Las Lomas High School Principal Patrick Lickiss has said that he will retire at the end of this school year in June, after a 37-year career in… Read more “Las Lomas High principal to retire”
Author: Crazy in Suburbia
THE pressing question of the day: Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?
Hey, if you’re the parent of a 13-year-old girl, you probably know that New Moon, the second cinematic installment of the Twilight teen vampire series, opens tonight.… Read more “THE pressing question of the day: Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?”
Could the Neiman Marcus battle really, truly, finally be over?
After a resounding defeat in the November 3 election, opponents of plans to expand Broadway Plaza with a new 92,000-square-foot department store have droppped their lawsuit against… Read more “Could the Neiman Marcus battle really, truly, finally be over?”
What’s it like to believe satellites are tracking your thoughts and that your co-workers are plotting to kidnap and kill you?
Find out here, in this essay, Paranoia Makes Me Sweat, by a Crazy suburban dad, now published in More Intelligent Life, a quarterly print and online magazine… Read more “What’s it like to believe satellites are tracking your thoughts and that your co-workers are plotting to kidnap and kill you?”
Police volunteers offer free vacation home checks
Going away sometime between now and New Year’s? You can ask to have for trained volunteers to check up on your home while you’re away. According to… Read more “Police volunteers offer free vacation home checks”
Second knife possession incident at Walnut Creek Intermediate, and another reminder to parents
While investigating reports of smoke bombs on campus Friday morning, school officials found a second student in two days in possession of a knife. This was a… Read more “Second knife possession incident at Walnut Creek Intermediate, and another reminder to parents”
Why are SOME postal workers too lazy to get out of their trucks to deliver mail?
The U.S. Postal Service worker at left apparently doesn’t work in my neighborhood… Because … We live in a cul-de-sac, which has been crowded off and on… Read more “Why are SOME postal workers too lazy to get out of their trucks to deliver mail?”
Talk on gun violence in Walnut Creek tonight: Should we in suburbia care?
Gun violence grabs our attention when dramatic events such as the Fort Hood, the Columbine or the 101 California Street mass shootings occur. But individual shootings occur… Read more “Talk on gun violence in Walnut Creek tonight: Should we in suburbia care?”
When a mother’s love is blind
I’m inclined to have sympathy for a certain group of women. These are mothers whose children have committed terrible crimes. Can you imagine what hell such a… Read more “When a mother’s love is blind”
Walnut Creek Fro-Yo Smackdown II: With the opening of Coco Swirl, where are you gonna go? And what about this ’80s fro-yo time warp?
So Coco Swirl has finally opened on Locust Street, next door to Century 14 movie theater, and in the former space occupied by Moonstruck Chocolates. And …… Read more “Walnut Creek Fro-Yo Smackdown II: With the opening of Coco Swirl, where are you gonna go? And what about this ’80s fro-yo time warp?”
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