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Local news for Walnut Creek, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | CBS 5

Rabid Bat Discovery Prompts Berkeley Warnings

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.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, Alameda County, CA

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Contra Costa Times

Fire severely damages Walnut Creek home, sparks grass fire

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 ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Pleasant Hill Record

Henik is first Walnut Creek City Council candidate to file election papers

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.

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Related Topix: Diablo, CA, Education Etc.

Wed Jul 23, 2008

CBS 5

Rabid Bat Discovery Prompts Berkeley Warnings

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.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, Alameda County, CA

Ledger Dispatch

Waste authority to pay back county, Walnut Creek

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 ...

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Related Topix: Moraga, CA, Danville, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Lafayette, CA, Orinda, CA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Pleasant Hill Record

Walnut Creek Councilman announces he won't seek re-election

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

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

ABC7 - KGO-TV/DT

Richmond BART station closed

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 ...

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Related Topix: Martinez, CA, Richmond, CA

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

New police chief lured by small Walnut Creek

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

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Related Topix: California State University System, Long Beach (California State University System), San Diego State University (California State University System), University of Oregon, University of California System, UC San Diego, Drugs

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Women follow men onto the golf course

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.

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Related Topix: Danville, CA, Livermore, CA, Pleasant Hill, CA

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Walnut Creek commission revisits idea to extend meter hours

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

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Inside Bay Area

Rescue group needs more adoptions

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, ...

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Related Topix: Pleasant Hill, CA, Lafayette, CA, Pittsburg, CA, Contra Costa County, CA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Library Corner, Walnut Creek, July 17

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

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA, University of Houston System, Downtown (University of Houston System), Friends University, The College of Wooster

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Walnut Creek rejects shortcut to Pleasant Hill BART

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 ...

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Related Topix: Pleasant Hill, CA, Concord, CA

Ledger Dispatch

Walnut Creek police log

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

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Power outage affects 9,000 customers, snarls traffic in Walnut Creek

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.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Salad days call for bright wines and inventive salad dressings

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

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Mormon challenge to gay marriage ban

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.

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Related Topix: Martinez, CA, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Walnut Creek commission studies Broadway Plaza valet parking proposal

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.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

After-school center to open at Walnut Creek Intermediate

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

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Nintendo Wii, Video Games, Kids, Family

Inside Bay Area

East Bay water rationing plan calls for 10 percent rate increase

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Lafayette, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, San Leandro, CA

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