Starting February 22, drivers who park at the Pleasant Hill station will be charged a $1 daily parking “fee.” According to BART’s website, this fee will be… Read more “BART to start charging parking fee at Pleasant Hill station”
Author: Crazy in Suburbia
Are you Team Las Lomas, Northgate, or Acalanes?
Sure, it’s Super Bowl weekend, and maybe a lot of people’s attention is focused on Sunday’s showdown between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. But… Read more “Are you Team Las Lomas, Northgate, or Acalanes?”
RIP, I guess: Citizens for Walnut Creek, the town’s notable slow-growth advocates
Citizens for a Better Walnut Creek was a political group that, in the 1980s helped establish building heights limits in Walnut Creek. It also created the group,… Read more “RIP, I guess: Citizens for Walnut Creek, the town’s notable slow-growth advocates”
Walnut Creek defined by Urban Dictionary
In several posts, I’ve been asking readers to share their views on how they view this fair East Bay suburb that they either live in or visit.… Read more “Walnut Creek defined by Urban Dictionary”
Does class size matter?
It’s been all over the news: how another budget crisis in Sacramento means another spring of budget crises for local public school districts, a desperate situation that… Read more “Does class size matter?”
Pho’s Saigon Noodle House is open; Newell Avenue’s second Vietnamese noodle restaurant
Is it time for a Walnut Creek Vietnamese noodle shop smackdown? What with two Vietnamese noodle restaurants within about a block of each other? Pho Saigon opened last… Read more “Pho’s Saigon Noodle House is open; Newell Avenue’s second Vietnamese noodle restaurant”
It sucks for local school districts: Walnut Creek, Acalanes, Mt. Diablo dealing with layoffs, rising class sizes and closure of well-regarded alternative high school
Sorry, if some people find it offensive of me to use the word “sucks,” but right now, I can’t think of another term that applies to the scary financial… Read more “It sucks for local school districts: Walnut Creek, Acalanes, Mt. Diablo dealing with layoffs, rising class sizes and closure of well-regarded alternative high school”
Small town? Big town? What’s your view of Walnut Creek?
One of the key tensions among Walnut Creek residents is whether this community of 63,000 people should hold onto its quiet, small town roots–or it should become… Read more “Small town? Big town? What’s your view of Walnut Creek?”
More info and crime prevention advice in the wake of those three armed robberies this month in Walnut Creek
Sgt. Tom Cashion kindly filled me in on some more details about a cluster of armed robberies of businesses this past month that prompted police to send… Read more “More info and crime prevention advice in the wake of those three armed robberies this month in Walnut Creek”
Young Walnut Creek man found dead in Lafayette remembered as bringing joy and laughter to those around him
Family and friends of Michael McDowell are grieving the 26-year-old’s death, but are also celebrating him as the “master of the quirky one-liner” and for the happiness he brought… Read more “Young Walnut Creek man found dead in Lafayette remembered as bringing joy and laughter to those around him”
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