Alamo News

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Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it's been a tough year to sell cars.

San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society will meet this morning at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov.

Valerie Brown, president of the National Association of Counties, announced the appointment of Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty to chair its Transportation Steering Committee.

Hospice of the East Bay invites the public to participate in its 23rd annual Tree of Lights ceremonies to be held in 15 locations throughout Contra Costa in November and December.

Some feel they're just being cautious the wa9 Ford, Napoleon and President Franklin Roosevel4 were said to have been.

The Contra Costa Wind Symphony will perform a concert Sunday night largely of their own making - a diverse array of selections they selected as among their favorites.

Crews were busy this morning removing three of the 12 eucalyptus trees growing near the entrance to Hap Magee Ranch Park on La Gonda Way in Danville.

A Peace Pole, part of a worldwide movement against war, has been planted in a peace garden at San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church.

THE HISTORIC package of water legislation approved by the Legislature early Wednesday morning offers new hope for establishing a sensible, balanced approach to meeting the needs of water users and protecting the Delta ecosystem.

Julie Zouzounis talks about her father, Air Force Maj. John Carroll, who was listed as an MIA after his -1G Bird Dog plane went down during a mission in Laos in 1972, during an interview in her Alamo, Calif., home on Thursday, Nov.

The 24th annual Great Books Poetry Weekend is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7-8 at Westminster Retreat, 512 Hemme Ave., Alamo.

FREEWAY closes LANES FOR REPAIRS: Emergency repairs on a hole in southbound Interstate 680 pavement in Alamo will force Caltrans to close two southbound lanes between 10 a.m. and about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, officials announced late Tuesday.

Breakfast this morning was all about heroes - those who perform acts of kindness in their daily lives and those who step forward and act heroically when the opportunity presents itself.

During the week of Nov. 16 through 23, gift-filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child will be collected in the Tri-Valley. An effort of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization, Operation Christmas Child is a kids-helping-kids project that distributes simple gift-filled shoe boxes to children around the world.

The American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter recently announced the recipients of its Contra Costa County Heroes Awards, to be honored at the Contra Costa Heroes Breakfast at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Nov.

Students at Rancho Romero Elementary School on Hemme Avenue in Alamo celebrated their 50th birthday Oct.

Tony La Russa will return as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Saturday night, citing unnamed sources.

Livorna Road in Alamo has been reopened following a crash that seriously injured one person, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

Whether you're looking for delicious dim sum or just an entertaining afternoon, you couldn't do better than to attend the second annual Senior Volunteer Awards Ceremony.