ONE OF the key tenents of newspapers and the electronic media is to keep watch on what's happening in public institutions, report what is discovered and keep the public informed.

Wayne Thiebaud, Sacramento's most celebrated painter, had his first solo exhibition in 1951, at the Crocker Art Museum.

A 43-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle crashed Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

I HAD hoped to write this month about the U.S. Supreme Court's ridiculous decision not to allow live television coverage of the challenge to the constitutionality of Proposition 8 that is ongoing in San Francisco.

IT'S THE END of the first month of 2010, and it's also the final festive follow-up for the Good Neighbor column.

Craig Arnold is putting his UPS logistical skills to work in the Salvation Army Haitian rescue operation.

Join the fun: participate in our new online book club with literary expert Lynn Carey.

This flyer, which advertises a " new study for the treatment of meth problems " was taken in the Food Maxx shopping center on Clayton.

If Clayton's council only had to answer to its voters, the topics of low-income housing and denser development would seldom come up.

A torrential downpour soaked the East Bay on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands, flooding residential streets and forcing many to brave a slip-and-slide commute on the area's highway system.

The torrential downpour soaking the region has not spared the East Bay, as thousands are without power and the highways have been a roadway slip-and-slide this morning.

Saturday's 24-hour "Music-a-thon" fundraiser for music programs in the Mt. Diablo school district has been scaled back to 12-hours. The event will will feature 21 bands and choirs from 16 elementary, middle and high schools in Clayton, Concord, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek.

LOCAL ACTOR/DIRECTOR Michael Ryken and actress Xanadu Bruggers have been traveling over the hill to Alameda, where they opened a production of William Inge's "Bus Stop" at the Altarena Playhouse last weekend.

SHMUEL thinks singing a solo is a little scary, the fact that the 10-year-old's solo begins a tumultuous story about the fighting in Northern Ireland doesn't seem to faze her at bit.

Five East Bay Jefferson Award Recipients will be honored at Herbst Theater in San Francisco for outstanding service to their communities.

The second day of 2010 starts off happily as Dylen Wallior, 5, chases her dog, Izzy, above, while playing at the Clayton Dog Park.

The Martinez Unified School District will conduct kindergarten registration for the 2010-2011 school year on the following dates and times: John Muir Elementary, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

The Ygnacio Valley Republican Women Federated will meet at the Oakhurst Country Club, located at 1001 Peacock Creek Road, Clayton, Wednesday, January 20, beginning at 10:15 AM.

Aussie Pet Mobile provides a 15 Step mobile grooming Spa Treatment for all breeds of dogs and cats.

ALMOST A DECADE into the new millennium, will we move ahead with the "two thousand ten" progression or make the jump to "twenty ten?" Recession and health care news dominated the national headlines, and the economic woes were felt at the local level.