Livermore News

The search for a missing kayaker who disappeared in Lake Del Valle in Livermore is being suspended while crews seek more funding for additional resources.

The search for a missing kayaker who disappeared in Lake Del Valle in Livermore is being suspended while crews seek more funding for additional resources.

Come and enjoy "The Liar," a fresh and funny dramatic comedy at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20 under the stars at Concannon Vineyard .

The Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment will hold its monthly meeting at the Livermore Civic Center Library Thursday, June 20, from 7:30-9 p.m. Tri-Valley CAREs' mission is to promote peace, justice and a healthy environment.

Authorities are searching for a 30-year-old man who fell out of a kayak and disappeared at Lake Del Valle on Sunday afternoon.

Two homes in the 700 block of Debra Street were hit, as were homes in the 100 and 500 block of El Caminito, Livermore police spokeswoman Officer Traci Rebiejo said.

The Contra Costa Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, which meets regularly in Lafayette, awarded two scholarships at its May 30 meeting.

While it's been fairly pleasant around here this spring, summer-like has already been well under way in many other parts of the nation.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 13, to mark the start of construction of the 13-mile-long westbound I-580 carpool lane, extending from Greenville Road in Livermore to the San Ramon/Foothill Road overcrossing in Dublin/Pleasanton.

The owners of the Ironwood Apartments in Livermore, whose expansion plans have riled up neighbors at several public meetings, have scaled back their plans for building additional apartments at the complex.

The Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club in the Pleasanton will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the Alisal Elementary School's multipurpose room, 1454 Santa Rita Road, for a pot-luck end-of-the-year dinner.

First-graders from Rancho Las Positas Elementary School in Livermore visited the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek on June 6, 2013.

A low pressure system spinning through the Bay Area from Southern California early Monday triggered more than 400 lightning strikes that had firefighters casting a wary eye on the region's tinder-dry hills.

Now in its 95th year, the Livermore rodeo has long been a June tradition in the East Bay suburb of 80,000 also known for its vineyards.

A 150-acre vegetation fire that burned Saturday just north of Livermore at Vasco Road is now 100 percent contained.

Michael Lause, of Livermore, who received the lungs of Richmond police officer Brad Moody, 29, who was killed in a single-car accident in the line of duty in 2008, talks about the quilt he had made honoring Moody and other police agencies during a ceremony held at the Livermore Police Department in Livermore, Calif., on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

Some columns are harder to write than others. Especially those that aren't happy ones.

The outages occurred at 9:45 a.m., affecting a total of about 3,663 customers, PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said.

Tri-Valley Haven is seeking donations to help the homeless combat the heat this summer.

Elk Grove's long-awaited big shopping mall, empty and unfinished since 2008, could finally spring to life – as an outlet mall.