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Antioch opens five meetings on what City Park should become
Antioch has set five community meetings at City Park to collect ideas on recreation, safety, landscaping and public art.
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AC Transit stop closures in Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond this month
Lines 30 and 31 lose two stops on 29th Avenue from 5 p.m. tonight until midnight.
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Hayward cancels its Sept. 24 Planning Commission meeting
Hayward’s Planning Commission will not meet on Sept. 24.
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Hayward cancels its Sept. 24 Planning Commission meeting
Hayward’s Planning Commission will not meet on Sept. 24.
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Hayward's sustainability committee sets a Dec. 7 special meeting
Hayward's Council Sustainability Committee will hold a virtual special meeting Dec. 7.
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Hayward's sustainability committee sets a Dec. 7 special meeting
Hayward's Council Sustainability Committee will hold a virtual special meeting Dec. 7.
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Richmond pauses data centres as Oakland weighs its own moratorium
Four East Bay cities sit at four different stages of the same fight.
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Hayward's sustainability committee sets a Dec. 7 special meeting
Hayward's Council Sustainability Committee will hold a virtual special meeting Dec. 7.
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Richmond pauses data centres as Oakland weighs its own moratorium
Four East Bay cities sit at four different stages of the same fight.
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Pittsburg hearing Sept. 22 on an auto body shop at 660 Garcia Ave.
Pittsburg’s Planning Commission will hear a use permit application for an auto body business at 660 Garcia Ave. on Sept. 22.
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Pittsburg hearing Sept. 22 on an auto body shop at 660 Garcia Ave.
Pittsburg’s Planning Commission will hear a use permit application for an auto body business at 660 Garcia Ave. on Sept. 22.
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Alameda CTC wins a financial reporting award for the 13th straight year
The agency that invests Alameda County's Measure BB transportation money was recognized Sept. 11 for the 13th consecutive year for the…
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Pittsburg Planning Commission takes up three use permits Wednesday night
Pittsburg's Planning Commission meets in special session Wednesday at 7 p.m. on three use permit applications, two of them turning on…
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Deer Valley Road safety work starts Tuesday in Antioch and Brentwood
County Public Works begins traffic safety work Tuesday at four locations on Deer Valley Road.
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Deer Valley Road safety work starts Tuesday in Antioch and Brentwood
County Public Works begins traffic safety work Tuesday at four locations on Deer Valley Road.
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Antioch water plant halves a chemical dose, saving $18,000 a year
Operators at Antioch's water treatment plant found the reverse osmosis membranes were being overdosed.
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Antioch general plan advisers take up land use on Sept. 1
Antioch's General Plan Advisory Committee meets Tuesday, Sept. 1, to review what residents said and to start on the Land Use Element…
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Antioch's Marchetti Park work turns to grading and tennis courts
Crews at Marchetti Park finished demolition and installed the new restroom.
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Pinole Creek Trail closes as erosion repairs begin near I-80
The trail will be shut near the work zone from Henry Avenue to I-80 while the county repairs a bank damaged by past winter storms.
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Antioch wraps up a citywide streetlight conversion
Antioch says contractors finished converting streetlights at locations across the city, work that started July 20 and was scheduled to…
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Pittsburg holds a hearing Monday on Island Energy rate changes
Proposed electric and natural gas rate changes for Island Energy go before the Pittsburg Power Company Board of Directors at 7 p.m.
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Pittsburg holds a hearing Monday on Island Energy rate changes
Proposed electric and natural gas rate changes for Island Energy go before the Pittsburg Power Company Board of Directors at 7 p.m.
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Pittsburg holds a hearing Monday on Island Energy rate changes
Proposed electric and natural gas rate changes for Island Energy go before the Pittsburg Power Company Board of Directors at 7 p.m.
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Pittsburg extends its City Council filing deadline to Aug. 12
Pittsburg pushed its council nomination deadline to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, after an incumbent did not file by the original cutoff.
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