AROUND TOWN
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Diablo Ballet presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 7:30 p.m., this weekend Friday-Saturday, March 20-21 and at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 21, at the Lesher Center for the Arts... |
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on Mar 20, 2009 at 9:22 am by Fred, a resident of the Walnut Creek neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
AIA Board ponders role in future of Alamo
Just 10 days after the defeat of a three-year-long campaign to incorporate Alamo, members of the Alamo Improvement Association (AIA) met Thursday to map out their strategy for... |
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on Mar 19, 2009 at 9:45 am by Community courtesy, a resident of another community |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher accepts state department post
U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D., Alamo) today accepted an offer from the Obama administration to serve in a key post at the U.S. State Department. Accepting the position of Unde... |
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on Mar 18, 2009 at 6:57 pm by Hal Bailey, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
What do you think of the new restaurants section?
Hi, I'm co-founder of BooRah, the company that's working with the Danville Weekly on the new online Restaurants section that just launched. I'm starting this thread get a dial... |
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on Mar 18, 2009 at 5:38 pm by SALLY BANKS, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Danville approves retail stimulus plan
Starting this spring, Danville retailers will be getting some help in weathering the financial storm rocking the nation. At their March 3 meeting, members of the Town Council ... |
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on Mar 18, 2009 at 11:44 am by Concerned Citizen, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Beauty in our own back yard
Ace nature photographer Joe Christianson, a senior at San Ramon Valley High, went hiking in Las Trampas right after the heavy rains and shared this gorgeous photo of the water... |
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on Mar 18, 2009 at 11:04 am by Joe, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Town to look at police services contracts
Danville officials have given the go-ahead to a consultant to begin examining the cost of police services to the town and the possibility of contracting those services from el... |
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on Mar 18, 2009 at 7:58 am by Alamo Ron, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Final tally shows slight change in Alamo vote
Additional mail-in ballots turned in to the Contra Costa County Clerk's office in the March 3 incorporation election in Alamo pushed voter turnout numbers up to 65.9 percent. ... |
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on Mar 17, 2009 at 10:34 am by Community courtesy, a resident of another community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Teachers waive appreciation week
For years now the tradition at Greenbrook Elementary School has been that during March parents would collect donations, cook food and put together gift baskets during ... |
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on Mar 17, 2009 at 9:30 am by Ron, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Town hall meeting addresses teen drinking
Nearly 60 parents and teens attended a Town Hall style meeting designed to educate parents about the Social Host Ordinance in Danville, which helps police handle teen drinking... |
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on Mar 16, 2009 at 10:57 am by Leilei, a member of the Green Valley Elementary School community |
AROUND TOWN
Gayler give $19,634 to Rotary International
George and Darlene Gayler of Gayler Construction in Danville spearheaded a Community Solar Program, which led to discounted solar pricing for residents and 903.4 kilowatts bei... |
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on Mar 15, 2009 at 5:19 pm by Bob Herzog, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
AIA meeting to look ahead for Alamo
Alamo residents are looking to see what the future holds for the community, now that the move to incorporate has been defeated. Members of Alamo Improvement Association will a... |
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on Mar 12, 2009 at 4:40 pm by Hal Bailey, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Schools chief focuses on mission
Any school district employee who does not work in the classroom is suspect. That's how Superintendent Steve Enoch approaches the budget and personnel for the San Ramon Valley ... |
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on Mar 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm by Hal Bailey, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Tis' time for Paint Satrick's Day
To be sure, the green paint is coming to buckets as is the beer.
It is, as always, Paint Satrick's day when the gathering of the Paisley, as is all step-Irish, meets at Sat... |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 5:13 pm by Tis\'Bailey, in step, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
Mustangs stampede at NCS Championships
Both the girls and boys Monte Vista High School varsity basketball teams won their respective North Coast Section championships held at St. Mary's College on Saturday night. P... |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 11:34 am by Steve Mason, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Journaling for Caregivers
Town of Danville presents B. Lynn Goodwin speaking on "Journaling for Caregivers" with four different sessions; the first is Tuesday from 1-3 p.m., March 10, at the Danville L... |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 8:35 am by Leonard Vinci, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Diablo Views: The wedding planners
How was your daughter's wedding? some people have asked me. Perhaps I announced it too soon, when Zoe and Jeff became engaged more than a year ago. The wedding will take place... |
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on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:20 pm by Dolores, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Town council strategizes over declining revenues
Danville revenue is falling below projected levels, and members of the Town Council discussed how the town will respond to the dwindling funds at their annual workshop Monday.... |
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on Mar 8, 2009 at 9:24 pm by Bobby, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Let there be solar
Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich flips the switch on the Athenian School's solar array, which was financed through a Power Purchase Agreement with Tioga Energy. All of the 450 A... |
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on Mar 8, 2009 at 8:41 pm by Dolores Fox Ciardelli, editor, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Couple arrested for mortgage fraud
A pair of San Ramon residents were among four people named in a mortgage fraud indictment handed down last week by a federal grand jury in Sacramento. In all, the scheme is be... |
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on Mar 8, 2009 at 10:31 am by don, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Danville OKs $400,000 stimulus plan
Starting this spring, Danville retailers will get some help in weathering the financial storm rocking the nation. At their March 3 meeting, members of the Town Council unveile... |
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on Mar 8, 2009 at 10:28 am by Don, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Rest in peace
Last week someone expressed his opinion of 17-year-old Rylan Fuchs, who was shot in his front yard in Danville on Jan. 20 and died, in what police say may have been a drug-rel... |
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on Mar 6, 2009 at 2:49 pm by Katy, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Danville woman gives kidney to book group friend
A Danville woman was recognized on the floor of Congress this week for her selfless donation of a kidney to a member of her book club. U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney (D., 11th) hono... |
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on Mar 6, 2009 at 9:21 am by Tom Cushing, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Tourney champs
St. Isidore's third-grade girls Blaze basketball team won the recent St. Isidore CYO third-grade girls tournament, going undefeated in three games including a 24-0 victory in ... |
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on Mar 5, 2009 at 5:56 pm by Ava Korinke, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Save Alamo
Oh, by the way, I forgot one item that you voted FOR when you voted NO.
You voted FOR a dramatic increase in government bureaucracy in Alamo. You ask, "How can this be?" We... |
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on Mar 5, 2009 at 5:52 pm by Halamo, a resident of another community |
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