We could follow the lead of Oakland, where 80 percent of voters in July said yes to a special landmark measure to tax sales of marijuana at… Read more “Why doesn’t Walnut Creek vote to tax its new pot club?”
Middle school blues and scary flashbacks to P.E. class locker room and gym uniforms, Walnut Creek circa 1970s
My son is starting middle school next week as sixth-grader. Part of that is, yes, taking a real PE class, in which you change into uniforms for… Read more “Middle school blues and scary flashbacks to P.E. class locker room and gym uniforms, Walnut Creek circa 1970s”
“Fairly conservative” Walnut Creek? Au contraire ABC7
Without, right now, dwelling on the right or wrong of the City Council’s 45-day ban on pot clubs, I had to roll my eyes over one aspect… Read more ““Fairly conservative” Walnut Creek? Au contraire ABC7”
Think we’re living in a "post-racial" society? Maybe not in Walnut Creek, or at least among workers at a local auto service shop
Racial jokes and use of the n-word were apparently business as usual at the Midas auto service shop on North Main Street, according to the Contra Costa… Read more “Think we’re living in a "post-racial" society? Maybe not in Walnut Creek, or at least among workers at a local auto service shop”
Walnut Creek becomes latest East Bay suburb to adopt emergency pot club moratorium
The Walnut Creek City Council voted at an emergency meeting Tuesday to institute a temporary 45-day ban on the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries in town. The… Read more “Walnut Creek becomes latest East Bay suburb to adopt emergency pot club moratorium”
BART strike averted. Tenative deal reached
So says various news outlets, that the strike of BART train operators and other workers, that would have crippled Bay Area transportation for hundreds of thousands of… Read more “BART strike averted. Tenative deal reached”
The economy and climate for publishing may be lousy these days, but maybe not as bad as in the days of poor Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary … I happened to “borrow” a several-months-old New Yorker at my gym this morning and came… Read more “The economy and climate for publishing may be lousy these days, but maybe not as bad as in the days of poor Edgar Allan Poe”
How one reader says the Dudums are helping Walnut Creek: Fine, but what about that pesky SF taxicab issue?
First of all, this is an invitation to Jack or Sylvia Dudum–or, gasp, their attorneys–to write in and offer their side of the controversy over allegations that… Read more “How one reader says the Dudums are helping Walnut Creek: Fine, but what about that pesky SF taxicab issue?”
Walnut Creek Fro-Yo Smackdown: Classic Yogurt Castle versus the trendy new Red Mango? Which do you prefer?
Over the past few weeks, my husband, son, and I have been consuming, well, a bit too much frozen yogurt. But, truly, we were doing it as… Read more “Walnut Creek Fro-Yo Smackdown: Classic Yogurt Castle versus the trendy new Red Mango? Which do you prefer?”
Boy, could my face be red: The first guy I kissed will be a teacher at my son’s school
I’m not going to name names, but his name was on the list of homeroom teachers at the middle school that Soccer Son will be starting in… Read more “Boy, could my face be red: The first guy I kissed will be a teacher at my son’s school”
Crazy in Suburbia 