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Awards were presented by Joseph A. Ovick, Contra Costa County Superintendent of Education. The Contra Costa County ROP serves nearly 12,000 students with classes in 34 high schools throughout Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Currently ...  

Students at Walnut Creek’s Las Lomas High School were evacuated to the school’s football field Monday after there were several reports of a gas smell in the air, authorities said. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and Walnut Creek police began receiving calls shortly after 8 a.m. about an odor of gas near Interstate Highway 680 along the Walnut Creek-Pleasant Hill border, police said. Las Lomas High School, located at 1460...  

by DanvilleExpress.comThe Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and Walnut Creek police began receiving calls shortly after 8 a.m. about an odor of gas near Interstate Highway 680 along the Walnut Creek-Pleasant Hill border, police said.  

Let's start things off by saying that if you're not reading Claycord, you're not living out loud. Really. It's a formidable site on all things Concord, Clayton, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Martinez. They use wonderfully mysterious terms like "Ygnacio Valley" while posting entertaining and informative articles bearing such titles as "Man Flipping Off Kids at Meadow Homes Elementary School." See? Fun. Furthermore, MSM and other mainstream...  

All the proceeds of the sale of this game in the 80′s went to a local group called the American Association of University ... ABOUT THE CLAYCORD ONLINE MUSEUM: The Claycord Online Museum is made up of historical photos, documents & anything ...  

CONCORD -- Fire caused an estimated $150,000 in damages to a garage and house in the 1100 block of Tilson Drive, and destroyed a classic car in the garage. Twenty firefighters from Concord, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek stations of Contra Costa ...  

The Contra Costa Avoid the 25 anti-DUI task force will be deploying a number of saturation patrols throughout the county including in the cities of Richmond, Clayton, Danville, Brentwood, Oakley and Pleasant Hill on Cinco De Mayo starting in the ...  

PLEASANT HILL -- The Contra Costa County Office of Education has named five teachers as semifinalists in its annual Teacher of the Year recognition program. The teachers were selected from among 21 educators chosen to represent their districts ...  

A Concord Police Officer spotted a suspected burglar at a local pawn shop, just a little while after the person broke into a home on Lee Lane, off David Avenue, according to the Concord Police. Police tell Claycord.com a resident was returning ...  

If you have any old photos or items that you’d like to place in the Claycord Online Museum, just scan or take a photo of them, and send them to the following address: news@claycord.com. It doesn’t matter what it is, even if it’s just an ...  

Contra Costa County vector control officials have confirmed the county's first case of a bird testing positive for the West Nile virus this year. A stellar jay found in Pleasant Hill tested positive for the virus, the Contra Costa Mosquito and ...  

In February of 2011, a goat was killed by two loose dogs on Rose Lane in Concord, which is off Treat Boulevard near Cowell Road. On Monday, a dog attacked a little girl, who suffered facial, head and leg injuries, also on Rose Lane. Claycord.com ...  

PLEASANT HILL -- The Contra Costa County Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously denied a petition to establish a charter school for dropouts in the West Contra Costa school district. In a 4-1 vote, trustees also appointed retired Pittsburg ...  

documents & anything else that has to do with the history of our area. If you have any old photos or items that you’d like to place in the Claycord Online Museum, just scan or take a photo of them, and send them to the following address ...  

PLEASANT HILL -- The Contra Costa County Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously denied a petition to establish a charter school for dropouts in the West Contra Costa school district. In a 4-1 vote, trustees also appointed retired Pittsburg ...  

PLEASANT HILL -- Due to a tight budget, the Contra Costa County Board of Education may vote Wednesday against the Community Clean Water Initiative. "This initiative would create an adverse fiscal impact on schools in Contra Costa County at a ...  

A few months ago we had a story on Claycord.com about the sprinkler system at the Concord Pavilion, and how it needed to be fixed, according to the City of Concord. The project went out to bid, but the lowest bid was rejected and the project ...  

This is an old advertisement for the Concord Auto Movies (drive-in), which was located across from Buchanan Field on Concord Avenue, in the area of the Concord Airport Plaza & Trader Joe’s. Who remembers this place? What movies do you remember ...  

Catherine Nelson of Pleasant Hill took a two-week trip with her brother, Albert Yee, and 60 others to Tuscany and Rome, and in Pisa, while visiting the leaning tower, they took a moment to catch up with the community news in the Pleasant Hill ...  

This really brings me back to when I turned 15.” Friends and Concord residents Cady Sanderson and Juliana Durning, both freshmen at Concord-Carlisle High School, celebrated their 15th birthdays with their own quinceañera celebration in Concord on Saturday night.  

This edition of the Claycord Online Museum is featuring Mr. Wizard’s Family Amusements, which was located in Concord, in the spot where the public parking garage is currently located on Concord Avenue & Pacheco Street (near Skipolini’s Pizza).  

Concord Police Captain David Downing has allegedly been told to leave ... According to acting City Attorney Mark Coon, Chief of Police Guy Swanger was conducting an investigation to find out what happened to the missing citation.  

A mother is warning all Claycordians about a very terrifying incident that happened to her daughter on Wednesday in the area of Concord High School. Here’s what happened, according to the girl’s mom…. Need to alert the entire Claycord ...  

California State Assemblyman Roger Hernandez was driving a state-owned vehicle, which he didn’t have permission to drive when he was arrested for DUI by the Concord Police on March 27th, Claycord.com has learned. Assembly Administrator Jon ...