You could see the smoke rising from the hill west of Interstate 680 in Alamo throughout the day Sunday. came from a house in the 1600 block… Read more “Early morning blaze destroys Alamo house Sunday; fire smolders all day”

These are the faces of the four Oakland police officers fatally wounded in related gun battles with a parolee wanted on a no-bail arrest warrant. They are:… Read more “Communities throughout the East Bay mourn the four fallen Oakland police officers”

With U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher agreeing to leave her House seat to take a top job at the State Department, East Bay political movers and shakers are… Read more “The scramble begins with top politicians eyeing Ellen Tauscher’s House seat”

RLUIPA: It’s a mouthful, and it stands for a federal statute, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which Congress passed in 2000 to “protect individuals,… Read more “Sufism debate continues with TV coverage, RLUIPA (argh!) sniping, and some fun–at all of our expense–by the Mayor of Claycord”

Alamo’s Ellen Tauscher may soon be giving up her Congressional seat to go to work in President Obama’s State Department as undersecretary for arms control and international… Read more “Tauscher tapped to go to State Department”

Update: CBS5.com‘s report on the “faith center fight” surrounding the proposed Sufism Reoriented sanctuary is up on the station’s website. Reporter Joe Vasquez did a good job… Read more “Saranap neighbors protest large "spaceship-looking" Sufism sanctuary”

The Mayor of Claycord, with the help of his ace photographer, Radar, are reporting that construction to repair Zheng Long restaurant, which was serioiusly damaged in a… Read more “Good news on the WC restaurant scene: Zheng Long will make its comeback”

Bankrcupty: That’s the word the New York Times uses in describing the current financial challenges of MediaNews Group, the company that owns the Contra Costa Times, the… Read more “Is the owner of the Contra Costa Times facing bankruptcy? What does that mean? Should we care?”

Dear readers,I had wanted to attend Thursday night’s community meeting hosted by Walnut Creek regarding the Neiman Marcus proposal. The city was going to provide a summary… Read more “Neiman Marcus meeting Thursday night? How did it go?”

The Contra Costa Health Services department inspectors came, and they found evidence, in the form of droppings, that rats had been visiting the Century 14 movie theater,… Read more “Rats! Confirmed at WC’s Century movie theater”