In the fourth outbreak of fighting in and around downtown bars in little over a month, a private party reportedly taking place at the Shiro Restaurant and… Read more “Officers punched, multiple arrests in another downtown fight”

Maybe like a lot of people, I read with surprise and alarm the initial details about how, early on New Year’s Day, a 21-year-old Walnut Creek man… Read more “Walnut Creek Man’s Death Points to Another Traffic Hazard”

Maybe there are a number of people around town who celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas, Twelfth Night and the Epiphany. These are concepts of which I… Read more “Hanging on to Christmas”

Got emotional baggage? Don’t we all? Feel sad sometimes, lost, disappointed, full of regrets? Yeah, I do. Sorry, to keep going on in this vein. But hey,… Read more “Grief Relief”

Peet’s Coffee and Tea was no longer selling pumpkin, eggnog and gingerbread flavored lattes when I stopped in Wednesday evening. So, I guess the Christmas season 2011… Read more “Easter is Coming”

‘Tis the season, truly, to deal with all the ghosts of Christmas and of life. Who knew? While I have always loved the holiday season, I’ve had… Read more “The Holiday Nostagia Blues”

Police arrested a 44-year-old custodian with the Mt. Diablo Unifed School District on charges he molested a child, according to a news release.  John A. Astor was… Read more “Walnut Creek custodian arrested”

It’s now a dusky  looking building that appears empty, except for a shelf of file folders visible through one of the darkened windows. But back in the… Read more “New development could replace one of Walnut Creek’s first foodie temples”

The probe into the death of a 47-year-old Hayward man has led to a shift in crime scenes, jurisdictions, investigating agencies and suspects. Walnut Creek police took… Read more “Revolving suspects in homicide with Concord man now in jail”

Another homicide took place in southeast Walnut Creek, with the death Monday night of a 48-year-old Hayward man whose body was found at the San Miguel Drive… Read more “Homicide in Walnut Creek”