RateMyTeachers.com is a website where you or your kids can go online and, Yelp-like, give scores and leave anonymous comments on middle and high school teachers throughout… Read more “Have you or your kids visited RateMyTeachers.com? I have and what do you think about the concept?”
Wish I had $600,000 to spend on fighting for my “right” to host raucous parties with lingerie-clad women on my 13-acre estate
What a jerk—though I could hurl out some other expletives at this guy named Kevin Degnan,who apparently liked seeing himself as the Hugh Hefner of the East… Read more “Wish I had $600,000 to spend on fighting for my “right” to host raucous parties with lingerie-clad women on my 13-acre estate”
Jaycee apparently says: Garrido didn’t molest my daughters
This is one key question many of us have wondered about but have probably thought too indelicate to ask, at least publicly. After all, we’re wondering about… Read more “Jaycee apparently says: Garrido didn’t molest my daughters”
The mystery of why Joe Loudon died deepens, and his family is not going to "let it pass."
The family of Joe Loudon, the 16-year-old Miramonte High sophomore who collapsed at an Orinda party on May 23 and died, received more heartbreak this week. It… Read more “The mystery of why Joe Loudon died deepens, and his family is not going to "let it pass."”
"Glee" tackles the highly controversial issue (at least in Walnut Creek) of high school carwash fundraisers–with girls donning bikini tops!
The fictional McKinley High Glee Club of our new fave TV show, Glee, tries to raise big bucks to hire a professional choreographer to help them make… Read more “"Glee" tackles the highly controversial issue (at least in Walnut Creek) of high school carwash fundraisers–with girls donning bikini tops!”
The Rat Squad out protesting again, this time outside a new restaurant renovation
You’ve seen them around town, members of unions representing local carpenters and other construction workers. They bring out their giant inflatable rat and march with signs around… Read more “The Rat Squad out protesting again, this time outside a new restaurant renovation”
English teacher pleads not guilty to five felony counts of sex with 17-year-old former student
Miramonte High English teacher Mark Christopher Litton, a Walnut Creek resident, has pleaded not guilty to five counts involving his sexual relationship with a former student. The… Read more “English teacher pleads not guilty to five felony counts of sex with 17-year-old former student”
Lawsuits, threats of preliminary injunctions? For now, C3 Collective will stay open
Is C3 Collective on its way out, as fellow Walnut Creek blogger The DubC suggests? The city would like Walnut Creek’s first medical marijuana dispensary to cease… Read more “Lawsuits, threats of preliminary injunctions? For now, C3 Collective will stay open”
Tippi, Tippi, Tippi: Hitchcock’s classic The Birds (and Tippi) in Orinda Friday night; and, by the way, What’s your favorite Hitchcock film?
Tippi Hedren will be in Orinda Friday night at a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece The Birds, as part of the California Independent Film Festival, which is… Read more “Tippi, Tippi, Tippi: Hitchcock’s classic The Birds (and Tippi) in Orinda Friday night; and, by the way, What’s your favorite Hitchcock film?”
Will you get your child immunized for the swine flu?
In her latest e-newsletter Walnut Creek School District Superintendent Patricia Wool says that Walnut Creek schools won’t close if there are any outbreaks of the H1N1 virus.… Read more “Will you get your child immunized for the swine flu?”
Crazy in Suburbia 