Knightsen News

The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District is sounding the alarm on the community's need for a communication channel between it and the residents it serves.

Capt. Craig Auzenne radios to dispatch that Station 54 is open for service Wednesday.

Most Brentwood residents have seen it for years, and many have feared for its fate.

Capt. Craig Auzenne radios to dispatch that Station 54 is open for service Wednesday.

Ben Franklin store to open in near future: Brentwood is to have a new store in the near future, it was disclosed this week, with the leasing of the large store space in the new Eisele building next to the post office by H.A. Stoner of Walnut Creek.

Residents here got their second fire department back Wednesday morning with the reopening of Brentwood's Station 54, although the long-term future of that downtown facility and others in far East County remains uncertain.

Brentwood schools interim Superintendent Doug Adams recalls district conversations about developmental kindergarten that took place 20 years ago.

Contra Costa's Mosquito & Vector Control District is looking to get a handle on "nuisance mosquitoes" in the far eastern part of the county.