Clayton News

The Clayton Valley High School Athletic Boosters Club is planning its 18th annual golf tournament for Monday, Aug.

A Concord man, 33, was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance at 1:38 a.m. in the 3600 block of Northwood Drive.

Police are releasing a sketch of a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy on the afternoon of June 19 in a culvert near Clayton City Hall.

PoliceA released a sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy on the afternoon of June 19 in a culvert near Clayton City Hall.

Police on Friday released a sketch of a man believed to have sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy in broad daylight a block away from city hall June 19.

Clayton is so small it does not have enough city staff workers to lay any off. Its general fund budget is about one-twentieth the size of neighboring Concord's. But it is still facing declining tax revenue, cost increases and the specter of state raids on local coffers.

CLAYTON RESIDENT Jeff Rondini, left, holds the shoulder of Patrick Russell as they learn how to use a fire extinguisher to put out small fires during a hands-on drill June 11 for CERT class members from Clayton and Lamorinda.

Martinez Adult Education is offering a variety of classes this summer for students in grades 6-12. Three sessions of short classes will be held Mondays through Thursdays and include Excel 2007, beginning guitar, Windows Movie Maker, beading and crocheting, Photoshop elements and Growing Green.

As her fellow passengers panicked, 15-year-old Sara Broski, of Alamo, stepped up to the plate and calmly saved the Clayton woman's life.

Police are continuing to search Sunday for a man with a goatee who was wearing a medical mask and medical gloves when he reportedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy near Clayton City Hall on Friday.

Walnut Creek author's newest book offers insights about adapting to our rapidly changing world.

El Campanil Children's Theatre joins forces with The Vagabond Players to present the beloved family-friendly musical "The Sound of Music," opening tonight at the El Campanil Theatre.

You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets. - Nora Ephron Stolen pets I suspect you probably read the story in Tuesday's paper about the Concord woman who paid a $10,000 reward early Monday morning to get her stolen dog back.

The Diablo Valley Certified Farmers' Market, serving Concord, Clayton, Pleasant Hill and now Walnut Creek, will open Saturday mornings, beginning Saturday , from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Shadelands business park, at the intersection of Mitchell Drive and North Wiget Lane, off Ygnacio Valley Road and Oak Grove Road.

The city of Clayton has gone really low-key with its police patrol cars since its incorporation in 1964.

RESIDENTS HELP capture SUSPECTS: Police say tips from locals helped them capture three people who allegedly committed mail theft Monday.

Mt. Diablo Adult Education Parent Education Program has fall opening for its co-op summer and fall preschool and for its prekindergarten program.

Sandra and Martin Stuart of Alamo enjoy a hike along the Mitchell Canyon Trail in Mt.

Sandra and Martin Stuart of Alamo enjoy a hike along the Mitchell Canyon Trail in Mt.

Creekside Village Senior Apartments, an 88-unit age-restricted apartment community here has changed hands for $8.65 million, according to the sellers' adviser, Arroyo & Coates.