Byron News

An inmate escaped from the Byron Boys Ranch low-security jail this evening, the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office reported.

Jeanne Turner was recently honored by the California League of Middle Schools as a nominee for the Educator of the Year award.

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.

City offices to close this week: Antioch's City Hall and other city offices will be closed Wednesday through Jan.

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.

Winemaker Bob Lindquist and his family just celebrated the one-year anniversary of their Qupe Tasting Room in Los Olivos.

In anticipation of expected showers this week, free sandbags are available at the following locations.

BYRON, Calif. - A private pilots association that helped to wage a successful battle against a proposed power plant in Hayward is moving to block a similar plant near Byron.

Hundreds of residents packed the gymnasium at Discovery Bay Elementary School Monday night for an informational meeting on the controversial 2-Gates Fish Protection Project.

Under pressure to allow residents additional time to express their views on the 2-Gates Fish Protection Demonstration Project, the Bureau of Reclamation has extended the public review and comment period an additional two weeks, to Nov.

OPEN SEAT ON SCHOOL BOARD: Byron Union School District is accepting applications for an opening on its five-member board of trustees.

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.