Byron News

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

Lined on two sides by sapling fruit trees, the vegetable beds stretch out in tidy rows behind the Spanish-style parish church.

A ward of the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility escaped late Tuesday night and got about a mile away before he was caught in Discovery Bay, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said.

Brentwood and Oakley residents eventually might see more firefighters following the cities' endorsement Tuesday of a proposed change in how the area's fire protection district is run.

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.

White-shirted members of the Future Farmers of America receive a round of applause from an appreciative crowd for their service at the Brentwood Rotary Cluba s Annual Trade Club Dinner last weekend.

Editor: East Contra Costa Historical Society held its annual Community Barbecue on Sept.

LAST WEEK, Oakland, the Bay Area and the world lost a giant of man with the passing of Dr.

Cancer patients who are prescribed medical marijuana won't be filling their prescription in Los Gatos anytime soon.

Teacher of the Year finalist Steven Ernest and other East County teachers made the grade last week as they were honored for their commitment to education at the annual Teacher of the Year awards dinner on Sept.

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.

"All the people would come on the weekends from San Francisco," she remembered. Thomas and her family would attend picnics and go swimming in the summer.

Brentwood is at a higher risk than other areas for West Nile virus, according to the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District.

Fogging will take place in Byron and Discovery Bay on Friday to control the number of adult mosquitoes and prevent the spread of West Nile virus in the area.

Wine enthusiasts enjoyed a tasting event at Hannah Nicole Vineyards in February.

Wine enthusiasts enjoyed a tasting event at Hannah Nicole Vineyards in February.

THE GIANTS OF the Altamont are a wonderment to those who gaze upon them as they continuously turn in the wind.

What's that, you say, summer doesn't end in July? Let's not nitpick over the details.

The names contained in this database are the 432 individuals who receive in excess of $100,000 a year in pension benefit payments from the Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association.