Discovery Bay News

It's back - so ladies, this year don your blond Marilyn wigs and glamorous gowns.

Editor: Opposition pieces written against Measure S are long on rhetoric and short on specifics.

Multigenerational families gathered, past and present dignitaries beamed with pride and children waited impatiently in their swim gear for the water play area to open at last weekend's Brentwood Civic Center grand opening in the revamped City Park.

After reading numerous articles and submissions in regard to the proposed fire tax , I am concerned how many people don't seem to be aware of what emergency medical services they have available to them in East Contra Costa.

Editor: I am tired of reading all these scare tactics regarding Measure S. After years of inaction by the BOS and now the current commission, the tough decisions have not been attempted to correct the operational model and save cost.

A huge marijuana growing operation authorities said was run by a father-and-son team was crushed in a massive sweep of arrests across the East Bay on Wednesday, the Drug Enforcement Agency announced.

Four people involved in a mortgage loan fraud scheme centered in central Contra Costa involving at least 20 properties and more than $20 million in loans were sentenced Thursday to between 18 and 30 months in prison.

Editor: I have been reading these articles regarding our fire department and I must say that I am ashamed and saddened with what I am reading.

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.

The price of gas is high and local drivers are cutting corners. But, is saving pennies by buying off-brands realty a savings? The gas we pour starts out the same.

Lydia Betancourt used to read often before she lost vision in her right eye and could no longer clearly see the small print in books.

Undercover video shot by the informant at the center of an explosive East Bay drug case.

Bemoaning what it called a "weak field" of candidates, the Contra Costa Times said it endorsed Suisun City Vice Mayor Mike Hudson for state assembly in the newly-created 11th Assembly District, complimenting him for his grasp of the public pension issue.

An Oakley teen was driving the truck involved in Saturday's early morning collision that killed another local teenager and landed two women in the hospital.