Bethel Island News

Byron and Oakley beat hospital annexation: Heavily favored in Brentwood, Bethel Island and Knightsen, the proposal to annex most of the fifth supervisorial district to the Pittsburg Community Hospital District was defeated in Tuesday's special election by landslide negative vote in both Byron and Oakley.

LOOKING FOR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS: Contra Costa County supervisors are taking applications for two openings on the board of the newly reconfigured East Contra Costa Fire District.

Five docks have disappeared from an abandoned Bethel Island construction site. The floating docks were part of the now-stalled Delta Coves project, an upscale development of 495 single-family lots with man-made lagoons.

City of Oakley Holiday Gift Workshops - 6-8 p.m. Dec. 11 for ages 3-5 and 6-8 p.m. Dec.

STYLE: The public is invited to Bethel Island's annual Christmas at the Park, which starts at 5 p.m. today.

ALL OF HER adult life Flora Lavy has donated her time to organizations and clubs of one form or another.

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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