The Ambrose Recreation and Park District, in partnership with the Bay Point Chamber of Commerce, will host the Community Yard Sale on Saturday May 14, 2011 from 8 am-1 pm at the Ambrose Community Center, located at 3105 Willow Pass Road in Bay Point.

The yard sale will give the community a day to sell those old items that have been sitting in the garage, back yard, or just taking up space around the house. This is your opportunity to make some spare change while having fun. There will be a pancake breakfast to start the day and food will be available to purchase throughout the day.

This year we will have an E-Waste truck here to accept old electronic waste that can be recycled and kept out of our local land fill. We will also have information booths to show you how to recycle your old household items and a charitable organization truck available for donations.

Booth space is available to rent for $20.00 and a refundable cleaning deposit of $25. Sign-ups are currently taking place at the Ambrose Community Center during regular business hours, 8 am – 5 pm, Monday-Friday. Sign-up and booth locations are on a first come first serve basis; sign up early to secure the best space. For further information about the event contact the Ambrose Community Center at 458-1601.

Design credit goes to Todd Sweeney, graphics to Abigail Cecilio, photography to Favian Orozon and programming to John Chandler. Community activist and webmaster Brittney Gougeon volunteered to host the site.

Join the Filipino-American Association of Pittsburg this Saturday, April 9th in celebrating the 69th annual commemoration of the Fall of Bataan-Corregidor at a luncheon buffet at Humphrey’s on the Delta.  The surviving veterans and war widows will be honored thruout the ceremony.

Photo submitted by Principal David Castillo.

Education Officials from Contra Costa County visited Oakland Unity (an independent public charter school), the highest performing high school in the Oakland Unified School District.  The school has a 96% attendance rate for the past 6 school years with 94% graduating and 74% accepted to 4-year universities/colleges.

CCC Board of Education Trustee Cynthia Ruehlig (4^th from left) and Antioch Unified School District Trustee Walter Ruehlig (behind) toured the campus to meet with students and faculty members, examine data and observe classes.

The Antioch Police Department is investigating two unrelated shootings that occurred April 4 on Sycamore Drive in Antioch.

The first shooting occurred at 4:07 p.m. in the 1500 block of Sycamore Drive.  Officers were first dispatched to a large fight at this location, and soon after a report of shots being fired. Officers located a 24-year-old Antioch male suffering from a single gunshot wound to his leg. He told officers that he did not know who shot him, but that the shots were fired from a small, black car. This victim was treated at a local hospital and is expected to survive.

The second shooting occurred at 9 p.m. in the 1700 block of Sycamore Drive. Officers were dispatched to the area for the report of several people shooting at each other. Officers arrived and located a 19-year-old male Antioch resident suffering from a gunshot wound to his face. This victim was taken to a local hospital where he was placed into a medically induced coma.

He is expected to survive, although he may be paralyzed from the chest down, according to police.  Officers found casings from several different types of weapons. Several cars and buildings were hit with stray bullets, but no other victims were located. This shooting appears to be gang related.

An Antioch Police Officer was injured April 5 at 1:53 a.m. after a parolee-at-large knocked her down with his car in the Valero gas station at 2101 Somersville Road then rammed her patrol car.

The officer was conducting a traffic stop on Dante Curry, 28, of San Francisco, for driving with no headlights on. Curry provided the officer with a false name upon first contact.  The officer opened Curry’s driver’s door and asked him to step out of the car in order to try and confirm his identity.

Curry instead put his car in reverse and knocked the officer down with the car door and then rammed the officer’s patrol car, according to police. The officer was knocked to the ground with such force that she had to be treated at a local hospital. She was later released and is expected to make a full recovery.

Curry sped off in his car and a pursuit ensued with other APD officers. The pursuit ended several miles away near Sequoia and Redwood Drive in Antioch. Both the driver and passenger fled on foot. The passenger was apprehended with the help of an Antioch police K9 unit.

The driver, Curry, fled over several neighborhood fences and was eventually caught after and extensive search with the help of a Brentwood PD K9.  Curry was found to be a parolee at large out of San Francisco. He is on parole for weapons and explosives violations.

Featuring Bruce Baum!

Just in Time for Baseball & Softball Season

Thursday, April 7 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Deer Valley High School, Gymnasium 4700 Lone Tree Way, Antioch

Parents, players, and coaches are invited to join us at this FREE event to help keep players’ arms at optimal performance and injury free.

With wrist, elbow, and shoulder injuries on the rise, find out what you can do to keep your child in the game.

Come and hear orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Benjamin Busfield, M.D., discuss:

– Counting practice throws

– Treating a sore arm for optimal recovery

– Keeping little league players safe

– Softball – hidden dangers

This event is provided by Sutter Delta Medical Center in partnership with Deer Valley Baseball. Light refreshments will be served. Please call (925) 779-3608 if you have questions, or e-mail Lombaa2@sutterhealth.org.