Diablo News

The Mt. Diablo school district invites parents of children born between Sept. 2 and Dec.

High schools in the Mt. Diablo school district in Concord, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek will be holding commencement exercises at the Sleep Train Pavilion beginning June 10.

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black edition is a fantastic pick for the low end build.

Summer is when the great wheel aligns Stockton with its blessings. The Valley basks in the sunny California of '50s myth.

After losing their Concord apartment and nearly everything they owned, the 61-year-old former Sears appliance technician and his son have alternated the last two years between sleeping in their car, in shelters and with friends.

Morgan Territory Regional Preserve , in eastern Contra Costa County, is one of my favorite East Bay Regional Parks-when the temperatures are moderate.

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson reported this week that a record number of California school districts are in financial jeopardy, including four in the East Bay.

Ashley Oconner, 10, has her face painted to disguise herself as a zombie during the Zombie Survival Seminar hosted by the Brentwood Library last week.

This is an excerpt of On Assignment, education writer Theresa Harrington's blog on Contra Costa County schools.

Physocarpus opulifolius eDiabloi is a beautiful cultivar of the California native shrub Physocarpus capitatus, or Western Ninebark.

Glace upward Sunday evening for a free show in the sky. The moon will cross the sun between 5:16 pm.

A A partial solar eclipse is expected to darken the sun between 5:16 and 7:40 p.m. Sunday, but astronomers are advising you look ver-r-r-r-y carefully.

And, her students must offer up something new they have learned when they exit the classroom at the end of the instructional day.

With flags of many nations waving, clapping and cowbell-ringing fans are boisterously cheering the Amgen Tour of California bike riders through Walnut Creek.

As we've previously reported about three or four time over the past week, the Amgen Tour of California will be coming through Walnut Creek, Concord & Clayton this afternoon.

Calling it "our day of reckoning," Gov. Jerry Brown rolled out a revised budget proposal Monday that relies on increased income and sales taxes from a proposed November ballot measure to avoid deep cuts to K-12 and higher education.

This is an excerpt of On Assignment, education writer Theresa Harrington's blog on Contra Costa County schools.

The Amgen Pro Cycling Tour will be coming through Danville on Tuesday. As a result, officers with the California Highway Patrol will be conducting a rolling closure of streets affected by the ride.

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve's unique underground Greathouse Visitor Center reopened to the public the first weekend in March, after five years' closure for repairs and additions.

The "meet and greet" with David Linzey is at 6 p.m. in the library at 1101 Alberta Way in Concord.