![Judith Prieve, East County city editor/Brentwood News editor for the Bay Area News Group is photographed for a Wordpress profile in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Prieve_Judy_2016.jpg?w=85)
East Contra Costa County editor/reporter
Judith Prieve
Judith Prieve was a reporter and editor for the Bay Area News Group who covered east Contra Costa County for the East Bay Times and The Mercury News until her June 2024 retirement. She has worked as a reporter, features editor and assistant metro editor at newspapers in Wisconsin and Northern California and has been at what is now the Bay Area News Group since 1990. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with bachelor's degrees in journalism and English and studied theater, arts and history in London, England, through UW-Stevens Point.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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![A city official says the municipality is facing a backlog of $84 million in maintenance, bike lane projects. A city official says the municipality is facing a backlog of $84 million in maintenance, bike lane projects.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BRN-L-COVERART-0628-1.jpg?w=127)
Pittsburg may put sales tax increase on ballot to fund road work
A city official says the municipality is facing a backlog of $84 million in maintenance, bike lane projects.
![Pittsburg installs large block-letter city sign and gateway sign along with landscaping improvements Pittsburg installs large block-letter city sign and gateway sign along with landscaping improvements](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EBT-L-PITBEAUT-7.jpg?w=132)
Pittsburg makes a play for visitors’ eyes and civic pride with new signs
Pittsburg installs large block-letter city sign and gateway sign along with landscaping improvements
![Free ceremony set at Waldie Plaza on June 8 Free ceremony set at Waldie Plaza on June 8](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Memorial_Day-What_to_Know_15258.jpg?w=132)
Antioch to honor graduates who join the military
Free ceremony set at Waldie Plaza on June 8
![The new warehouse would include a tire sales and installation center and a fuel station, among other features. The new warehouse would include a tire sales and installation center and a fuel station, among other features.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-COSTCO-1.jpg?w=140)
Costco lawsuit dropped; building of East Bay warehouse planned this summer
The new warehouse would include a tire sales and installation center and a fuel station, among other features.
![The Oaks management says it will create an emergency program with practice runs for residents in the future. The Oaks management says it will create an emergency program with practice runs for residents in the future.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-OAKSROACH-08XX-3.jpg?w=127)
Oakley seniors begin returning to evacuated apartments after wastewater leak
The Oaks management says it will create an emergency program with practice runs for residents in the future.
![Each plant over the six-plant limit allowed by the state will be subject to spearate fines in unlicensed commercial cannabis grows. Each plant over the six-plant limit allowed by the state will be subject to spearate fines in unlicensed commercial cannabis grows.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MCH-Z-CANNABIS-0206-01.jpg?w=132)
Oakley updates its commercial cannabis rules, fines
Each plant over the six-plant limit allowed by the state will be subject to spearate fines in unlicensed commercial cannabis grows.
![Retired teacher, activist advocated for justice for people from all walks of life Retired teacher, activist advocated for justice for people from all walks of life](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-MIMSOBIT-1.jpg?w=130)
Willie Mims remembered as a tireless East Contra Costa advocate, championing civil rights for all
Retired teacher, activist advocated for justice for people from all walks of life
![Gourmet food, local wine, bar and new reclining seats, modern bathrooms among the amenities. Gourmet food, local wine, bar and new reclining seats, modern bathrooms among the amenities.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-DELTATHEAT-XX-1-1-e1716736489460.jpg?w=140)
Historic East Bay movie theater gets a full renovation — and a modern twist
Gourmet food, local wine, bar and new reclining seats, modern bathrooms among the amenities.
![Board also agrees to move forward with review of district policies, practices and culture. Board also agrees to move forward with review of district policies, practices and culture.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-SUPEFOLLO-0510-5-1.jpg?w=132)
Antioch school board appoints Rob Martinez as acting superintendent
Board also agrees to move forward with review of district policies, practices and culture.
![Antioch stop will be decommissioned as soon as Oakley platform is ready Antioch stop will be decommissioned as soon as Oakley platform is ready](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-TRAINCLOSE-1-1.jpg?w=140)
Train riders rally against closure of Amtrak in Antioch
Antioch stop will be decommissioned as soon as Oakley platform is ready