As a part of our "Everyday Inspirations" series, we look at how children across the country are making big impacts locally.
After losing three people close to her in eight months, Edie Elkan picked up a harp for the first time in 28 years. Now she runs a program training others to play the instrument for patients in hospitals.
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The Walnut Creek family had returned from a funeral in South Korea to find the pipes inside their home had burst while they were gone
The operation late last month was the first time a Northern California medical center has implanted this new defibrillator
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Volunteer executives install panels on homes being built near the Walnut Creek BART station
Barbara Nelson worked with immigrants for 23 years for the Jewish Family & Children's Services of the East Bay
John Davison had helped police officers battle crime in Walnut Creek since 1978
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Some shoppers can’t wait to fight the crowds on Friday so they get full on turkey and head to the mall on Thursday night.
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Paula Downey of CSAA Insurance Group is named as humanitarian chief executive of the year
The store in the Encina Grande shopping center is hosting a Toys for Tots drive as well as a Lights for Life campaign
We know being a mom or dad is one of the most important jobs in the world. And really, is there anything closer to your heart than family?
The ice rink in Civic Park opened Friday afternoon in preparation for Saturday's children's festival
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It’s the month when men grow facial hair in honor of men’s health --and so they can tickle the person they’re kissing. We want your Mo Bro pictures on our new Walnut Creek Movember blog.
Mountain Shadow Film Society hopes to show foreign, independent films in the wake of the demolition of the CineArts theater
Fifty turkey experts will answer questions on meal prep and turkey emergencies this holiday season.
It's not on the menu, but customers can give baristas a special recipe that will produce a drink similar to the beverage enjoyed by the fictional witches and wizards from the Harry Potter books.
Some of the job openings posted online for the Walnut Creek area
The hourlong event at the Lesher Center for the Arts focused on comradery
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A football dream comes true for a high school senior in New York.
Patch Editor David Mills will join hundreds of others in October for a hike on Mount Diablo to raise money for Shelter Inc.
These walnut and pear orchards are in a prominent spot in Walnut Creek that now is called ...
BART expects major delays with disabled vehicle on the tracks between MacArthur and 19th Street stations in Oakland.
Hundreds of cyclists, including an Antioch man with diabetes, will take on the Mount Diablo Challenge this weekend.
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