Gardenwise: Nurture the Ground Beneath Your Feet — The Importance of Healthy Soil
By Brian Larsen Garden Manger at the Gardens at Heather Farms The most important factor in ensuring the success of your garden is the soil. An essential element of the…
Living Around Mt. Diablo — Red Tail Hawk
This red tail hawk was seen on Pine Hollow Rd. in Concord preparing to have his squirrel dinner. A beautiful bird of prey doing its natural job of rodent control.…
What a Mess!
by Colleen Coll Something went wrong. How could the final selection process to determine the Master Developer for the Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) Project turn into such a mess?…
Cooking with Bok Choy
by Deb Morris A staple in Chinese cooking, bok choy is one of those vegetables that are often familiar, but most don’t know how to cook with it. It is…
Decorating with Tissue Paper Flowers
by Carol and Randi The FruGirls, FruElegance Making your own party decor can save lots of money. Especially with these colorful DIY Tissue Paper Party Flowers -aka, party pompoms. Last…
Small Business That Started From Home
By Richard Eber TLC Foods It’s 5:35 am on a spring morning in Concord. At a time when the roosters have not yet awakened, Rob Comeau is gathering his ingredients…
ARE RHINOS TOO VALUABLE TO SAVE?
By Jill Hedgecock Jill Hedgecock, the Diablo Gazette Bookends columnist, became passionate about the fate of rhinos during an African safari vacation last October. After learning that three of these…
To China with Mom
by John Cooper May, the month of Mother’s Day, and lest we forget the importance of our relationships with our Mothers, allow me to tell of an adventure trip that…
Circling the Sun
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com Circling the Sun (2015, Random House LLC, hardcover, $17.03, 385 pages) by Paula McClain has…
Pilot Program Reduces Fees for Secondary Living Units
In an effort to increase affordable housing in Concord, the City of Concord has launched a two-year pilot program to encourage property owners to build small, secondary living units on…