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18 hrs ago | Ledger Dispatch

Hercules government long on ceremony, short on transparency

Some Hercules residents are calling for a more open city government, complaining that City Council meetings are long on ceremonial matters while much of the business of the city gets conducted out of public sight.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Sacramento Bee

Hopeful loved ones wait out search for missing air crews

Che Barnes' twin brother, Noah, talks about the pilot near where Che once recovered Noah's wedding ring on the family farm.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Sacramento Bee

As a child in Capay, pilot yearned to fly

Lt. Cmdr. Che Barnes piloted the Coast Guard C-130 Hercules rescue plane that crashed Thursday in the ocean off San Diego.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Local documentary 'Going On 13' focuses on awkward years of puberty

Isha Gautam, who participated in the documentary "Going on 13" some years ago, is photographed at home in Hercules, Calif.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Living Here - Sacramento Living - Sac...

Search continues after McClellan-based Coast Guard plane, chopper collide

The shadow of the plane appears on the water below as a crewman looks out of the back of a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane on a training mission out of McClellan Air Force base on Wednesday, March 10, 2004.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Rodeo-Hercules fire board 'condemns' member for overheard statement

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire District board has condemned member Bill Prather over an alleged discriminatory remark against women that someone reported overhearing in a bar.

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Contra Costa Times

Wrong-way driver in head-on crash on I-80 in Hercules

An elderly woman was killed this evening after driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 and striking another car head-on, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Contra Costa Times

Hercules/Rodeo Transbay bus service rerouted to El Cerrito BART during bridge closure

WestCat's Transbay Lynx bus service, which normally connects Hercules/Rodeo and San Francisco, has been redirected to the El Cerrito Del Norte BART station pending reopening of the Bay Bridge.

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Ledger Dispatch

Martin Yan at Hercules Library

Author and television cooking show personality Martin Yan will give a free talk and cooking demonstration at 7 p.m. Monday at the Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Hercules eatery got city business loan nearly five times the maximum, records show

A Hercules waterfront-area restaurant where the chief executive of the city's affordable housing contractor recently worked part time as a server received a business loan from the Hercules Redevelopment Agency of almost five times the maximum amount, records show.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Contra Costa Times

Skateboarders rejoice: Richmond opens long-awaited skate plaza

Jonathan Perez frequents the Berkeley skatepark, but now he doesn't have to leave his hometown of Richmond to practice his sport.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Contra Costa Times

College-age daughter of Hercules city manger 'the guiding force for...

She's still in college, and until recently waited on tables at a Hercules waterfront restaurant, but at 20-something, Taylor Oliva already has three years' tenure as president and CEO of a company with a multimillion-dollar portfolio.

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Cbs5.com

Witnesses Sought In Hercules Shooting

Share + Comments Oct 20, 2009 12:17 am US/Pacific HERCULES Hercules police are asking anyone with information about a shooting that injured two people at a party Saturday night to come forward, a spokeswoman for the city said Monday.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Cbs5.com

2 Boys Shot In Hercules Home Expected To Survive

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Ledger Dispatch

Two juveniles shot in Hercules Saturday night

Two shot: A juvenile was shot in the leg and another in the rear end Saturday night.

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Ledger Dispatch

Hercules hopes transit station will beckon visitors from afar

Hercules officials have settled on an intermodal transit station design with an 85-foot-high clock tower that would be visible from Interstate 80 and even from across the Bay, a beacon they hope will beckon visitors to the nascent surrounding neighborhood's future shops and restaurants.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Contra Costa Times

Oct. 16 Letters from our readers

I started my career in public service 38 years ago as a civilian employee of the San Francisco Police Department and worked in several other departments, as well.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Terms of San Pablo mayor, vice mayor may be extended

The San Pablo City Council, for reasons somewhat unclear, seems poised to switch the rotation of the mayor and vice mayor positions from December to June.

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Ledger Dispatch

Our Neighbors: Survey seeks input for possible El Sobrante farmers market

Martha Booz would like to see a regular farmers market in El Sobrante, and she is trying to find out how her neighbors feel about the idea.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Contra Costa County Board of Education to fill vacancy through an appointment

The Contra Costa County Board of Education is accepting applications through Nov.

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