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Published 07/03/2008 - 11:05 a.m. PDT

PBA Hall of Famer Dave Soutar got the ball rolling at the PBA Northern California Senior Classic Pro-Am on Sunday at Harvest Park Bowl. Soutar became the PBA’s youngest National Champion, capturing the title at the tender age of 21 in 1961.

For many sports enthusiasts, the closest they get to the athletes they idolize is watching them on TV or from a stadium seat. But last Sunday, more than 200 fans got a lot closer during the PBA Northern California Senior Classic Pro-Am Tournament at Brentwood’s Harvest Park Bowl.

Published 07/03/2008 - 1:10 p.m. PDT

Hulk, a 50-pound African desert tortoise – spotted here last week by a local resident who was nervous to pick him up – went missing from his Oakley home on June 20.

Hulk, a 50-pound African desert tortoise, has been missing from his Oakley home since June 20.

 
Published 07/03/2008 - 11:35 a.m. PDT

Bruce Stuart, here with wife Sue, died suddenly in his home on June 24.

The world of learning lost two valued friends last week with thepassing of Elin Ovick and Bruce Stuart.

Published 07/03/2008 - 11:43 a.m. PDT

Craig and Michele Wilson of Oakley were killed in a single-engine plane crash last weekend near Las Vegas.

A shocked and saddened community this week mourned the deaths of twoyoung couples and began efforts to help care for the seven orphans leftbehind.

 
Published 07/03/2008 - 1:14 p.m. PDT

Residents wanting to make their neighborhoods safe again met with District V Supervisor Federal Glover last week to describe their problems and offer some ideas for addressing them.

Featured News
Vet seeks family of brother-in-arms
Published 07/03/2008 - 2:24 p.m.  PDT

This week the Press received this message from a Vietnam veteran following his visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.

Supporting our troops
Published 07/03/2008 - 2:15 p.m.  PDT

County Office of Education students Ashley Newport, left, and Chad McCarn, along with American Legion Rider member Kathy Hotz, prepare a box of humanitarian supplies and gifts in their Brentwood classroom for the troops in Afghanistan.