Summer Nights in Walnut Creek Just Got an Upgrade. It Only Took 15 Years.
WALNUT CREEK, CA — There is a particular kind of heat that settles into Civic Park around 5:30 on a July Thursday. The kind where the lawn…
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Walnut Creek’s Downtown Dining Scene Heats Up: 5 New Summer Openings and a 32-Year Farewell
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Downtown Walnut Creek’s dining scene is transforming this summer. Five new restaurants are opening — from a Basque pintxos bar to Korean fried…
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Contra Costa Opens Cooling Centers as July Heat Wave Bears Down on Walnut Creek
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Contra Costa County has activated its network of cooling centers and extended public pool hours as the first major heat wave of summer…
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Club 1220 at 50: How Walnut Creek’s Only LGBTQ Bar Has Survived Five Decades of Change
Down an Unsuspecting Street, a Half-Century of History Tucked behind a 7-Eleven on Pine Street, past a door that doesn’t announce itself to the world, sits the…
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Walnut Creek Library Hours Expand as City Boosts Funding Ahead of Ygnacio Valley Closure
More Library, More Days: What the New Hours Mean Starting July 1, the Walnut Creek Library will stay open later and serve more residents — a quiet…
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Zucchini Car Racers Roll Into Walnut Creek This Saturday at Diablo Valley Farmers Market
Forget Formula 1. The most anticipated race in Walnut Creek this weekend is powered entirely by vegetables—and the entry fee is whatever a zucchini costs at the…
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From Handel to Heat Waves: Walnut Creek’s June 2026 Community Calendar
Opera, Outdoor Movies, and a Heat Wave Walnut Creek in June is a city that knows how to fill a calendar. As temperatures push toward triple digits…
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Walnut Creek Summer 2026: Pools, Outdoor Movies, and Free Family Fun
MWC Da Mayor Staff Writer · June 5, 2026 · ~7 min read Walnut Creek in summer doesn’t need a sales pitch. The days stretch long, the…
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Walnut Creek Summer Arts Guide: Lesher Center, Galleries, and Free Outdoor Events in 2026
Walk through downtown Walnut Creek on a summer evening and you’ll hear it before you see it: the hum of conversation spilling from restaurant patios, the distant…
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Walnut Creek Downtown Parking Guide: Where to Park, When Itu2019s Free, and Insider Tips
If there’s one thing Walnut Creek residents and visitors agree on, it’s that downtown parking can be a puzzle. Between the garages, street meters, Broadway Plaza’s private…