Frazzled Danville Residents Get A Chance To Talk With A PG&E Human
Town Council presentation addresses recent, ongoing power outages. Pacific Gas & Electric Company representatives are expected to be on hand at tonight’s Danville Town Council Meeting following a request from town officials asking for insight into frequent, neighborhood-darkening power outages in the area. Danville residents are by no means alone in the sentiment they are…
Walnut Creek Looking For A Few Good Men – And Women; Seeks $225K Contract For Recruitment Drive
The Walnut Creek City Council on Tuesday is expected to evaluate a proposal giving the city manager permission to authorize a $225,000 contract agreement with a recruiter tasked to increase staffing at the city’s police department. The Walnut Creek Police Department is banking a service agreement with Epic Recruiting will give the department the recruiting effort it…
County Currently “Swimming Upstream” On Homeless Issue; Annual Count Deemed “Consistent”
Almost to the day Contra Costa Supervisors admitted they were “swimming upstream” with “absolutely no system” to effectively address the issue of homelessness, County Health released findings showing a four percent rise in the number of people homeless in the county in 2023 compared to 2020. The report, released by Contra Costa Health’s Health, Housing…
Lafayette Declares Storm Emergency
From the City of Lafayette: Lafayette has proclaimed a Local State of Emergency due to severe storms expected this week, following flooding and mudslides just days ago during the storm on December 31. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected from this afternoon (Wednesday, January 4) through Thursday morning. Flooding is likely in some parts…
Lafayette Wants Input On Ways To Make Its Streets Safer
From the City of Lafayette: The City of Lafayette is seeking community input on transportation safety in order to develop a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP). The LRSP is one step towards the City’s goal of eliminating deaths and serious injuries on our streets while increasing safe, healthy and equitable mobility for all. We want…
Three Incumbents Appointed To Lafayette City Council
From the City of Lafayette: The Lafayette City Council appointed Susan Candell, Teresa Gerringer and Wei-Tai Kwok to each serve an additional term on the Lafayette City Council after no other candidates filed to run for the offices. The City Council met on August 25 after only the three people filed to run in the…
Election Day Arrives In Contra Costa
If our comment threads have been any indication of public sentiment over the past few years we gathered residents had something to say regarding local politics and how they wanted to be governed, and we expected this state primary to be hotly contested. Initial reports are that voter turnout has been sedate if not impassioned,…
Walnut Creek PD May Be Getting Some New, Hybrid Wheels Soon
Police cars take a beating over the course of their service lives and Walnut Creek PD vehicles are no exception. A proposal up for consideration by the city council at their February 1 meeting calls for the purchase and outfitting of eight new hybrid cruisers – at a cost to the city of $540,830 –…
Walnut Creek Readies Its Response To Recent Retail Thefts
On Wednesday, the Walnut Creek City Council will hold a special meeting to receive an update on the coordinated shoplifting attack on Nordstrom Nov. 20, to review its options and to announce its response. On the table are plans for more police officers, more camera coverage and the possible deployment of a tethered camera drone…
Is Walnut Creek Going To Pot? City Assesses The Benefits Of A Profitable Business Model
Far from its over-the-top depictions in 1930’s scare reels, marijuana has evolved into a widely accepted and sought after national commodity – with some parts of California given over to its production and once-naysaying cities openly considering adding cannabis storefronts to their business districts. Up for consideration on tonight’s Walnut Creek city council agenda is…