Broadway Plaza Turns 75: Princesses, a Circus, and a Parade Down the Street
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Broadway Plaza turns 75 this year. So the mall is throwing itself a kid’s idea of a birthday. A princess parade, a circus,…
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Your Walnut Creek Ballot, Decoded: Council, Treasurer, and Two Measures on Nov. 3
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The ballots landed in mailboxes the first week of October. The campaign signs along Ygnacio Valley Road have already started to sprout like…
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Three Walnut Creek Homes for Under $400K: The City’s Rare Below-Market Lottery Closes Oct. 30
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Three brand-new homes in Walnut Creek are about to sell for less than a starter condo anywhere in the Bay Area. The cheapest…
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Leslie’s Pool Supplies Is Closing Its Walnut Creek Store
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Leslie’s Pool Supplies is closing its Walnut Creek store. For a town that treats a backyard pool like a birthright, that is one…
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50 Years Later, the Search for Lisa Dickinson Still Runs Through Heather Farm Park
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Fifty years ago this September, a nine-year-old girl left her Walnut Creek home on a bicycle. She rode into a mystery nobody has…
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Walnut Creek Measure U: 282 Senior Homes Proposed at the BART Station
WALNUT CREEK, CA — A mostly empty office building and a five-story parking garage sit on 6.8 acres right beside the Walnut Creek BART station. The man…
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Dublin Sports Grounds Shooting: NYT Games Engineer Killed, In-Laws Held on Murder Charges
WALNUT CREEK, CA — A 40-year-old man was shot dead in the parking lot of a Tri-Valley sports park on a Saturday afternoon. His two elderly in-laws…
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The Schroder Bridge Over Treat Boulevard Closes Oct. 5 for a Three-Month Repair
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The Robert Schroder Pedestrian Bridge closes Monday, Oct. 5 for a repair job that will not wrap until New Year’s Eve. The white…
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Walnut Creek Just Started Planning the Next 25 Years. Here’s How to Weigh In.
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The city just opened the books on its next 25 years, and it is asking you to help write them. The first community…
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Hit-and-Runs Pile Up in Walnut Creek: 15 in Seven Days, With a Cluster on North Main Street
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Fifteen drivers hit something in Walnut Creek last week and kept going. That’s not a typo. Fifteen hit-and-run calls landed in the Walnut…