Bethel Island News

A proposed $197 parcel tax aimed at solving the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District's financial woes will probably not include a sunset clause, according to a decision this week by the district's board.

East Contra Costa Fire District has scheduled another round of meetings to answer property owners' questions about the $197 annual parcel tax it's proposing on the June ballot.

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The pilot, Carl Gruber,of Bethel Island, Calif., is now in custody. Authorities searched the plane last Saturday at the Boulder Municipal Airport.

Editor: I would like to address the Letter to the Editor submitted by Jonathan Silver.

John Sierra, who teaches earth and environmental sciences, is one of 39 educators from California who were chosen from hundreds of applicants nationally to participate in the NSTA's New Science Teacher Academy, an online form of professional development.

To cruise or not to cruise, that is the question. The most dramatic video ever shown of a cruise ship disaster certainly is in the thoughts of those who go on cruises.

Editor: I am responding to Kevin Romick's request for input as requested in the Jan.

Concerns are growing that an invasive water weed that has long frustrated Delta boaters and swimmers could return in force this year after an aggressive state effort to control it.