Walnut Creek News

Berkeley health officials are cautioning residents to avoid contact with wild animals after a rabid bat was found in the north part of the city last week.

A two-alarm fire inflicted severe damage to a single-story home and burned some grassland this morning, but the family of four who lived inside was able to escape without injury, the Contra Costa Fire District ...

Sol Henik, a Mt. Diablo school district teacher, is the first Walnut Creek City Council candidate to file election papers in a race for three open seats in November.

Berkeley health officials are cautioning residents to avoid contact with wild animals after a rabid bat was found in the north part of the city last week.

To resolve 10 years of uneven rate practices, a trash disposal agency will spend the next four or six years repaying Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County for higher rates their trash customers paid to subsidize ...

Walnut Creek City Councilman Charlie Abrams announced Monday that he will not seek a fourth term in office.

A man in an Indiana Jones-style hat allegedly left a suspicious package on an Amtrak train today then jumped out a window and fled, prompting police to evacuate the Richmond Bay Area Rapid Transit station and ...

New police Chief Joel Bryden would have been content to finish out his law enforcement career as assistant police chief in San Diego.

Lynne VanLuchene, right, and Pat McSween, left, take a break from playing a round of golf at Boundary Oaks Golf Course in Walnut Creek Calif.

The free time at metered parking spaces in downtown Walnut Creek may soon be not so free.

At her three car garage in Pittsburg, Calif., Kelly Perry of the Community Concern for Cats feline rescue foundation takes a look at a newly trapped kitten that was delivered to her home on Monday July 14, ...

All Contra Costa County library branches offer a variety of programs for children and families.

Citing money concerns, the Walnut Creek City Council Tuesday night derailed a plan for a residential shortcut to the Pleasant Hill BART station, leaving some Walnut Creek residents cheering and some Concord ...

A computer monitor was reported stolen from a storage room in the 1900 block of Olympic Boulevard.

Traffic was backed up on several thoroughfares after a power outage that affected about 9,000 PG&E customers also disabled traffic lights along several busy commute routes.

Chilled bottle of rose with a bowl of salad in Walnut Creek, Calif. on Tuesday, July 01, 2008.

Some Mormons are rejecting their prophet's call to campaign for a ban on same-sex marriage in California, suggesting the church leadership's sway over the issue of homosexuality may be weakening.

A valet parking system employing up to 100 people could help streamline the search for spaces on weekends and holidays at Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek, according to developers.

It is an after-school program complete with a pool table, homework time and even a Nintendo Wii.

The East Bay's largest water district will raise rates by 10 percent and impose surcharges on customers who do not conserve water as part of a plan to cut water use by 15 percent.