Queen: Baby on board, again?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:58:26 GMT

Commuter: Do you know if BART will begin charging for parking at the Pleasant Hill station once the garage expansion is completed? Hideko, cyberspace Queen: There will be free parking! BART riders rejoice.

Pinole revamping campaign finance rules
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:58:25 GMT

The Pinole City Council has adopted a municipal campaign finance ordinance that would limit contributions to candidates to $500 cash per person and $1,000 cash per political action committee.

Pleasant Hill to get tough on bingo operators
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:55:18 GMT

City officials plan to tighten oversight of charity bingo operators, and police are looking into whether a bingo parlor near Diablo Valley College violated the law, after a Times report last month showed that ...

Good Neighbor --- Walnut Creek gets a 'Super Troop"
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:28:43 GMT

On Friday, we will celebrate the Fourth of July marking the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.

Pleasant Hill police report
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:44 GMT

At 7:55 a.m., a caller from the 700 block of Tonstad Place reported bottle rockets and debris found in a front yard, and a potted plant was reported missing.

Gary Bogue: Did someone poison the dead mice in yard?
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:54:33 GMT

Sun: angry red orb - Hopes and dreams of so many, A pall of sorrow! - haiku by Lura Osgood, Pleasant Hill Dear Gary: Over the last several days we have had 4 or 5 dead or sick mice in the backyard.

Concord/Clayton police report
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:11:23 GMT

A Concord man, 44 was pulled over near the corner of Clayton Road and Babel Lane on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol at 12:10 a.m. And, police arrested a 52-year-old San Leandro man, ...

New Garage at Pleasant Hill Station
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:58:47 GMT

A new 1,547 space parking garage addition at the Pleasant Hill BART Station opens Monday, June 30th.

Joan's World: Driver's license numbers tell a secret
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:58:38 GMT

I'm curious about something: California driver's license numbers. I got my license in Merced in the mid-1950s, and the number starts with "H0." My wife got hers in Menlo Park around 1960, and her number starts ...

Pleasant Hill/Martinez public meetings
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:53:04 GMT

The Education/Schools Advisory Commission is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in the large community room of the Pleasant Hill City Hall, 100 Gregory Lane.

Formerly homeless mothers help each other rebuild lives
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:40:51 GMT

"You need to wake up. C'mon bud." Morning arrives early in Apartment 213, as Wyvona Smythe prods her kids to climb from their beds and get ready for school.

Gas prices: Mind the gap and save
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:00:55 GMT

It's bad enough that gas prices are topping $4.50 in most of the Bay Area, but wide gaps in prices, sometimes between stations on opposite corners, can cost motorists as much as 30 cents more per gallon.

Another smoke advisory for Bay Area for Friday
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:42:38 GMT

Smoke from the wild fires settles over Walnut Creek's Contra Costa Centre and Central County on Thursday, June 26, 2008, in Pleasant Hill, Calif.

Smoke from fires continues to fill Bay Area skies
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:41:11 GMT

Bay Area residents can expect another day of smoke-filled and hazy skies. Officials with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District say the air quality in some areas will range between unhealthy to what's ...

Contra Costa students build their future
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:42 GMT

Randal Miller of the Joint Aprenticeship program of the Operating Engineers Union, right, explains how to operate a Mini Excavator, to student Aletha Bolts during an Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing ...

Fire Severely Damages East Bay College Building
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:12:00 GMT

A fire severely damaged the police services headquarters building on the Diablo Valley College campus in Pleasant Hill early Monday morning, college officials said.

Pleasant Hill: Multiple fires gut DVC police building
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:59:21 GMT

An arson likely destroyed the police services building at Diablo Valley College early Monday, investigators said.

Boy pens children's book on Alzheimer's
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:03:08 GMT

Young author Joseph Voight age 12 years old and in the fifth grade, sits holding his book "My Grandmother has Alzheimer's", a how to guide for kids, inspired by his experiences when his grandmother was ...

Concord/Clayton police report
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:54:28 GMT

The following excerpts were taken from the Concord police log: Thursday, June 5 n DUIs - At 3:21 a.m., police pulled over a Clayton man, 25, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs near ...

Caesar and Cleo, Bunco Babes and ministers with secrets on local stages
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:52:44 GMT

This is a great time to check out San Francisco's Teatro ZinZanni, the long-running dinner and variety show playing for nearly 10 years in a posh tent on the Embarcadero.