Byron News

Between 300,000 and 400,000 spectators are expected this weekend at March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley for the installation's biennial air show, celebrating Armed Forces Day and featuring screaming fighter jets, classic warbirds and a 40-foot-long car-eating robot.

The owners of two Northern California indoor gardening stores were arrested by federal drug agents on Wednesday after authorities conducted a year-long investigation they said showed the hydroponic equipment shops were at the center of a large marijuana trafficking operation.

Antioch granted own mosquito district: Antioch will have its own, exclusive mosquito abatement district, and if Diablo Valley and Bethel Island want to do something about getting rid of the pests, they will have to go it on their own.

In a recent countywide report on school boards' compensation, Knightsen and Byron stood out for reasons that district officials say could be misunderstood.

A pack of cyclists zoomed down Camino Diablo in Byron as part of the Amgen Tour of California, one of the most prestigious bicycle races in the world.

ECCFPD Director Jim Frazier offersA Fire Chief Hugh HendersonA a check for $197, the annual cost of Measure S to an individual taxpayer, to show his support for the fire tax district voters will approve or reject on June 5. Henderson said the money would be used for the district's General Fund.

Goat-Goat and Discovery Bay Elementary School Principal Danielle Storey share a kiss, much to the delight of students.

Hearing delayed on mosquito district: Formation of a mosquito abatement district to include only Antioch and leaving out Brentwood, Oakley, Bethel Island and Byron was blocked before the supervisors Monday when Cleveland Von Konsky and Charles Hall of Bethel Island asked for postponement of the hearing until May 14.