UPDATE Friday afternoon: News reports say searchers using information provided by convicted serial killer have recovered the remains of a second person in Calaveras County. One of… Read more “Maybe certainty is one East Bay missing girl’s case will come from this killer’s disclosure”

Wow, the Walnut Creek City Council came down on Lift Lounge by scaling back its hours for serving alcohol to 11:30 p.m. But after 80 violations in… Read more “Another solution to Walnut Creek’s rowdy downtown bar scene? Ban alcohol sales to men under 30”

The other morning, I arrived by plane on an island in Greece. I was by myself. I stepped off the plane and was walking through the terminal.… Read more “Not THAT girl anymore”

So, a federal judge said a former Contra Costa County drug task force commander, indicted on multiple federal drug sales and theft charges, could not travel to… Read more “No Dr. Phil mea culpas for disgraced drug task force commander — and Dr. Phil?”

At the start of eighth grade, my son came home excited about his moviemaking class. He liked the teacher, the prospect of learning to make films and… Read more “Way to engage kids in school and learning? Let them watch and make movies”

Dava Alizabeth-Ann Steen is likely to have some 15 minutes of fame — or notoriety — with the release of her booking photo following her arrest over… Read more “Mug shot most likely to go viral: Concord woman charged with suffocating boyfriend”

Yesterday, on my Facebook page I posted a link to a story about 49ers Kyle Williams getting threats via social media following his fumbles in the NFC… Read more “With fans like these, maybe the 49s deserved to lose”

Over the past few years, I’ve posted a number of stories about Walnut Creek’s  night life, here on Crazy in Suburbia and on Walnut Creek Patch. There… Read more “Walnut Creek to tackle its night life problems: Thank goodness”

When I was in 8th grade, I went to pass a ball in a co-ed PE soccer game. I charged and kicked hard at the ball with… Read more “Guilt, shame, remorse: How do we go on when we do wrong things?”

Every once in a while, police in some local town will announce that they have arrested someone for sexual abuse who also worked in a position of… Read more “Wolves in the fold: School employees implicated in Bay Area sex abuse cases”