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Amgen race: CHP officer collides with car, downtown Livermore evacuated hours later
A California Highway Patrol officer providing traffic control for the Amgen Tour of California was seriously injured Saturday afternoon in Brentwood. Comment?
Walnut Creek police chief retires after 33 years in law enforcement
As a member of the San Diego SWAT team in 1984, he helped take down a man who killed 21 people -- some of them children -- in a McDonald's restaurant in the middle of the day. Comment?
Walnut Creek: Credit card skimming devices found at two gas stations
Credit card skimming devices have been found at two gas stations within a quarter-mile of each other, police said Thursday. Comment?
Walnut Creek council to decide Tuesday on central downtown...
The Walnut Creek City Council is set to decide Tuesday on the fate of 1500 California, a project that calls for 141 apartments and nearly 18,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space in two six-story buildings. Comment?
Walnut Creek council to decide Tuesday on central downtown housing/retail project
The Walnut Creek City Council is set to decide Tuesday on the fate of 1500 California, a project that calls for 141 apartments and nearly 18,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space in two six-story buildings. Comment?
School Notes: Walnut Acres now accepting summer campers
In its 31st year, the Walnut Acres Summer Fun Camp is ready to reserve spaces for campers. Comment?
Walnut Creek weighs in on Plan Bay Area
At least one city council member is concerned that the city's ability to dictate its own future growth is at risk because of a long-term regional housing, transportation and jobs plan -- one that is stirring controversy in many Bay Area cities. Comment?
Walnut Creek: This 'Quick Draw' event was for the birds
The Bedford Gallery experienced such a synergy of enthusiasm for it's first Cheetah Quick Draw event, featuring the luscious, lounging "Tango," it propelled them into round two: a "raptor capture." Featuring five birds of prey--Eurasian eagle owl, leukistic red-tailed hawk, rough legged hawk, common barn owl and American kestrel--the May 11 ... (more) Comment?
Calendar, Best of the Walnut Creek Journal -- Writer, playwright,...
The Bedford Gallery is offering guided walking tours of Walnut Creek's prime public artworks located in the downtown district. Comment?
Walnut Creek Journal News Briefs: Mt. Diablo trustees to talk; Aquanuts' celebration;
Brian Lawrence and Barbara Oaks, trustees of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, will present a program entitled "Changes and Challenges in the Mt. Comment?
Childhood experiences help fulfill adult dreams -- Local authors...
Donna Kaulkin and Cinda MacKinnon have a lot to celebrate this month -- they've turned their childhood storytelling skills and dreams of writing a novel into reality. Comment?
Walnut Creek public meetings, May 16 -- Transportation Commission and ...
The City Council's next regular meeting will be Tuesday, May 21 in the City Council chamber, 1666 N. Main St. Comment?
The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., announced that Peter Heath has earned a place on the dean's list for the winter quarter. Comment?
Grilling goes sustainable -- and delicious
We may fire up the barbecue year-round, but even we weather-blessed Californians view Memorial Day weekend as the true start of grilling season. Comment?
Stella is a sweet and playful 2-year-old Maine coon mix who was surrendered to a public shelter when her previous owner allowed her to get too overweight. Comment?
Stepping up to do right by the environment: More than 1,000 sign up for 'Sustainability Challenge'
If one Contra Costa County home gardener fights "peach curl" with enviro-safe fungicide once a year, a tree is saved. Comment?
Thirteen John Muir Medical Center-Concord volunteers took a moment during a fundraising trip to the Canadian Rockies last summer to catch up with the community news in the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record at the Municipal Gardens in Banff Springs. Comment?
Concord's Buchanan Field home to Young Eagles program offering free flights for youths
Scott Achelis taxis his home built RV6-A, two-seater airplane up to the clubhouse at Buchanan Field Airport, where parents eagerly await the return of their children who have just gotten a taste of flight. Comment?
Barnidge: Every month is Bicycle Month in California
If there was any doubt about the ubiquity of bicycles in California, it was put to rest this month. Comment?
Morris: What to do with unwanted pets
DEAR JOAN: I volunteer for an East Bay rescue group and answer the phone line. There are daily calls from people desperate to rehome their cats, sometimes for reasons not especially heart-wrenching but often for the same reason given by Gina, in her letter addressing surrender fees. Comment?