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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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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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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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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Dan’s Irish Sports Bar Fights to Stay on Civic Drive After 55 Years
WALNUT CREEK, CA — Dan’s Irish Sports Bar has been pouring pints at 1524 Civic Drive for more than 55 years, and the man who owns it…
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Petco on Ygnacio Valley Road Closing Sept. 21 After Nearly a Decade
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The Petco at Ygnacio Valley Road and Oak Grove has about five days left, and after nearly a decade on that corner it’ll…
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Walnut Creek City Council Votes to Raise Its Own Pay, First Time Since 2002
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The Walnut Creek City Council just voted to give itself a raise. Unanimously, naturally. More than double, if you’re keeping score. On Tuesday…
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Downtown Walnut Creek’s 8-Story Housing Plan Replaces a Parking Lot With 104 Homes
WALNUT CREEK, CA — The surface parking lot at 1532 Mt. Diablo Boulevard may not be long for this world. A developer wants to stack 104 homes…
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Lettuce Restaurant Fire in Walnut Creek: What We Know
WALNUT CREEK, CA — A fire burned through the roof of Lettuce, the downtown lunch spot at 1632 Locust Street, on Aug. 19. Nobody was hurt. Six…
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BART’s New Schedule: Walnut Creek Departure Times, Explained
WALNUT CREEK, CA — If your train still feels a few minutes off, you’re not imagining it. BART’s systemwide schedule change took effect Aug. 10, and six…