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
Lafayette City Councilmember Gina Dawson has resigned from the council, she announced Tuesday. Dawson, who served as mayor in 2024 and won re-election to a new four-year term in November, announced her decision at the City Council meeting. It becomes effective June 1.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
Brentwood Police Chief Tim Herbert has announced his retirement. Herbert, who served as chief for the past three years, spent more than three decades in police service — including the past 23 years in Brentwood. “It has been an absolute honor and privilege to serve the dedicated members of the Brentwood Police Department, city staff, and the citizens of Brentwood,” Herbert said in a statement.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
Five gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area region in the past week or so, bringing that unfortunate number to more than a dozen this year, the California Academy of Sciences said Wednesday. The causes of death for all five whales have yet to be determined by the San Francisco-based Academy of Sciences and its partners at the Marin Headlands-based Marine Mammal Center.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
A resident in Fairfield had a large four-legged visitor in their front yard early this week. And it wasn’t a golden retriever. Police released two photos of what appeared to be a mountain lion taking a stroll. It got close enough to the porch to activate motion-sensor lights and a camera, which shot a couple frames of the animal as it appeared to be headed away from the house on Orchid Street around 2 a.m. on Monday.
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2 weeks ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Tony Hicks
A proposed parcel tax meant to benefit the Acalanes Union High School District in Lafayette has failed to pass after falling short of a necessary two-thirds majority approval by voters. Measure T garnered 63.57% of the vote in the May 6 mail-in special election — 19,448 of the 30,591 votes were “yes” votes.
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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