Browse past news stories for Liberty High School in Brentwood, CA.

• Yuletide marches in to town (ThePress.net)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 06:31:50 pm
  Residents rang in the holiday season with the annual Brentwood Chamber of Commerce Holiday Parade on Saturday, and it made Marge Bascombe feel special.
• Military Notes (Oakley News)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 07:09:23 pm
  SmethersArmy PV1 Jon Blake Smethers has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky.During training, Smethers studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military justice, physical fitness,
• Brentwood holiday parade brims with nostalgia (Oakley News)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 06:23:04 pm
  Number of entries down, but more show up to enjoy the parade and festivities
• Students get real lessons (Walnut Creek Journal)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 04:43:53 pm
  When her kids were younger, Beth Decker created a line of furniture for them just because nothing in stores suited her sense of style. Now, as a Brentwood teacher, she has crafted a textbook that offers relevant and real life lessons to teens who are on the brink of finding themselves.
• Knights look to crack the win column (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 08:00:00 am
  Knights men's basketball coach Kele Fitzhugh believes he has a more skilled and more athletic team this season.Shasta College will get an early chance to prove that when the Knights host the Shasta College Invitational this weekend, starting today.Shasta hosts American River at 6 p.m. today in one of four quarterfinal matches. After an 0-2 start, the Knights are looking to get their first win of ...
• Key paraders (ThePress.net)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:31:43 pm
  Liberty High School Key Club members, front row from left: Michelle Duarte, Kenzie Westfall and Alexandera Young; and back row: Katie Holt, Advisor Kay Wisdom, Kevin Pike and Jerry Hansen, work on what will become a gingerbread house float in the 27th annual Chamber of Commerce Holiday Parade this weekend.
• East County Datebook (Oakley News)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:06:26 am
  Thanksgiving Craft Day — Noon-1:30 p.m. Nov. 21. Children can get ready for the holiday with hands-on art and craft activities that reflect the celebrations of the season.
• East County Datelines (Oakley News)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 09:21:26 pm
  Friday, Nov. 20 Saving our South Pacific: Multicommunity Talent Night — 5-10 p.m. Proceeds benefit tsunami victims of the South Pacific. Multicultural dancing, singing, poetry, comedy and more.
• Civic Center gets underway (ThePress.net)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 07:31:59 pm
  The vision of the downtown Brentwood of the future officially broke ground on Tuesday, as politicians from all across East County gathered with school officials, construction company executives and even a U.S. congressman to celebrate the start of work on Brentwood’s new downtown civic center.
• Party’s 4 You floats to new heights (ThePress.net)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 06:02:00 pm
  Some people create art with paints and clay; others prefer chalks and metals. But for Gary Moody and Nancy Key, the material of choice is balloons.
• Derek Gaffett (ThePress.net)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 09:16:41 pm
  Brentwood resident and 2009 Liberty High School graduate Derek Gaffett graduated from USMC Boot Camp on Sept. 11 as a Private 1st Class, being one of five graduates out of 75 in his class to do so.
• John J. Cattolico (ThePress.net)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 08:16:58 pm
  John J. Cattolico of Brentwood completed 10 weeks of Army Basic Combat Training and graduated from Boot Camp on Sept. 2 from Fort Jackson, S.C. He is now in AIT School at Fort Gordon, Ga., where he will attend 19 weeks of training as a multi-channel transmission system operator.
• Olive grower touts fruit as way to preserve Brentwood's legacy (Lamorinda Sun)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 12:02:05 am
  EAST COUNTY — Sean McCauley pauses at the crest of a steep slope and climbs out of his truck to admire the sweeping panorama. "Look how beautiful they are."
• Fit for a king -- and a queen (Brentwood News)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 09:27:16 pm
  LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL celebrated its Homecoming last week with a parade, rally and a 24-14 win in nonleague action against Lowell-San Francisco.
• Welcome home, Marine (ThePress.net)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 06:03:11 pm
  Marine Cpl. Michael McDaniel, left, is congratulated by Brian Weldon of the Lafayette Flag Brigade during a welcome-home celebration in Brentwood on Sept. 5.
