Seniors are out in force, voting and protesting and creating a lot of clever signs.
Author Archives: Tony Hicks, Bay City News
Tony Hicks covers Contra Costa County news and leads our Library Hub team. He previously worked for Bay Area News Group for 22 years as an award-winning news and feature writer, columnist, and music and film critic. He’s also written for Healthline, Berkeleyside, Diablo magazine, Riff magazine, Bay Area Parent, Parents Press, Oakland magazine, and BAM magazine. He grew up in the East Bay, attended SF State, and was the editor in chief of the Diablo Valley College Inquirer. He’s the father of four daughters and a violent cat.
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Hicks: Still rockin’ decades later
Black Sabbath plays its final show — and showcases how perceptions of “over the hill” have changed.
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Hicks: We’re heading over a cliff
The “big, beautiful bill” could spell greater disparity in healthcare and access to food than we’ve ever faced outside of war.
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Hicks: Conventional wisdom says life peaks in our twenties
The reality is that true satisfaction comes with age and experience.
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Hicks: You don’t need to lift weights to get healthy
As Al Davis might say, “Just move, baby.”