On Monday, I went to a neighborhood in Danville to wait with hundreds of others for the return of a mother, father and three brothers. The family… Read more “What does it all mean?”

 Walnut Creek police announced Tuesday that they had arrested a self-described member of the Occupy movement who confessed to writing on the windows of banks in Walnut… Read more “UPDATE Occupy protester arrested in bank grafitti attacks”

This week, police in Sonoma County announced that a 59-year-old Walnut Creek woman had been arrested on suspicion of being intoxicated while driving 75 mph in a… Read more “Six DUIs in eight years: How does that happen?”

I had started to make eggplant parmegan Friday night for dinner, but about 5 p.m., I was hit with a strange fatigue.  Weary. I couldn’t go through… Read more “Going to Pinky’s? Prepare to Wait and wait. Popularity has its price”

On Thursday, Jason Aube’s foreclosed three-bedroom, two-bath Pittsburg home was scheduled to go up for auction.  Early that morning, the out-of-work, 40-year-old posted a suicide note on… Read more “Did unemployment, foreclosure and America’s economic woes cause Pittsburg murder-suicide?”

Last Tuesday night’s Mt. Diablo Unified School District board meeting, to decide the fate of Clayton Valley High’s charter school proposal, devolved into “a divisive hissing contest… Read more “The Coming Anarchy 2011 and the MDUSD charter school debate”

The Contra Costa County Planning Commission voted 4-2 to approve Sufism Reoriented’s plans to build a controversial 66-974 square-foot religious center in Walnut Creek’s Saranap neighbor. The… Read more “Sufism Sanctuary gets OK from county commission”

Get ready for Occupy Pinky’s Pizza? That’s what loyal, excited Pinky’s fans say about the day their favorite pizzeria returns to Walnut Creek.  Tom Beisheim, the former… Read more “Pinky’s Pizza to Open This Friday”

Ever since leaving Walnut Creek Patch, I’ve been at this weird crossroads in terms of writing. I don’t know what to write about. I don’t know what… Read more “I write because I’m egotistical, selfish, aggressive, angry and damaged”

I’m a bit late in jumping on this bandwagon, but here I go, summoning a Steve Jobs quote that I think can be useful for someone like… Read more “Quote O’ the Day: Looking Back”