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Plan for East County fire board fails
MARTINEZ — Supervisors’ plan to create an East Contra Costa County fire board to solve financial and staffing issues has failed, a fire chief said Tuesday.
The cities of Oakley and Brentwood have balked at joining the alliance, saying the economics and timing won’t work, according to acting East Contra Costa Fire Protection District chief Hugh […]
Oakley welcomes newest council member
OAKLEY — After losing his 20 year-old daughter to a traffic car accident in 2000, Jim Frazier dedicated himself to serving others. Since then, he’s co-founded two foundations, and his peers say he’s been a model community servant.
Now, after spending a year on the Planning Commission, the 25-year Oakley resident has been elected to the […]
Open primaries another path to moderation?
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger likely will go to the end of his days in the Capitol frustrated by the unwillingness of the two major parties to work together, especially in times of crisis.
But he apparently is trying to plant the seeds of compromise for future governors, having led the successful redistricting ballot initiative, which […]