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SAN LEANDRO — An all-day convention honoring a vintage Bay Area TV show that featured campy horror films and other B-grade movies will be held Saturday at the Bal Theatre.
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Nevadans can help one of the state’s budding young student artists, Annie Mueller, and her teacher Suzie Scholl at Reed High School in Sparks each win $5,000 and an additional $20,000 for their school by “voting for Annie” in Safeway’s Seventh Annual Lucerne The Art of Dairy Art Contest.
Eleven Arc of Alameda County (Arc) clients will walk the runway in clothing created especially for the occasion by from the California College of the Arts students who also created the set decorations. Models will be escorted to the runway by three male Arc clients dressed in tuxedos donated by the Men’s Wearhouse.
Singer, songwriter, and musician Avril Lavigne will participate in the official launch event for Safeway’s Support for People with Disabilities fundraising campaign to benefit Easter Seals, Special Olympics and an array of organizations that help people with disabilities live fuller, more independent lives. Avril will welcome guests and participate in Safeway’s ever-popular Celebrity Bagging Challenge.
Teams of golfers are going to hit hundreds of golf shots from dawn until dusk to support The First Tee of Oakland’s Spring 2012 program. Golfers will play up to 100 holes in one day to raise funds for the nationally-known youth golf and life-skills development organization that targets under-served and at-risk students in the Oakland metropolitan area.
SAN LORENZO — It may not look like the North Pole, but a small family-owned specialty food business tucked in the industrial section of this unincorporated county area has been overflowing with holiday cheer.
Too Good Gourmet has spent the month of December offering an endless array of cookies packaged in clever, specially shaped boxes…. (click to continue)
SAN LEANDRO — A legendary sports bar and Oakland Raiders fans are teaming up to hold a special toy drive Friday benefiting about 30 patients at a children’s hospital.
The event will be from 6 p.m. to closing at Ricky’s Sports Theatre & Grill, named by Sports Illustrated as the No. 2 sports bar in the nation…
Ricky’s Sports Theatre & Grill of San Leandro (www.rickysports.com) – the East Bay’s legendary sports bar – is teaming up with members of the Raider Nation including ‘Raider Raza,’ the De La Cruz and Barragan families and other community members to hold a special Toy Drive Friday December 16 for approximately 30 University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital patients.
With the United States still weathering one of its worst economic downturns, buyers have a powerful incentive to zero in on price as the primary factor in selecting a supplier for a store brand item. But with any product — whether it’s coffee or cleaning supplies — the best price might not mean the best deal for the retailer or the consumer.
LINCOLN, CALIF and NEW YORK (July 26, 2011) – The Lincoln, Calif.-based Rogers Family Company (www.rogersfamilyco.com) and the New York wild cat conservation organization Panthera (www.panthera.org) are holding a contest on both companies’ Facebook pages to name a new Rogers Family organic gourmet coffee that will help protect one of nature’s most beautiful and threatened treasures: the jaguar.
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