Thursday, May 17, 2012
Fun For the Family, from crafts to parks to festivals
Ready for some more May free activities to fill up those afternoons and weekends? Here are some great options for the rest of May? Lakeshore Learning runs their free Saturday crafts from 1-3 p.m., featuring a different activity each week. On May 19, your child can use scratch art to make a creature of his or her choice. Just in time for Memorial Day, your youngster can return on May 26 to make a patriotic wand. Lakeshore Learning is in Walnut Creek. On May 21, at the Dougherty Station Performing Arts Center in San Ramon, families can enjoy a free concert. The young symphony will amaze the audience with 45 young performers sharing their love of music and instruments with onlookers. Speaking of Memorial Day, consider the annual Art and Wind…
National Police week is May 13-19. Appreciate law enforcement year-round.
I can't tell you how many times I've overheard someone talk negatively about police officers and other law enforcement officials. All too often, I believe, the police are painted as the bad guys, writing tickets and making arrests. But they're also the first people you call when you need help. I bring this up now because May 13-19 is National Police Week. Police Week began in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation declaring May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the corresponding week as Police Week. This resonates with me because I grew up with a police officer - my dad. Every night, my mom would kiss him goodbye and tell him to "be careful." I knew he had a dangerous job, but it never really sunk in until the night …
Chabot Space & Science Center will host events where people can see the celestial sights. This is the last time Venus will pass in front of the Sun until 2117.
Astronomers and volunteers at Chabot Space & Science Center are preparing for expected crowds over the next couple of weeks when three major astronomical events take place, beginning this weekend. On Sunday afternoon, viewers on the West Coast will have a particularly clear view of the Annular Solar Eclipse. This is a rare sight in which the rim of the sun becomes a brilliant ring completely encircling the silhouette of the moon. Chabot will be open past normal closing for a viewing party on the observatory deck from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. with the maximum eclipse at 6:32 p.m. In addition to hands-on solar projects and DIY pin-hole cameras, experienced astronomers will be on deck to guide visitors through safe viewing. Tickets are $5 after 5 p.…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Have you seen this car?
Dublin Police are asking for your help to find the black Mercedes that may have struck and killed a bicyclist late Tuesday night. According to a Dublin Police press release: During the examination of the vehicle parts left at the accident scene investigators discovered, through the part’s serial numbers, that the vehicle Dublin Police Services is searching for is a black 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 500/550 or 2012 CLS63. Joann Abraham, who lives nearby, said she heard a “terrible screeching” just before the police arrived on Dougherty Road. “The whole place lit up,” she commented about the emergency vehicles responding to the scene. If you have information about this accident, call Dublin Police Sergeant Yesenia Sanchez or the Traffic Division…
City Council voted to allow the store to open inside the old Nob Hill space on Santa Rita Road, despite objections from one council member.
The Pleasanton City Council voted Tuesday night to allow a Walmart Neighborhood Market to open inside the long-vacant Nob Hill grocery spot on Santa Rita Road. After months of community back-and-forth and a blizzard of meetings, the council voted 4-1 to allow the store; Councilman Matt Sullivan was the lone dissenter, having brought an 11th-hour appeal to stop it. Those against the store have said the retail giant treats its employees horribly, and they also say they worry about local stores going out of business because of Walmart's famously low prices. In Pleasanton, there are several new stores popping up, including a new Safeway and a possible New Leaf Market. Locally, competition is already fierce. Those who support the store point to…
The bicyclist was struck and killed, possibly by a Mercedes, on Dougherty Road near San Ramon late Tuesday night.
A male bicyclist was found dead in the street Tuesday night, the apparent victim of a hit and run, according to Dublin Police. At 11:30 p.m., Dublin Police Services received a call of a person down in the roadway in the area of Dougherty Road at Fall Creek near Camp Parks, Lieutenant Herb Walters said. When officers arrived they found a 55- to 60-year-old man in the street. “Fire and paramedics responded and determined that the man was dead,” Walters said. “Later it was determined that the man had been victim of a hit and run accident.” Walters said they found vehicle parts at the scene and that investigators believe the car that hit the man is a 2010-2011 black Mercedes Benz with possible front end damage. The victim hasn't been …
Last year's membership drive raised $171,000.
From the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation has launched their 2nd annual Friends of the Foundation membership drive funding Classrooms of the Future. In 2011, funding from this membership drive allowed SRVEF to pledge $171,000 toward their Classroom of the Future Matching Grant Program benefitting all schools in the SRVUSD. To date, thousands of iPads and other critical technology have been purchased and will be supporting classrooms throughout the school district. An individual membership is $25 and a family membership is $100. For this contribution, members will receive merchant supporter cards with discounts to various community merchants. Members will also receive car magnets, a yard sign …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
On Tuesday, several hundred cyclists raced through Danville, up Mt. Diablo. Here's a photo gallery.
It was slightly comical. I arrived at the corner of Blackhawk Road and Mt. Diablo Scenic Drive at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. I thought, maybe, the racers would zip through sometime around noon. And I really wasn't sure what to expect. So, I parked, and started taking pictures. Pictures of signs, of people sitting, flowers, other cyclists not affiliated with the actual race. It was 11 a.m., then noon, then 12:30 p.m. than 1. The California Highway Patrol was on scene to keep the peace, make sure the roads were closed, and to lead the front and the caboose of the race. One Patrol officer told me 63 officers were supporting the race (all paid for by Amgen, he said). Around 1:30 p.m., the racers showed up. First it was the four in the …
Sycamore Valley Road is considered by Danville residents to be among one of the area's more dangerous streets. You can post other locations you're concerned about by clicking the blue "add" button on the map below.
The woman who was struck by a car while crossing a Danville street Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital, the Contra Costa Times has reported. Police were notified at 10:33 a.m. that the pedestrian had been hit in a crosswalk by a small SUV near Interstate Highway 680 and Sycamore Valley Road, Sgt. Nate McCormack said. McCormack said it was a minor collision and the woman suffered minor injuries. The pedestrian was taken to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek. McCormack added that the collision was under investigation but that the driver of the SUV was cooperative with police. The driver was not arrested. Danville Police is looking for anyone who might have witnessed the incident to contact Danville police. …
The Amgen Tour, the largest cycling event in the nation, will be in town today and we want you to share your pictures!
The third stage of the Amgen Tour of California gets underway today and it's expected to snake its way through Danville sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The tour will flow along Camino Tassajara, Blackhawk Road, and up Mt. Diablo Scenic Drive, climbing the mountain and exiting out of the north gate into Walnut Creek. It's sure to be a spectacle. So, will you be out there? If you are going to be there and if you snap any pictures be sure to send them to us! You can upload them right into this page by clicking the button "Upload Photos & Videos," you can email them to the Danville Patch editor at terry.parris@patch.com, or you can text them to the editor at 925-413-3537. C'mon! Let's share! The other thing to remember is, drivers, …
Kristofer Noceda
10:47 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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