Macerich, the owner of Broadway Plaza, just scored big with the 71-percent win on Measure I, which will allow it to build a new 92,000-square-foot department store… Read more “In other retail news: Macerich’s new venture and challenges”

So news comes, via the Mayor of Claycord and other news reports, that a 1988 graduate of Alhambra High in Martinez is facing federal charges for imitating… Read more “Who would you like to pretend to be at your next high school reunion”

They The Bishop tells us: “When the boys come backThey will not be the same; for they’ll have foughtIn a just cause: they lead the last attackOn… Read more “"They": a timeless poem about the tragedy of war and the challenges faced by returning veterans”

After 34 years of award-winning plays and musicals, the Willows Theatre Company will shut its doors at its venue at the Willows shopping center. Ongoing financial problems,… Read more “Willows Theatre in Concord will close for good”

You might like one like this, one of the many images on the blog, Cake Wrecks, that show “when professional cakes go horribly, hilarious wrong.” The publisher… Read more “Are you ready for Halloween? Did you order your special Halloween cake?”

With five days left to go before Election Day, we perhaps have some indication of how things will go in three races that affect a fair share… Read more “The November 3 election horserace so far: Who’s ahead? Neiman Marcus? Garamendi or Harmer? School parcel tax measures?”

Not outer space but from this bus… I think it’s called the Tea Party Express… Oh my God! It was! The leaders of this national bus tour… Read more “It came from…”

KGO 810 radio host Brian Copeland posed another good question on his show this morning. It was directed to suburbanites in all nine Bay Area counties. He… Read more “Fellow suburbanites: Do you avoid San Francisco?”

Our wonderful Lemon Lady of Claycord needs a break, or at least some help with project to harvest fruit from local trees and to collect donations from… Read more “Another way to beat SAD: Help the Lemon Lady fight hunger in our community”

Tonight, the city will hold the final in Step 1 of its series of Community Conversations on Balancing the City’s Future. And have any of you participated… Read more “Another "Community Conversations" workshop about WC’s future tonight; have you gone to any; what do you think?”