Regular reader (and Claycord.com Council member) Mom’s Exhausted sent along a copy of an obituary she came across about someone she knew who recently died, Walter H.… Read more “Speaking of Longs Drugs lay-offs in the next post, sad news about a longtime employee”

The Contra Costa Times’ Elisabeth Nardi must have been right there at the very moment (or immediately thereafter) when documents were filed at 2 p.m. Monday with… Read more “Sneaky Neiman Marcus opponents unmasked!”

Okay, what’s next? That is, in terms of bad, apocalyptic-sounding news. After reading this latest tidbit from the Contra Costa Times about new drought worries, I had… Read more “Another thing to stress about: the possibility of a drought and water rationing”

Update 5:30 a.m. The Contra Costa Times reports “the much-anticipated speech Wednesday by militant-turned-college-professor William Ayers at Saint Mary’s College attracted nearly 600 people, many of them… Read more “Raucous protest greets William Ayers at St. Mary’s; college president justifies Ayers’ speech tonight on campus”

Things are getting ugly between developers in Walnut Creek and San Ramon over building up–or, in San Ramon’s case, creating entirely–their downtown retail districts. The Contra Costa… Read more “Cat fight brewing between mall projects in Walnut Creek and San Ramon”

County Connection officials are closing their Transportation Center at Walnut Creek BART as of January 30, and looking to increase fares, cut some services, and realign bus… Read more “WC bus transportation center to close; fares to increase, services to be cut”

It’s weird that I thought about Bobby Griffiths recently, but probably not that weird. Over the past few months, I have been posting blogs about my support… Read more “Film examines short, tragic life of young WC man whose family couldn’t accept him being gay”

The Mayor of Claycord is reporting that East Bay-based KGO Radio news reporter Greg Edmonds has been laid off, and so has longtime news anchor Greg Jarrett.… Read more “Vital voice of East Bay news silenced”

As I write this late Sunday, the wife and daughters of Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the Danville pilot hailed as a hero for safely guiding a failing… Read more “Capt. Sullenberger goes to Washington”

Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot responsible for what’s being called a miracle–safely guiding a failing US Airways flight into New York’s Hudson River Thursday–was obviously the… Read more “Danville pilot who saved 155 lives hailed internationally as true hero”