My recent post about getting an expired meter ticket while parking in downtown Walnut Creek on Presidents Day, a national and city holiday, really touched a nerve… Read more “Do we who live in Walnut Creek (including our city leaders) need to get over ourselves?”
So as much as we who live in Walnut Creek (including our city leaders) need to get over ourselves, here is my list of things I appreciate about WC
–Walnut Creek truly feels like home. Growing up here, in staid, homogeneous Walnut Creek of the 1970s and 1980s, I absolutely could not wait to leave, to… Read more “So as much as we who live in Walnut Creek (including our city leaders) need to get over ourselves, here is my list of things I appreciate about WC”
"You commie, homo-loving sons of guns!" Sean Penn wins Oscar for playing Harvey Milk who came to Walnut Creek!
Bay Area-based actor Sean Penn won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his amazingly accurate, heart-felt depicition of slain gay rights advocate and San Francisco… Read more “"You commie, homo-loving sons of guns!" Sean Penn wins Oscar for playing Harvey Milk who came to Walnut Creek!”
One-time Lamorinda couple named by Time magazine as among top 25 individuals to blame for the U.S. recession
Following the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, my mother was glad she had stashed her and my father’s money in World Savings Bank,… Read more “One-time Lamorinda couple named by Time magazine as among top 25 individuals to blame for the U.S. recession”
No, we weren’t under attack yesterday by military choppers–and it’s time for a bad, tasteless Sully joke
Did you see those big, military-looking helicopters flying low over central Contra Costa Friday afternoon? I was at work, in my office, which looks out over the… Read more “No, we weren’t under attack yesterday by military choppers–and it’s time for a bad, tasteless Sully joke”
Second suspect charged in very unnerving daylight carjacking of 80-year-old woman from popular parking garage
Speaking of Olympia Place… My mother is 80-plus years old and a longtime Walnut Creek resident. Lately, she has begun to take in matinees by herself at… Read more “Second suspect charged in very unnerving daylight carjacking of 80-year-old woman from popular parking garage”
Good news for Walnut Creek’s Olympia Place: prominent storefront location won’t stay empty indefinitely
A national chain that sells vitamins, minerals, and sports nutrition supplements has leased the space at Mt. Diablo Boulevard and Locust Street that housed Bombay and Company… Read more “Good news for Walnut Creek’s Olympia Place: prominent storefront location won’t stay empty indefinitely”
Concord man arrested in WC bank robbery
Walnut Creek police Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the January 20 robbery of the Washington Mutual Bank on Oak Grove Road. Police say Brandon… Read more “Concord man arrested in WC bank robbery”
Believe it or not, something some people in WC might need: a free workshop this Saturday on the foreclosure process
It’s been a month or two since I’ve visited this website, Foreclosure.com. From what I remember, in looking up listings for foreclosure and pre-foreclosures for Walnut Creek,… Read more “Believe it or not, something some people in WC might need: a free workshop this Saturday on the foreclosure process”
Something good WC is doing: Setting up a pharmaceutical disposal collection box
(Okay, I figured I had to write something positive about services offered by Walnut Creek’s city government, following my most recent rant on the city’s “mercenary parking… Read more “Something good WC is doing: Setting up a pharmaceutical disposal collection box”
Crazy in Suburbia 