• Local service club celebrates 80 years (ThePress.net)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 06:03:02 pm
  The Lions Club of Brentwood, known for hosting countless community events over the years, turns 80 this weekend – and this time the party’s for them. The birthday celebration, which is open to the public, will be held Saturday, Sept. 19 at DeLuna Ranch in Brentwood.
• Youth Commission plans shindig (ThePress.net)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 05:47:01 pm
  The Brentwood Youth Commission made its presence known last week by hosting a meet-and-greet that gave the commissioners a chance to chat with community leaders and discuss issues that affect young people in Brentwood.
• Military Notes (Antioch News)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 07:07:17 pm
  Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Heather L. Agopian graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
• Jaycee Dugard suspect morphed into alleged predator (Nevada Appeal)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 01:07:20 am
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Attending high school in a rural suburb east of San Francisco, Phillip Garrido stood apart from the crowd that studied hard, played sports, basked in popularity and set sights on college.
• How life of 'sweet kid' unraveled in adulthood (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 03:31:28 pm
  Once, Phillip Craig Garrido wanted to be a rock star. Before he turned 17, Garrido was "just a normal high school kid" in Brentwood, relatives and acquaintances say - a teenager who played bass in a band and was so handsome girls jostled for his attentions at...
• Kidnap Suspect Morphed Into Alleged Sex Predator (CBS 5 Bay Area)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 10:22:41 pm
  At Liberty High School in Brentwood, Phillip Garrido stood apart from the crowd that studied hard, played sports, basked in popularity and set sights on college. Feeling the drumbeat of the 1960s San Francisco acid rock scene, he was one of the first to let his hair grow long and to smoke marijuana.
• Jaycee Lee Dugard's father vows to kill the 'sick animal' who held her captive for 18 years (Daily Mail)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 02:07:27 pm
  Kenneth Slayton called Phillip Garrido a 'sick animal' for snatching Jaycee in 1991 when she was just 11 near her home in Lake Tahoe, California.
• Kidnap victim's home away from home draws the curious (Oakley News)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 09:40:10 pm
  ANTIOCH — Curiosity-seekers flocked to the house of horrors just east of Antioch this week to get a good look at the spot where the headline-grabbing story of Jaycee Lee Dugard began unfolding.
• Kidnap victim's home away from home draws the curious (Contra Costa Times)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 09:21:06 pm
  Media from across the world, curiosity seekers swarm to Walnut Avenue in unincorporated Antioch
• Buddies bathe Buicks (ThePress.net)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 05:17:02 pm
  A Best Buddies Car Wash will be held in Brentwood from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Ace Hardware, 8900 Brentwood Boulevard. The goal is to raise $300 to send a representative from Liberty High School for training in the Best Buddies program.
• Jaycee Lee Dugard's father vows to kill the 'sick animal' who held her captive for 18 years (Daily Mail: World News)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 12:56:35 pm
  Jaycee Lee Dugard's father vows to kill the 'sick animal' who held her captive for 18 years
• Accident, drug use changed man accused in abduction (Vallejo Times-Herald)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 08:30:52 am
  A motorcycle accident when he was a teenager and a later drug habit robbed Phillip Garrido of his sanity, his father said Friday."Tell those ... cops to treat him like a crazy person because he is out of his mind," Manuel Garrido said.
• Kidnap suspect had criminal past, brother says (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 02:53:40 pm
  Ron Garrido said he always knew his younger brother was deeply troubled. There was, he recalled Thursday, Phillip Garrido's damaging use of LSD as a teenager in Brentwood and his talk of sexual compulsion. There was the escape from fellow drug dealers after...
• Getting into college only half the battle; finishing means winning the war (Oakland Tribune)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 11:36:30 pm
  Just 60 percent of full-time students who enroll at a four-year public or private college in California graduate within six years, according to a study released in June by the American Enterprise Institute.
• Getting into college only half the battle; finishing means winning the war (Contra Costa Times)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 11:27:20 pm
  Just 60 percent of full-time students who enroll at a four-year public or private college in California graduate within six years, according to a study released in June by the American Enterprise Institute.    Live chat noon Tuesday: Academic planning on your road to college    Tips for the college-bound: Read ours, share yours | More