Because I’m crazy? Because gathering information is my way of convincing myself that I have some little bit of control over all the bad-news events spinning in… Read more “Why Do I Keep Reading All the Bad News?”

This one-minute video, shot by a Contra Costa Times photographer-turned-videographer, captures the immediate moments after 40-year-old Deonna Zuffa, 40, was pulled from her single-story home in a… Read more “Dramatic Video of Woman Rescued From Suburban House Fire In Pleasanton”

Brittney Gilbert, who authors Eye on the Blogs, spotted my post asking Will the CoCo Times’ Reporting of WC City Council Meetings and Other Local News Be… Read more “CBS5.com’s Eye on the Blogs Gives Crazy in Suburbia and Claycord.com Nice Plugs”

After (perhaps finally) listening to the concerns of local residents, while also facing a special election and a lawsuit, Broadway Plaza owners announced that the high-end retailer… Read more “UPDATE: Neiman Marcus to go back to the drawing board”

About a year ago, my husband, point blank, asked me whether I was happy. I took a deep breath and answered “no.” Why wasn’t I happy? What… Read more “Why I’ve Learned to Stop Worrying About Whether I’m Happy or Like Myself”

The managers of Sunvalley Mall? San Ramon’s Sunset Development? Other nefarious mall operators who don’t want Walnut Creek’s highly esteemed Broadway Plaza to continue to succeed? Who… Read more “The "Shadowy" Suspects Behind the Plot to Derail WC’s Neiman Marcus Project”

Rossmoor resident Ronald Scrivner died Sunday morning, the day after a golf cart he was riding in was struck by a car while the cart was crossing… Read more “Golf cart accident at Rossmoor kills 79-year-old man”

Don Huggins, a Walnut Creek resident, asserts that the Walnut Creek City Council is to blame for the costs the city would bear if opponents of the… Read more “Good Commentary on WC City Council’s Tone Deafness Regarding the Neiman Marcus Project”

Apparently our esteemed Governor Schwarzenegger stopped in at Starbucks at the Blackhawk Plaza recently and then got his photo snapped with a bevy of local beauties at… Read more “What was Governor Ah-nold doing in Blackhawk?”

From Gary Bogue, wildlife expert, Contra Costa Times expert: Soccer Mom, A lot of squirrels simply blunder into the streets in front of cars and get killed.… Read more “Gary Bogue, wildlife expert, addresses my concerns about squirrel fatalities”