Natural Sage Advice
By David George, Naked Gardener Is your naked garden having trouble attracting the “Three-B’s”: Bees, Butterflies, and Birds? Are you looking for colorful flower displays but less overall water use?…
Journey-man’s Journal: Tales from the Trail that Ales
By David King Intrigued by Visit Concord’s Contra Costa Beer Trail, I decided to embark on this expedition of unchartered watering holes to support our local businesses. The goal, visit…
Who doesn’t love a good beer?
Here’s good news for craft brew lovers: the Contra Costa County Beer Trail has begun, to accompany the early season’s longer, warmer days, running June 1-30.Presented by Visit Concord, the…
Generosity, Hard Work is Formula for Rags to Riches
By David King Manuel Perales’s life story may be one of the best ‘rags to riches’ story you will find in a Concord resident. Perales immigrated to the Los Angeles…
The One Thing Your Diet Needs to Work Correctly
by Carmela Lieras, NASM-CPT Your current or future diet needs this one thing to actually work. It’s not a specific food type, nor a magical protein powder.Your diet needs to…
High School Memorials Project Honors Our Fallen Warriors
The Contra Costa Blue Star Moms Chapter 20 High School Memorial Project is near completion. The project’s goal is to place a granite memorial at each local high school in…
Hypnotherapy It’s Not What You Think
Have you seen a Hollywood movie or TV show where a hypnotist gets someone to cluck like a chicken or engage in another embarrassing act? Such stunts have caused hypnotherapy…
Elaine LaRussa resigns family from ARF Board, Tony Backpeddles
Animal Rescue Foundation co-founder Elaine LaRussa posted the statement above on social media Saturday April 17 saying her family has pulled out of the Walnut Creek-based animal welfare rescue foundation…