So This Happened…Week of June 5 through 11, 2023
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (June 11, 2023) — At the June 13 meeting, the Concord City Council is expected to approve an amended tobacco retailer license ordinance – adding restrictions that aim to reduce tobacco smoking among youth. Assistant City Manager Justin Ezell said the changes would affect 87 tobacco retailers in the city.
Posters with Pride: A panel selected six student winners in the second annual Clayton Pride Parade Poster Contest. The judges focused on creativity, use of color, and balance of illustration and words. Take a look at all six posters – and the smiling faces of the winners.
Police roundup: A Concord man and a Martinez man died when their homemade bi-plane crashed near the Rio Vista Airport on June 8. Then on June 11, an early morning car crash in Pleasant Hill led to a DUI arrest. For more police news, check out the Concord PD’s arrest report.
More stories
Here are some other stories the Pioneer covered recently:
- Paving Work on Morgan Territory Road to cause long delays between Clayton and Livermore
- Letter to the Editor — Stop District Maps from Breaking Up Neighborhoods in Pleasant Hill
- Flourishing Learners put their reading into action
- Concord’s Music and Market Summer Concert series is back
- ‘Guardians 3’ a wonderful way to end the series
- Volunteers needed for Martinez’ King of the County BBQ & Music Festival, June 16-18
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Bev Britton
Bev Britton graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of North Dakota and moved to the Bay Area with her soon-to-be husband Jim in 1986. She was features editor at the Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek before becoming managing editor of the Contra Costa Sun in Lafayette in 1995. She retired from newsrooms in 2001, but an ad for the Clayton Pioneer drew her back in. The family moved to Lake Wildwood in the Gold Country a few years ago - but working at the Pioneer keeps her in touch with her old neighborhoods in Concord and Clayton.