While I was tasting fine wines for Walnut Creek’s Fall Wine Walk Wednesday night, several hundred people attended a Town Hall meeting on the health care debate… Read more “Doctors hosted health care Town Hall forum in Walnut Creek Wednesday night with top medical experts: Did you go?”
Besides Neiman Marcus, the Walnut Creek Council also voted on two downtown venues that dispense mind-altering substances: 1515 and C3 Collective
The City Council agreed at its meeting Tuesday night to allow 1515 Restaurant Bar and Lounge to extend its hours to 1 a.m. after hearing from Tony… Read more “Besides Neiman Marcus, the Walnut Creek Council also voted on two downtown venues that dispense mind-altering substances: 1515 and C3 Collective”
Neiman Marcus vote to proceed to November 3 ballot
In the end, the City Council’s choice Tuesday night on the Neiman Marcus issue had to do more with a matter of legal technicalities. Not with whether… Read more “Neiman Marcus vote to proceed to November 3 ballot”
Walnut Creek does well in the latest API sweepstakes. And how does your kid’s school rate?
The state Education Department on Tuesday released its latest Academic Performance Index (API) scores, which chart academic progress at public schools. The index uses a complex series… Read more “Walnut Creek does well in the latest API sweepstakes. And how does your kid’s school rate?”
New information (?) emerges in Ilene Misheloff’s abduction as police search Garrido’s home in unsolved cases
In the official, public version of Ilene Misheloff’s disappearance, she was seen leaving her Dublin middle school on the afternoon of January 30, 1989. And then she… Read more “New information (?) emerges in Ilene Misheloff’s abduction as police search Garrido’s home in unsolved cases”
As police search Garrido’s home in other child abductions, more suspicious activity reported around Walnut Creek school kids
UPDATE: School officials warn of suspicious activity around Walnut Acres Elementary and Walnut Creek Intermediate and in the Parkmead Elementary area. Claycord.com reports that the principal of… Read more “As police search Garrido’s home in other child abductions, more suspicious activity reported around Walnut Creek school kids”
Stroll and taste wine in downtown Walnut Creek Wednesday to benefit local schools
The Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association, and nearly three dozen local companies, are inviting people who live and work in and around Walnut Creek to the Second… Read more “Stroll and taste wine in downtown Walnut Creek Wednesday to benefit local schools”
Oprah’s so full of you know what. She says "I want Jaycee!"
In today’s Contra Costa Times’ story about accused kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido’s bail being set at $30 million, the prosecutor urges the media to not hound… Read more “Oprah’s so full of you know what. She says "I want Jaycee!"”
UPDATE: Missing Walnut Creek man, 77, found
UPDATE 9 a.m. Contra Costa Sheriff’s Department spokesman confirms what some readers had reported on Claycord.com–that George Estes had been found alive and well. Monday Night: The… Read more “UPDATE: Missing Walnut Creek man, 77, found”
Walnut Creek once again bucks the trend–by seeing a rise in crime in 2008 when crime falls most everywhere else
Nationally, statewide, and in Contra Costa County, unemployment, interest rates, and stress are on the rise. However, crime rates are not on the rise in most of… Read more “Walnut Creek once again bucks the trend–by seeing a rise in crime in 2008 when crime falls most everywhere else”
Crazy in Suburbia 