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Today In Antioch History: Tragic Accident At St. George Winery

Today In Antioch History: Tragic Accident At St. George Winery

Originally published on March 5th, 1901 in the San Francisco Call
Industrial accidents like this tend to happen all the time, but you don’t hear about them unless it’s unusual like in this case. Had this been at a chemical plant where the fumes are known to be toxic, we wouldn’t have even heard about [...]

March 5 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »

Today In Antioch History: A Club That Would Have Me As A Member

Today In Antioch History: A Club That Would Have Me As A Member

Originally published February 4th, 1910 in the San Francisco Call
I’m not exactly sure what happened to this club, but if San Francisco can have their Spinsters, Antioch ought to be able to keep a tight wad club going for more than 2 parties. It may not be fashionable to save money, but in the [...]

February 4 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »

Today In Antioch History: The Mystery of The Missing Captain

Today In Antioch History: The Mystery of The Missing Captain

Originally published on January 22, 1906 in the San Francisco Call
Law & Order is never easy to maintain, but after reading this article from 1906, I can’t help but be impressed by how far we’ve come. One hundred years ago, we didn’t have DNA, security cameras or forensic analysis. Most investigagtions were heavlily [...]

January 22 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »

Antioch and Oakley Real Estate Statistics for October 2009

Antioch and Oakley Real Estate Statistics for October 2009

The Grove Housing Report
During the month of October ‘09 antioch real estate saw around 156 homes sale according to local MLS inventory statistics. During the month the average Antioch home stayed on the market for around 25 days. The average list price for the same month was about $208,266. The average sales [...]

November 15 2009 | Posted in Real Estate | Read More »

Antioch Sports Legends Honored For Outstanding Performance

Antioch Sports Legends Honored For Outstanding Performance

Antioch athletes got some long deserved recognition for their sportsmanship this last week. Mayor James D. Davis commended the Antioch Sports Legion athletes for doing an outstanding job both on and off the field in the past 30 years and beyond.
On Saturday the celebration reached it’s pinnacle as the Antioch Historical Society hosted a [...]

November 13 2009 | Posted in History, Sports | Read More »

Delta Water Bill Calls For More Oversight and Regulations

Delta Water Bill Calls For More Oversight and Regulations

Sacramento recently handed down more developments in the ongoing Delta water issue. The consensus at Sacramento was that more time is needed to consider all the possible actions for what’s to happen next with the Delta. In all Sacramento handed down five new water bills that would create a number of different agencies who will decide what will happen to the Delta.

November 13 2009 | Posted in Science | Read More »

Steve Poizner for Governor 2010

Steve Poizner for Governor 2010

For Immediate Release
November 12, 2009
Contact: Bettina Inclan
office (916) 443-5463
cell (916) 880-0504
twitter @TeamPoizner
SACRAMENTO, CA – Earlier today Jim Bognet, Campaign Manager for Steve
Poizner for Governor, sent a letter to Henry Gomez, Senior Advisor for
[...]

November 12 2009 | Posted in Politics | Read More »

Brentwood Police Report

Brentwood Police Report

The below events were reported to have happened between November 6th, 2009 to November 8th, 2009. Some of the major highlights of this police report include the following:

1. A suspect puncturing a victims tires.

2.A suspect pointing a gun at a store owners forehead on Balfour road.

3.A significant number of various marijuana charges.

November 11 2009 | Posted in Crime Beat | Read More »

Antioch Volunteers and Military Families Upcoming Events

Antioch Volunteers and Military Families Upcoming Events

THIS WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:00 AM ANTIOCH’S VETERANS DAY PARADE. We will have a float and invite patriots, military families, children to come and walk with us. bring your signs and pictures of your Heroes’
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13TH 6:30 PM – 10 at the Redman Pocahontas Hall In Oakley Crafting Cards for our Troops and [...]

November 9 2009 | Posted in Arts & Entertainment | Read More »

Brentwood’s Heritage High Patriots Defeat Freedom Falcons

Brentwood’s Heritage High Patriots Defeat Freedom Falcons

While some people were out at Brentwood’s Rave theater watching the latest movie release this last Friday the Patriots were dominating over the Freedom Falcons. The overall score this last week was 32-6 in favor of the Patriots.
It was seniors night Friday and the Heritage seniors did not fail to bring their fierce gameplay [...]

November 7 2009 | Posted in Sports | Read More »