunters. Shopping around for the best price has become the norm, especially as we head into the holiday season.

The team at Kamps Propane in Oakley is celebrating 40 years of service to the far East County community.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a series of bills that would vastly overhaul the state's troubled water system.

A project designed to help save an endangered Delta fish has some people worried that it may damage their community and the Delta.

East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, seen here fighting a blaze in Oakley last month, will soon be governed by a locally-based board of directors.

Contra Costa County supervisors on Tuesday took the first step to vote themselves out as the governing board of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District in favor of a new nine-member board of East County residents.

Residents here might see more firefighters and paramedics following the city's endorsement Tuesday of a proposed change in how the area's fire protection district is run.

Black Diamond Lines Model Railroad Club will host its annual fall train show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Oct.

DO YOU WANT a longer commute? Those who commute Highway 4 are familiar with the bottleneck westbound in the morning and eastbound in the evening.

Editor: The following information has come to light and I feel it is best to spread the word to other parents and/or guardians of children that attend school within the Brentwood school district.

MORE THAN 30 years have passed, but Dick Augusta remembers with vivid detail the day his career as a California Highway Patrol officer effectively ended.

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Losing a loved one, friend or acquaintance is usually so sudden and shocking that you're left in a daze.

The unemployment rate varies depending on where you live in East County - " from the nearly non-recessionary 6.5 percent in Byron to the Great Depression level of nearly 20 percent in Knightsen - " but unemployment has steadily increased this year in all areas.

Brentwood Regional Community Chest board members recently dropped by to thank the people at Brentwood's NAPA Auto Parts for their continuing support of fundraisers and toy drives.

Peter Hunn has a simple wish: He'd like his children to farm the land in California's delta that his great, great grandfather settled more than a century ago.

Areas in Byron and Bethel Island will be fogged for mosquitoes Friday morning, the Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District said.

How good does that get? - Marcia Bender, Walnut Creek ... when I have lots of laundry because that means my kids are here.

Voters in the 10th Congressional District go to the polls Tuesday in the special primary election to replace former Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher.