A four-alarm fire tore through Piedmont Lumber on North Main Street Saturday and kept firefighters busy for several hours until they brought it under control early in… Read more “Piedmont Lumber burning up on North Main in Walnut Creek, explosions heard, haz-mat team called, major traffic tie-up, animals evacuated”
Author: Crazy in Suburbia
Contra Costa D.A.’s race getting bloody, literally, with top homicide prosecutor reportedly throwing punch at supervisor
Harold Jewett, the top homicide prosecutor in Contra Costa County, was placed on administrative leave, and his supervisor went to the hospital for two stitches below the eye,… Read more “Contra Costa D.A.’s race getting bloody, literally, with top homicide prosecutor reportedly throwing punch at supervisor”
Daffy day in the rain: Pretty daffodils make my afternoon during an errand through Lafayette
Sure, it might still officially be winter, and a storm moved through the Bay Area Friday, but there were other signs of spring. And, yes, they involved… Read more “Daffy day in the rain: Pretty daffodils make my afternoon during an errand through Lafayette”
Rural Walnut Creek estate of late state Senator Nejedly to be readied for small development
The son and daughter-in-law of the late state Senator John A. Nejedly have applied to Walnut Creek’s zoning administator to subdivide the political patriarch’s 13-acre grass- and oak-covered… Read more “Rural Walnut Creek estate of late state Senator Nejedly to be readied for small development”
Damn Yellow Star Thistle!
It has a pretty yellow flower and covers the hills of some of our Walnut Creek open spaces. But it is also a major non-native, invasive weed.… Read more “Damn Yellow Star Thistle!”
Friday story time: How the the starter home, once a dream for this lovely young couple, becomes a trap
Tom and Betsy Rather are an attractive suburban couple in their late 20s, early 30s. They both went to good schools and graduated from college. Tom distinguished himself in the… Read more “Friday story time: How the the starter home, once a dream for this lovely young couple, becomes a trap”
Should you believe child sex abuse charges made in high-conflict divorce cases?
(The above photos show Zachary Stratton Smith and Chelsea Paige Smith, kidnapped by their noncustodial mother in 1997. Zachary’s picture is shown age-progressed to 20 years and Chelsea’s picture… Read more “Should you believe child sex abuse charges made in high-conflict divorce cases?”
The pleasure of a "car break": sitting alone in your car on some street or lot, enjoying private time
“Car breaks”: Sorry I couldn’t t come up with a better term to describe one of the favorite ways my co-workers and I like to spend our lunch hours. Basically,… Read more “The pleasure of a "car break": sitting alone in your car on some street or lot, enjoying private time”
Home burglaries worry residents in and around Walnut Creek’s Lakewood neighborhood; police say they’ve made an arrest
Over the past week, I’ve received e-mails from residents saying that there has been a rash of home burglaries in the Lakewood area. I went through a… Read more “Home burglaries worry residents in and around Walnut Creek’s Lakewood neighborhood; police say they’ve made an arrest”
Are big suburban lawns becoming un-PC in California? Is that such a bad thing?
My main memory of a Palm Springs weekend was driving through a ritzy neighborhood, and seeing through homes’ gates big stretches of green lawns—and thinking how unreal… Read more “Are big suburban lawns becoming un-PC in California? Is that such a bad thing?”
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