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Residents ask banks to renegotiate loans Antioch: About two dozen people protested outside the branches of Countrywide, Wachovia and Washington Mutual
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| Oct.2 |
PG&E to buy solar, natural gas power PG&E plans to buy electricity from several proposed solar facilities and natural gas plants, one of which would replace generators in Antioc...
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Next Phase Of Highway 4 Bypass To Open Antioch: 2 new sections of Segment 1 of the state Highway 4 bypass and the Laurel Road Extension are scheduled to open
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| 2005 |
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| Feb.2 |
Man Wins Millions from Nestle Antioch: A jury has awarded Russell Christoff $15 million, because his image has appeared on the label of Tasters Choice coffee
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| Apr.14 |
Best Buy closing 2 stores in the Bay Area Pittsburg: The struggling electronics chain will shut the doors of its Pittsburg and East Palo Alto stores in less than a month
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| Dec.2 |
Wal-Mart Set To Expand Antioch: The store plans to add groceries to store shelves to make this the East Bay's first Wal-Mart Supercenter
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| Sep.26 |
Retiree Wins $50 Million Lottery Antioch: Ralph Acridge purchased the SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot at convenient store
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| 2009 |
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| Nov.26 |
Pilots Group Against New Power Plant
Byron: A private association that helped to wage a successful battle against a proposed power plant in Hayward is moving to block a similar plant near...
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| Mar.9 |
New Carquinez Bridge groundbreaking 3,465-foot bridge is scheduled to open in late 2002
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| Oct.29 |
Ground broken on BART to Antioch| Pittsburg: Ground has been broken on a project that will expand BART train service another 10 miles into eastern Contra Costa County | |
| 2007 |
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| Apr.5 |
Pipe plant latest factory to come Pittsburg: A joint U.S.-Korea steel-making venture is a $93 million pipe manufacturing plant, in this industry-friendly city
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| Apr.23 |
Crews Dismantling Old Carquinez Bridge| The eastern span of the 1927 bridge will be removed as part of the process to dismantle the entire bridge | |
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| 2010 |
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| Jun.9 |
Brentwood voters reject Measure F A measure would have allowed developers to break a Contra Costa County urban growth boundary
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Judge Blocks Development Of Homes| Oakley: Superior Court Judge Barry Baskin has moved to block a development that would have built 4,500 homes on farmland | |
| 2008 |
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Evictions becoming common| Contra Costa County: In the county with the most foreclosures, deputies do 45 evictions a week, up 30% from last year. In eastern Antioch, 4.1%s went foreclosure | |
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| Sep.19 |
Realtors Spot Cooling Trend Homes are staying on the market longer, and sellers aren’t always getting their asking price
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| May.4 |
$31 million for golf course and raw pasture. Antioch
| 2002 |
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| Aug.28 |
2 controversial housing subdivisions Pittsburg: Planning commissioners approved 1065 units proposed by developer Albert Seeno III
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Sparks flew at new pipe factory| Pittsburg: A skeleton manufacturing crew christened an assembly line at United Spiral Pipe plant, designed to shape and weld massive steel pipes | |
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Developer grand plan for crumbling resort
Byron: David Fowler is able to pull off his $150 million dream of restoration for Byron Hot Springs Hotel
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Renovation For Theater To Be Put To Bid Pittsburg: A landmark California Theater is a step closer to being renovated after inspections of its structural reinforcement were completed
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| Apr.19 |
PG&E to test pipelines in M-n View, Antioch Mountain View: Next month, PG&E will begin a series of pressure tests on its gas transmission pipelines, to insure the safety of its system
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| Jan.24 |
PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant Antioch: An environmentally friendly power plant that will be built within the existing, partially completed Mirant Corp. facility
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| Jul.26 |
Power station gets bomb threat Pittsburg: 500 workers have been removed as threat, phoned in by a man, was left on the voice mail