by admin | Aug 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Everyone knows about Silicon Valley, but there is another valley in the Bay Area that stretches from Richmond to Berkeley. Let’s call it the Outdoor Gear Valley. In what one writer for Backpacker called “the great gear wars of the 1960s,” there was a revolution in...
by admin | Jul 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Even as the venerable Hotel Mac restaurant celebrates its 100th anniversary this month, the restaurant is apparently being listed for sale by broker J. Back & Associates Restaurant Real Estate in Danville (see...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Citizens commission releases final maps By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/28/2011 09:59:26 PM PDT Updated: 07/29/2011 05:37:27 AM PDT After months of speculation and discord, California’s “citizen” mappers Thursday unveiled nearly...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Chevron profits of $7.73 billion soar 43 percent, propelled by rising oil and gasoline prices By George Avalos Contra Costa Times Posted: 07/29/2011 06:17:13 AM PDT Updated: 07/29/2011 06:54:52 AM PDT Chevron powered to a second-quarter profit of $7.73 billion that...
by admin | Jul 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Turf, Toilets, and Parking Environmentalists say a plan for additional parking in Wildcat Canyon is more evidence of a bigger problem with the East Bay Regional Park District. By John Geluardi Stephen Loewinsohn Alan La Pointe says there are more feasible parking...
by admin | Jul 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
And here I thought last week was one long, difficult week! As you can see, many members of our department were hard at work dealing with quite the range of dangerous and challenging situations. I continue to be impressed with the restraint, patience, and good judgment...
