Discovery Bay News

Contra Costa County leaders quietly congratulated themselves and their employee unions Wednesday over the conclusion of painful labor negotiations that will cost 5,700 county workers both wages and benefits.

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"OH SAY can you see" the Fourth of July? "Bombs bursting in air" and Americans bursting with pride.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is reminding residents about the dangers of illegal fireworks, especially in Discovery Bay, where it says they are an ongoing problem.

Lots of family-fun activities including inflatable bouncers, Sparkles Delight the Clown, face painting, games, cake walk, dunk tank and food.

A traffic stop became a little bizarre Wednesday night when police found more than 100 marijuana plants and a dead man's body inside a van they pulled over.

The library of the future is a large, blue machine with a bright touch-screen and a humming, automated opening that can spit out a variety of books at any hour of the day.

PLANNING COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED: During a series of votes with little disagreement this week, the City Council appointed four residents to the city's Planning Commission - current Commissioners Ed Diokno and A.J. Fardella and newcomers Larry Wirick, a self-employed tax consultant, and David Fogleman, a contractor.

One gets the distinct impression that Contra Costa County Sheriff Warren Rupf would like to redraw the county's eastern boundary at Oakley.

"It's migraine material", says Contra Costa County assessor Gus S. Kramer as he talks about the loss to the county of millions of dollars due to the Board of Equalization's "early Christmas present" to oil refineries during an interview Wednesday, Feb.

Starting Monday, Discovery Bay will be protected by two Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies and a crime-prevention specialist who are dedicated solely to law enforcement services for the growing town.

In a frank and often heated discussion Tuesday, Contra Costa County supervisors voted unanimously to recommend that state legislators consider taxes as one option to resolve California's $24.3 billion deficit.

A Stockton personal watercraft rider who died June 7 after a crash on Middle River near Discovery Bay was identified by the San Joaquin Sheriff's Office on Friday as 55-year-old John Edward Ashton.

IT MAY ONLY two years old, but students sure seem to like going to Orchard Park School.

One person was killed and a second person was injured Sunday when two jet skiers collided in mid-air in Middle River near Discovery Bay, San Joaquin County Sheriff's spokesman Les Garcia said Wednesday.

One personal watercraft rider died and another was injured during a crash on Middle River near Discovery Bay on Sunday afternoon, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Coast Guard, partnering with local law enforcement agencies, will continue to conduct the Delta Blitz I today in the Delta Region.

THE SCHEDULED date for us to begin to pull our troops out of Iraq's cities is three weeks from now.

Congressman Jerry McNerney will honor students and their families this evening from the 11th Congressional District who have been accepted to a military service academy.