Rabid Bat Discovery Prompts Berkeley Warnings

23 July 2008, 1:31 pm

Berkeley health officials are cautioning residents to avoid contact with wild animals after a rabid bat was found in the north part of the city last week.... read more

Waste authority to pay back county, Walnut Creek

23 July 2008, 6:04 am

To resolve 10 years of uneven rate practices, a trash disposal agency will spend the next four or six years repaying Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County for higher rates their trash customers paid to subsidize ...... read more

Walnut Creek Councilman announces he won't seek re-election

22 July 2008, 5:46 am

Walnut Creek City Councilman Charlie Abrams announced Monday that he will not seek a fourth term in office.... read more

Richmond BART station closed

21 July 2008, 3:10 pm

A man in an Indiana Jones-style hat allegedly left a suspicious package on an Amtrak train today then jumped out a window and fled, prompting police to evacuate the Richmond Bay Area Rapid Transit station and ...... read more

New police chief lured by small Walnut Creek

20 July 2008, 10:17 am

New police Chief Joel Bryden would have been content to finish out his law enforcement career as assistant police chief in San Diego.... read more

Women follow men onto the golf course

19 July 2008, 9:54 am

Lynne VanLuchene, right, and Pat McSween, left, take a break from playing a round of golf at Boundary Oaks Golf Course in Walnut Creek Calif.... read more