Retired Police Sergeant Says Departments Should Operate Like in Mayberry
My friend Randy is a proud retired policeman with over 30 years of service as an officer/sergeant and president of the police association for two…
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Concord Police Chief Bustillos: “8 Can’t Wait”
In a letter to the community on June 16, Concord Police Chief Mark Bustillos responded to questions about the national “8 Can’t Wait” police reform…
SIP Update: (June 3) More reopenings.
Thanks to substantial progress being made in the fight against COVID-19, Contra Costa County residents can go back to work, shop at local retail stores, get childcare…
Concord City Council approves framework for marijuana businesses
It will now be possible for storefront cannabis businesses, locally based marijuana delivery businesses and cannabis cultivation operations of less than 10,000 square feet to…
Water Awareness Youth Art Calendar Contest
Here’s a fun project for the kids if they’re getting bored with being sheltered in place. Have them enter the Contra Costa Water District youth…
City of Concord providing relief resources online
May 2, 2020 -- Over the past few weeks we have heard a lot of information from federal leaders, Governor Newsom, and our own Contra…
Concord City Council declines to extend agreement to Lennar
The Concord City Council on met March 24 via video conference to discuss its response to a letter it received in January from Lennar Concord,…
1920 Barbershop
Brothers Ricky and Isaias Huerta are examples of the American dream. They have opened a new barbershop called the 1920 Barbershop at 2045 Mt. Diablo…
Andrew’s Little Free Library
by David King (Updated) Andrew Drynkin, 8, of Clayton will be attending 3rd grade this fall at Mt. Diablo Elementary and yet, he has launched…
Ingrid Hempell Life in Postwar East Germany (revisited)
Ingrid Hempell March 8, 2019 -- I happened across Ingrid Hempell in the Clayton Post Office, earlier this week. I haven’t seen Ingrid since we…
“The Story” Returns to NorthCreek Church
Christmas presentations such as “The Nutcracker”, “A Christmas Story” or “A Christmas Carol”, and a few others are offered by a number of ballet and…
To Whom to Donate
by Nik Wojcik The holidays give us a chance to be our best selves to lend some love to our fellow man and woman.…