Clayton Update — UnSung Heroes Make Clayton Most Desireable
by Clayton Mayor Howard Geller I am often asked by other City Officials, out of town family and even people who live in Clayton, “What makes Clayton such a great…
by Clayton Mayor Howard Geller I am often asked by other City Officials, out of town family and even people who live in Clayton, “What makes Clayton such a great…
Review by Jill Hedgecock Program Coordinator, Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club www.jillhedgecock.com Fathers come in all different forms. In The Life We Bury (2014, Seventh Street Books,…
Concord High School students are building an actual house as their class project. It may be tiny, and on wheels, but it is a real one. The tiny house is…
Improv-a-ganza competition was started three years ago when former CVHS drama teacher Tom Wills passed away. The event was started as a way to raise money for a new scholarship…
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…
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.…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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…