Danville News

It's Independence Day and everywhere people are prepping for a day of fireworks, sparklers and family picnics.

Tickets, $6-$10; parking, $8. www.alamedacountyfair.com . Free concert and family picnic - Noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Lions' Wayside Park, corner of Neal and First streets.

A financial manager on a training ride for an upcoming triathalon is dead after being struck by a car on Camino Tassajara at the southern end of Contra Costa County.

Final design plans have been drawn up for a major renovation of the Danville Veterans Memorial Hall.

One of the best ways parents can take the edge off these hot summer days is by visiting Danville's parks and letting the kids frolic through the fountains and water features.

San Ramon Valley High School in Danville will be getting more than $3.6 million in matching state funds to help replace its main gymnasium.

Firefighters and the California Highway Patrol investigate an accident that killed a bicyclist and caused major injuries to the driver of a car on Camino Tassajara in San Ramon, Calif., on Friday, June 26, 2009.

A grilled filet with cherry red wine port reduction, caramelized shallots and truffle mushrooms served at the Magngia Mi restaurant in Danville, Calif., on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

It was the Mount Diablo view that really sold Sue and Jim Halverson on their house at the top of MontCrest Place.

Hazardous waste crews from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District were dispatched early last Sunday morning after a call of a strange discoloration in the waters of the San Ramon Creek, south of Greenbrook Drive along the Iron Horse Trail.

Most people would say Daniel Hawkins made a great sacrifice for his 6-year-old daughter.

The Danville/San Ramon Valley Chapter of Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a support group and will meet tonight at 7 p.m., June 15, at Danville Congregational Church, 989 San Ramon Valley Blvd.

Simone Wells with her father, Max Shapiro at Hap Magee Park in Danville, Calif. on Tuesday, June 8, 2009.

A Los Altos man and his Danville business partner were charged in civil proceedings by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday with running an $80 million Ponzi scheme targeting Korean-American investors.

Some Tri-Valley youths won't be spending their whole summer at the pool or camp, but because of two Danville sisters, they will collect and hopefully fill 400 backpacks for less-advantaged students.

Zahara McCoy, of Danville, is a recent graduate of a private school in this affluent community.

The California Highway Patrol is responding to a crash in Danville this morning, where a vehicle reportedly crashed over a highway guardrail and landed on the roadway below, a CHP officer said.

Danville residents felt a sharp jerk Monday afternoon as an earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale struck the northern portion of town.

An altercation that started at one Danville bar and ended up outside a second drinking establishment ended with one man in the hospital and another in police custody.

Three small earthquakes shook the East Bay this afternoon, and residents from Martinez to Livermore felt the first one as a gentle tremor that caused no damage.