 East County Community Digest: Rio Vista improves bus serviceContra Costa Times Posted: 10/24/2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
RIO VISTA bus service CHANGING Monday: Rio Vista is using a state grant to improve its bus service, and starting Monday riders will see the following changes: Route 50 to Fairfield and Suisun City will have minor schedule changes and a reroute to serve North Bay Regional Center in both directions on Pennsylvania Avenue and to serve Solano County Government Center directly. Route 52 will add one morning and afternoon commuter trip on weekdays direct from Rio Vista and Isleton to BART's Hillcrest Park and Ride lot and Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station. Midday service will operate Tuesday and Thursday only with direct service to Walmart, Sutter Delta Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente and Prewett Family Park. Direct service to Kmart will be discontinued, however. New Saturday service will be available 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Routes 50 and 52, with buses providing one round trip to Fairfield, Suisun City via Rio Vista and Isleton and continuing to Antioch and the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station.New schedules are available on the buses as well as online at www.deltabreeze.org. Guides containing revised maps will be available in November. Riders can plan their trip by going to www.511.org. or
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For more information, call Rio Vista Delta Breeze at 707-374-2878. — Rowena Coetsee DISCOVERY BAY supervisor appoints committee members: Discovery Bay now has five voices to advise county Supervisor Mary Piepho on public safety matters. Piepho this week announced the following appointments to the newly formed P-6 Citizen Advisory Committee: Diane Stevens from The Lakes; Bob Mankin, Lakeshore; Dannica Earl, Centex; Felipe Alfsen, Ravenswood; and Richard Kane, Edgewater. As representatives of different P-6 zones within Discovery Bay, they will convey residents' desires and priorities for police service to Piepho and the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. Residents of P-6 zones pay an annual tax that provides ongoing revenue for law enforcement services in unincorporated areas. — Rowena Coetsee OAKLEY HARVEST FESTIVAL PLANNED: The city is hosting its Harvest Festival as part of its decennial celebration from noon to 4 p.m. today at the civic center plaza, 3231 Main St. The free Harvest Festival will include a costume parade and pie-eating contest. Music, a petting zoo, arts and crafts and local vendors also will highlight the event. To preregister for the Harvest Festival, call the city recreation office at 925-625-7041. — Roni Gehlke BRENTWOOD TRICK OR EAT: Heritage High School drama club students will be trick-or-treating early this year to help a Brentwood homeless shelter. Teens will go door to door Wednesday collecting food as part of the International Thespian Society's national effort to provide 325,000 pounds of groceries to needy families. Brentwood residents wanting to help should leave nonperishable items in a paper bag on their porch for students to pick up between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Recommended donations range from cooking oil, laundry detergent, beans, cereals, rice and soup to peanut butter, spaghetti, sauce and tuna. Donations will go to Shepherd's Gate, a nonprofit group that provides shelter for battered and homeless women and children. — Rowena Coetsee
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