Alamo News

No matter how many times Vula and Haig Rushdoony return to help those in need living in the Balkan peninsula, it never gets easier. via Inside Bay Area

“Obviously, it's going to be better for the conservator to have an idea of what he is going to be dealing with.”

One of the enduring images of the Southern California wildfires is that of residents sifting through piles of debris as they desperately searched for their possessions. via Pleasant Hill Record

The list of Guinness World Records is full of strange things, great things and strangely great things. via Inside Bay Area

I wondered what caused all the wild grapes to disappear around the Feather River Nature Center in October, but as I watched one day, a flock of cedar waxwings flooded the vines to snatch those small sweet ... via Mercury-Register

“When prices go down, we have better margins. That's typically the time we do better.”

Steve Carvalho tends to Tom Huebner's overheated car at Bridgeway Service in Berkeley. via Contra Costa Times

Vandals inflicted at least $5,200 damage to New Life Church in Alamo over the weekend, Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. via KNTV San Jose

Vandals destroyed windows and glass doors at an Alamo church, members discovered when they arrived there early today. via Contra Costa Times

SIX YEARS AGO, San Ramon Valley school district nurse Sharon Dodson, with the help of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation East Bay board members Nancy Riley, Mary Harkin and Deneka Horalek, founded "Coins for ... via Contra Costa Times

“Once we opened, they saw there was no problem”

With a state license pending and construction close to complete, a group of Pleasanton residents recently learned an in-home senior care facility will soon open on their quiet, dead-end street. via Contra Costa Times

We not only reached our goal of $100,000 ... we exceeded it by $33,128! During the seventh week of our fundraiser, the Lindsay Wildlife Museum received $40,715 , bringing our grand total to $133,128, donated ... via Contra Costa Times

Hundreds of community volunteers will fan out across the Valley on Saturday, performing charitable tasks ranging from replacing smoke alarms for seniors to improving the grounds at the Livermore Veterans ... via Inside Bay Area

Names will be dropped and crumbs too at the annual poetry lovers' weekend. The Great Books Council of San Francisco puts on the Bay Area event, which includes an overnight stay, four meals, muffins and coffee, ... via Los Angeles Times

Leaves dance in the wind Chattering in the dry grass -- haiku by Lura Osgood, Pleasant Hill Dear Gary: The letter in last week's column on bird pox could not have been more timely. via Contra Costa Times

“Images of America -- Pleasanton”

"Ruthless! The Musical," Role Players Theatre -- 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. via Contra Costa Times

Yesterday morning I was on my way to an appointment on a small road off of Highland and Tassajara in Danville, and there were three turkeys in the middle of the road, so I slowed down to give them a chance to ... via Contra Costa Times

I have used it on the Inner Court Yard door in DM, if you do not have a rogue or Seaforum Charge you can open it witha truesilver key. via Allakhazam.com

“Our 25th high school reunion was at the old Goodman Hall at Jack London Square, which is no longer there”

ALAMO COUPLE HOSTS CLASS OF '47 HIGH SCHOOL REUNION -- Many folks attend their high school class reunions, and the attendance is usually abundant when it's around the 20-year reunion or shortly thereafter. via Contra Costa Times

Power has been restored to nearly all 2,300 PG&E customers in downtown Walnut Creek and Alamo who lost electricity this afternoon. via Contra Costa Times

“I just look around and I think, 'Wow, my father played here, my grandfather played here,"' Erb said. "It makes me really proud to be a part of it.”

BERKELEY, Calif. --- A passion can drive you to do unexpected things. Going back to college at age 47 is a daunting task in its own right. via Waterloo Courier

“We're treating it as an act of vandalism, and the police are involved.”

Hundreds of fliers criticizing Monte Vista High Principal Becky Smith were put up at the school and across Danville and Alamo, and police were called to investigate. via Pleasant Hill Record