Treadway: Rosie the Riveter gala to honor women who reshaped history
Eastbaytimes Mar 15: Marian Wynn and Kay Morrison of Fairfield, Agnes Moore of Walnut Creek, and Mary Torres of San Leandro. (more…)
The Miracle of Moraga: How Saint Mary’s College gives March Madness a small-town feel
Long article from Eastbaytimes Mar 15: Without traffic it’s only thirty mins. from San Francisco, twenty from Oakland and fifteen from Walnut Creek. (more…)
“Alien Life on Earth” –New Tree of Life Foreshadows the Amazing Potential Diversity of Life in the Cosmos
Long article from Dailygalaxy Mar 14: The research was supported primarily by the Department of Energy through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with metagenomic sequencing by DOE’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, California. (more…)
Law now requires hospitals to tell Medicare patients they are getting 'observation' care
Comprehensive coverage in Philly Mar 13: “Letting you know would help, that’s for sure,” stated Suzanne Mitchell, of Walnut Creek, Calif. (more…)

Could you change your opinion of Trump? We ask Bay Area voters
Long article from Mercurynews Mar 11: Only one member of the panel who didn’t vote for Trump — Rocco Biale, owner of Rocco’s Ristorante Pizzeria in Walnut Creek — is still holding out hope that the president will surprise people. In this article: Obama (archive) (more…)

KoJa Kitchen expanding to Walnut Creek, West San Jose, Alameda, Cupertino
Eastbaytimes Mar 10: The Bay Area’s KoJa Kitchen , a Korean-Japanese fusion cafe you may have discovered during its early years as a food truck, is spreading the kalbi love far and wide.You can also get your KoJa (or bowl or taco (illustration))… (more…)

Jury hears closing arguments in rape of elderly dementia patient case
Eastbaytimes Mar 9: Betiwan confessed having sex with the victim while he worked as a caretaker at Diablo Assisted Living in Walnut Creek. … “This woman was severely demented (illustration). (more…)