Antioch Unified to ask voters to pass $195 million bond measure
ANTIOCH – Voters in the Antioch Unified School District will soon be asked to support a $195 million school bond measure to upgrade their aging schools. Measure B on the …
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Antioch mom works to help ill Nepali man get life-saving medical help
ANTIOCH – A new kidney is all that stands between Govinda Regmi and a life free of seemingly endless dialysis that has left him unable to work or travel and …
An empty waterfront lot in Antioch is about to sprout. What should it become?
ANTIOCH — Residents will soon get a chance to let their leaders know what they would like to become of a large, long-empty waterfront space in the city’s downtown. Vacant …
Antioch to hire security for downtown city properties
In response to downtown merchants’ complaints about crime, the city of Antioch will hire private security to patrol its public parking lots and other assets. The City Council unanimously approved …
Antioch mayor says city should take action against owners of empty, blighted businesses
Many in Antioch have had just about enough of the longtime, blighted, boarded-up storefronts that have become magnets for trash dumping, drug use and other illicit activities. Antioch Mayor Lamar …
Contra Costa leaders in Geneva to speak at Human Rights Council meeting
When the United Nations Human Rights Council meets in Geneva on Thursday, two Contra Costa County community leaders will be there alongside panels investigating human rights violations in Ethiopia, Russia, …
East Bay mayor, three council members will seek higher office
The makeup of city councils in Pittsburg and Antioch could see a shakeup with four members vying for other offices next year. In Pittsburg, Mayor Shanelle Scales-Preston has announced her …
Antioch moves forward with new tenant protections
In yet another move to strengthen tenant protections, the Antioch City Council has approved new rules to help ensure against landlord retaliation and harassment. The new rules will address landlord …
Antioch council approves changes in process of hiring, firing the police chief
Citing a lack of oversight that allowed abuses of power within the police force, the Antioch City Council has agreed to give itself the authority to hire, supervise and remove …
Cockroaches, water leaks and more constant struggle for these seniors
For months, 83-year-old Bonnie McCord of Oakley would pull on her rubber gloves each evening and spend hours meticulously scrubbing her apartment, hoping to rid it of the cockroaches that …