Diablo News

A Jordanian businessman has resurrected a decades-long quest to develop his Tassajara Valley grazing land.

On a warm Monday evening, students sweat it out indoors as they rock their bodies back and forth, swaying from side to side as they alternately step back with the left and right foot.

A view of the detention barracks at the Angel Island Immigration Station is shown on Saturday, Jan.

When planning on bike riding it's important to do your research first. Many parks don't allow bikes or the trials are bike friendly.

Or 19. Or 18. Gonzalez grew up in Diablo, played golf at Monte Vista High in Danville and strutted around the course expecting each shot to obediently follow its intended path.

Diablo Actors' Ensemble's production of "Broadway Heat," a musical revue of the hottest shows currently on Broadway, is set to raise the curtain July 17 and run through Aug.

Sue Halverson pets her border collie Boomer by the pool at her Danville, Calif., home on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

Several property purchases and a new yogurt shop backed by a former "Survivor" champion indicate that downtown here still wields a magic touch, despite a miserable economy.

A reception to honor John Nickerson for his promotion to assistant superintendent of the Acalanes Union High School District will be held Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lafayette Park Hotel on east Mount Diablo Boulevard.

ON THE surface, a machete does a fine job of cutting a path through thickset woods - at least for a short while.

The list of desired qualifications for a new superintendent in the Mt. Diablo school district is growing rapidly, with some joking that nothing less than a godlike superhuman will do.

IT WAS IN 1993 that Bill Eames sold his Lafayette-based company to Longs Drugs. It wasn't a small business.

He's meticulously and persistently pursuing a dream, relentlessly testing his endurance and endlessly challenging his considerable resourcefulness.

Every once in a while, The Eye has to look at its own missteps. During a recent Pittsburg City Council budget meeting, The Eye stepped out onto a third-floor City Hall balcony for a phone call.

The Supreme Court has denied the motion for a stay in the Chrysler bankruptcy reorganization sought by a group of Indiana pension funds.

BUTTERFIELD 8 IN Concord presents "The Women," by Clare Boothe Luce from June 18 through July 11.

More than anything else, "Hello, Dolly!" is a great big juicy helping of Americana.

Two El Monte Elementary School students who came down with flu-like symptoms last week after a classmate at their school in Concord died with the H1N1 virus were feeling better Monday, but won't be returning to school, a school district official said.

Winkie C. is a retired Contra Costa County librarian enjoying her golden years. A few weeks ago, an unexpected $250 deposit appeared on her bank statement.

Karen Perez, an El Monte Elementary School fourth-grader, died May 29, the first such case in the county.