Tony Hicks
Writer and Editor at Bay City News
Writer and Editor at Local News Matters
Writer at Bay City News, Healthline, Riff mag, former music writer and columnist at Bay Area News Group; father of various daughters
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGING pointed out last week that May is officially Older Americans Month. This year’s theme is “Flip the Script on Aging.”Great idea, especially as in some countries I’m almost old enough to be put on an ice floe and pushed out to sea. So, it’s Older Americans Month. What does the state think we should do? Turns out, things we should be doing all year.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
A POSSIBLE HARBINGER of good things coming appeared early Friday morning, just before the newly restored Pacheco Marsh had its soft opening for invited guests. John Muir Land Trust stewardship director James Wilson pulled into the new parking lot around 7 a.m. and couldn’t believe his eyes. Out of some nearby brush popped a long-tailed weasel, a species never officially spotted in the 247-acre salt marsh just southeast of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
California Attorney General Rob Bonta applauded Tuesday’s decision by a federal judge to grant a preliminary injunction halting President Donald Trump’s dismantling of several federal agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The order from U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island also temporarily stopped actions affecting the Minority Business Development Agency and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service while litigation continues.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
The city of Antioch is offering low- to moderate-income, first-time homebuyers up to $100,000 in assistance to buy a home in the city. Along with affordable housing provider nonprofits Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance and A-1 Housing Community Services, the city of Antioch Home Ownership Program will conduct a workshop to introduce the Antioch Home Ownership Program to those who live or work in Antioch at 6 p.m. on May 22 via Zoom.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
The Oakland Ballers independent minor league baseball team and the city of Oakland have agreed to a 10-year lease extension for the team to play at Raimondi Park.
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My book and losing an old friend https://t.co/IMHEk982kQ
Read this and change your life. Or not. Hicks: Celebrating older Americans shouldn’t be limited to one month out of the year https://t.co/fhjeSLkxCx @AARP #aging #longevity
A watershed moment: Pacheco Marsh reveal celebrates finish of $11M restoration project https://t.co/TSmWmQVIMg