Best of Walnut Creek

Oakland Tribune;  August 20, 2008 ;     662 words ...Best of Walnut Creek HEALTH The Wellness Community -- Offering...classes held at 3276 McNutt Ave., Walnut Creek. Free. Reservations required. 925...925-943-5858, www.walnutcreekrec.org. EVENTS Walnut Creek Civic Arts Education Fundraiser...

Walnut Creek named to U.S. News' 'Best Places to Retire' list

Oakland Tribune;  September 19, 2008 ;     516 words ...WALNUT CREEK -- Sitting outside of the Rossmoor Safeway...mile up the road. When informed that Walnut Creek had recently been named as one of the...Rossmoor, a mostly senior community in Walnut Creek. A moderate climate combined with roughly...

Best of Walnut Creek -- calendar

Oakland Tribune;  August 13, 2008 ;     666 words ...Best of Walnut Creek CLASSES/WORKSHOPS World Scientist and Anatomy...Farm Community Center, 301 N San Carlos Drive, Walnut Creek. $359. 925-943-5858, www.walnutcreekrec.org. -- Walnut Creek Recreation -- CPR and First Aid 9 a.m.-4 p.m...

'Walnut Creek Reads kicks off Monday

Oakland Tribune;  September 17, 2008 ;     545 words ...It's hard to imagine a Walnut Creek without Broadway Plaza or Las Lomas...Thinking back to the decade when Walnut Creek was forever changed will be the focus of the kickoff event to the Walnut Creek Reads "One City, One Book" program...

best of walnut creek

Oakland Tribune;  October 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Best of Walnut Creek CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Harp Class -- 10...welcome. 1601 N. Main St., Suite 106, Walnut Creek. Free. 925-937- 4277. -- Dog Park...Community Center, 301 N. San Carlos Drive, Walnut Creek. $20. 925-943-5858, www.walnutcreekrec...

Arts in Walnut Creek holds its own financially: Industry generates $56.2...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  June 22, 2007 ;     646 words ......thriving multimillion-dollar industry in Walnut Creek. The nonprofit arts and culture scene in Walnut Creek generates $56.1 million in economic...exhibits and other artistic endeavors in Walnut Creek far surpasses that in other similar...

Bank of Walnut Creek sold in $177 million deal.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  May 22, 2006 ;     291 words ...Byline: George Avalos May 22--WALNUT CREEK -- Another East Bay bank has agreed to...its independence, with word that Bank of Walnut Creek is being bought by First Republic Bank of Walnut Creek in a $177 million deal. The transaction...

Pipeline extension done despite delays, disaster: EBMUD is set to start a...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  December 28, 2006 ;     645 words ......pipeline project along South Broadway in Walnut Creek is finished. The pipeline's setbacks began when Walnut Creek officials and business leaders demanded...lawsuits. Now, more water is flowing to Walnut Creek and San Ramon Valley residents, with...

MDUSD ignores Walnut Creek

Oakland Tribune;  October 11, 2008 ;     172 words ......District has ignored the important needs of Walnut Creek. From 1999 to 2007, all Concord high...about 40 points each), while MDUSD Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill high schools' API...increase voters to further outnumber Walnut Creek (and Pleasant Hill, Bay Point, etc...

Oakland man sought in Walnut Creek jewelry heist

Oakland Tribune;  April 15, 2006 ;     218 words ......Feb. 17 takeover-style robbery of a Walnut Creek jewelry store, authorities say. A probable-cau...for the arrest of Darnell Randle, 19, Walnut Creek police Sgt. Bryan Hill said Friday...suspect in the robbery. Besides the Walnut Creek heist, Randle is suspected of participating...

Holiday trimmings set to lure shoppers: WALNUT CREEK: Area businesses and...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  November 3, 2006 ;     657 words ......Theresa Harrington Nov. 3--Walnut Creek businesses are getting ready...something that folks come to Walnut Creek for -- a mix of almost every...experience you can imagine. Walnut Creek's attention to detail has been...

Walnut Creek News Briefs

Oakland Tribune;  October 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Halloween festivities in downtown Walnut Creek Broadway Plaza and the Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association are joining forces...participating retailers at Broadway Plaza and downtown Walnut Creek. Free classical concert in November The Contra...

Walnut Creek couple opens Zebra tattoo shop downtown

Oakland Tribune;  October 1, 2008 ;     669 words ...WALNUT CREEK -- Glenda Edwards is a 62-year-old retired...in September on the edge of downtown Walnut Creek's pedestrian retail district. "I grew...and Siobhan Delfani, who are longtime Walnut Creek residents, opened the business in their...

Restaurateur spread love of hospitality: WALNUT CREEK: Jasinski introduced...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  July 24, 2007 ;     568 words ......charismatic Polish immigrant famed in Walnut Creek for serving up first-class French cuisine...menu, people laughed and said, 'This is Walnut Creek. It's a small little quiet town. No...fine dining scene. Before opening the Walnut Creek restaurant in 1971, Jasinski was maitre...

Interim Walnut Creek library scores hit with book lovers

Oakland Tribune;  January 4, 2008 ;     538 words ...WALNUT CREEK -- Resembling an old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse, Park Place in Walnut Creek's Civic Park is serving as the interim downtown...is the lack of seating, said Patty Pell of Walnut Creek, who lamented that she could not sit and...