Salvage thieves target backflow-prevention devices for their metal

Bay Area residents struggling to find ways to stay in their homes and pay their monthly mortgage are encouraged to check out a free foreclosure prevention seminar Saturday in Antioch.

Over the objections of federal prosecutors, judge allows Norman Wielsch to attend taping where he aims to encourage police officers to get routine psychological help he failed to seek, attorney says.

Negotiations between Antioch and its police officers union about more labor concessions have been extended an additional month, city officials said this week.

Stage Right to present "The Wizard of Oz" ANTIOCH -- Stage Right Conservatory Theatre will open "The Wizard of Oz" on Feb. 17 at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center, 213 F St.

Proceeds would fund more police and code enforcement officers

Patriots' Sterling Moore and Giants' Dave Tollefson will be on opposite sidelines Sunday

Way back in the day, as an Antioch native, it was practically forbidden to have Pittsburg friends (and vice versa). The "thinking:" Our city was best, we had it going on.

To cruise or not to cruise, that is the question. The most dramatic video ever shown of a cruise ship disaster certainly is in the thoughts of those who go on cruises.

A few years back, Pittsburg resident Denise Cadman Lawrie was given the task of organizing her 45th Pittsburg High School class reunion. Thinking that everyone might enjoy checking out the Pittsburg Historical Museum as one of the weekend activities, she decided to visit the historic museum and see

City wants to charge fee for carts gone astray

Holy Rosary Church was alive with the sound of music.The recent 25th annual Santa Nino celebration featured oodles of festivities and performers.While it was a church event, Holy Rosary School students had a strong presence, providing a majority of the entertainment.

AntiochDistrict readies for kindergarten enrollmentParents in the Antioch Unified School District can begin enrolling their children in Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten programs on March 1, but there a few new rules they must be aware of.

The Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center is sponsoring a "Creating a Peaceful School" conference Saturday

OAKLAND -- A 20-year-old man fatally shot Sunday morning at an East Oakland birthday party was identified Wednesday as Jordan Chhit.Three other people were wounded in the shooting, which happened at 1:47 a.

Libraries in East Contra Costa County will host eReader workshops presented by representatives from Best Buy. Antioch, Oakley and Pittsburg libraries are in the process of scheduling these for the week of Feb. 13

One thing that I have really enjoyed over the past 25 years living in Antioch are the political cartoons by Annette Balesteri in the Ledger Dispatch and later in the Friday editions of the The News in the East County Times.

In our hyper-overloaded-with-information world, there is so much information for us to digest that it is difficult to separate facts from fiction, truth from lies.

OAKLEYFreedom teacher gets science fellowshipA Freedom High School teacher recently was honored with a year-long fellowship from the National Science Teachers Association.

ECC fire district letter explainedDear Editor:I would like to clarify a few things associated with what I'm going to assume were rebuttals to my letter to the editor Jan.