A 66-year-old Walnut Creek man who had been arrested in early September for allegedly flashing several children in Pleasant Hill has been arrested again. Walnut Creek police… Read more “Suspected flasher and harasser of kids arrested in Walnut Creek Thursday—the second time in two weeks”

Life magazine was still around when I was a kid, but barely. Still, in my own media-interested way, I knew that Life magazine was an icon of… Read more “Here’s one thing that could keep me from blogging: Browsing online the now available archives of Life magazine”

You’ve seen them around town, members of unions representing local carpenters and other construction workers. They bring out their giant inflatable rat and march with signs around… Read more “The Rat Squad out protesting again, this time outside a new restaurant renovation”

While I was tasting fine wines for Walnut Creek’s Fall Wine Walk Wednesday night, several hundred people attended a Town Hall meeting on the health care debate… Read more “Doctors hosted health care Town Hall forum in Walnut Creek Wednesday night with top medical experts: Did you go?”

For the record, I do not in any way look like Victoria Beckham, my Soccer Mom “avatar.” That’s what they call, irony, folks. With her stick-thin body,… Read more “A few truths: About body image–my own–and maybe my attitudes about some local cheerleaders”

Earlier this week, I was driving back home from a meeting in East Contra Costa. It was way past dinner time and I was hungry. Then off… Read more “Walnut Creek needs an In-N-Out”

All I can say is: What a wonderful way to start a Saturday morning. Big flashes of lightning, then the roar of thunder. Popped out to get… Read more “Thunder, lightning, rain: Oh my!”

Back when I was 17, I had sex with a man who was in his mid-20s. He was also married, but I didn’t know that until after… Read more “Statutory rape: I guess maybe it happened to me”

In a surprise announcement, Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff announced today to his county’s supervisors that he was retiring from his elected post, which he has… Read more “Which O’Malley sibling will make it first to District Attorney in their counties? Dan in Contra Costa or Nancy in Alameda?”

I also spit out my coffee this morning laughing while reading “Tell Me About It,” the advice column by Carolyn Hax that is printed in the Contra… Read more “"My mom won’t believe her when I tell her I’m not gay"–best letter to an advice columnist ever!”