Just catching this on CBS5 and KCBS. It will officially open at 7 a.m. this morning! Guess they worked hard all night, and everything came together. However,… Read more “Bay Bridge–amazing!–to open around 7 this morning”

Members of grassroots organizations are inviting the public attend what they call Slow Food “Eat-Ins” at 300 locations in 50 states. One of those will be held… Read more “Las Lomas becomes site of Slow Food celebration today”

A few years ago, I took my son to see the Willows Theatre Company present its version of Annie, and then my sister and I went to… Read more “Can’t the sun come out tomorrow? Is Willows Theatre really facing closure?”

UPDATE: Squirrel photo! Sorry, it’s not the fire-starting squirrel of today’s Rossmoor-area conflagration–in happier times. It’s just a photo of a regular old fox squirrel, the kind… Read more “Another dead squirrel. Clumsy creature loses his life while sparking fire near Rossmoor”

I could satisfy my nosy neighbor tendencies, while the rest of you could exercise your higher, civic-minded duties to make sure our tax dollars are properly spent.… Read more “Walnut Creek and other city salaries online!”

I’ve been hearing the helicopter, and it turns out it, and Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputies are looking for someone who stabbed a bicyclist riding near the intersection… Read more “Helicopters searching over my neighborhood for stabbing suspect”

I guess we’re prepared for my son’s first day of middle school tomorrow. PE uniform washed … Check … School supplies and planner purchased … Check …… Read more “Middle school starts tomorrow! And can I call myself "Soccer Mom" if son’s gonna do golf–not play soccer–this fall?”

The Lemon Lady alerted me to this shout-out for Walnut Creek’s Sunday Farmers Market from Sunset magazine. Contra Costa’s biggest market, with close to 80 vendors, is… Read more “Walnut Creek’s Sunday farmers market named one of best in Northern California”

The linoleum in one part of our kitchen floor is buckling up, so that means we need to replace the whole floor. But we just spent $900… Read more “Suburban dad on the verge: "Breaking Bad’s" Walter White facing mid-life, mortality, hospital bills, and a half century of fear and regret”

Without, right now, dwelling on the right or wrong of the City Council’s 45-day ban on pot clubs, I had to roll my eyes over one aspect… Read more ““Fairly conservative” Walnut Creek? Au contraire ABC7”