Recently added articles from Oakland Tribune:
Ask Amy: Best to Skip Modesty Lesson for Parents
Oct 01, 2009; Amy Dickinson ... DEAR AMY: I'm a female elementary school teacher, age 59, and Ihave a real problem with how the parents of my students dress. The past several years have been the worst. Mothers come to theirparent conference dressed as if they're going to a nightclub! I findit offensive to have ...
Teen Talk: Is he just possessive, or is it abuse?
Oct 01, 2009; Kelly Richardson ... Q: My boyfriend and I have been together since our sophomoreyear. In the beginning he treated me like a princess. Now all we dois fight. Recently we got in a huge fight because he called me aflirt because I was talking to one of my brother's friends. I triedto tell him those guys are ...
Jim Harrington: Bay Area singer Kat Parra keeps going where her heart takes her
Oct 01, 2009; Jim Harrington ... KAT PARRA had her plate full when she enrolled at San Jose Statein the mid-1980s. She was a young mom with two kids, navigatingthrough a failed marriage. Not wanting to add to her stress level,she decided to study something "easy" -- singing. She followed that pursuit over piano or ...
Pleasant Hill/Martinez public meetings
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Pleasant Hill The Architectural Review Commission is set to meet at 5 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 1, in the small community room of the Pleasant HillCity Hall, 100 Gregory Lane. 925-671-5209. The Teen Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5,in the recreation district ...
Barney: A night-by-night guide to TV's best fare
Oct 01, 2009; Chuck Barney ... EVERY AVID TV-watcher knows it: The DVR is our friend. But even the magical device that allows us to bank massiveamounts of televisual treats has its limits. And so do we. When itcomes right down to it, we still face some tough decisions on whatto watch and record and what to give ...
Reflections of the Past
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... County doctor Before the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center opened Jan. 10,1998, in its new building, the county hospital was MerrithewMemorial Hospital, next door on Alhambra Avenue. It was named forDr. Edwin ...
Pets of the Week
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... PROS PUG RESCUE "Yodee," a 6-year-old neutered fawn male pug, is active and veryloyal. He was diagnosed with epilepsy and has infrequent seizures,but his paws tend to drag from time to time. He is gentle andloving, and good with other dogs, cats and children. To adopt ...
Night Writer: Playdate is fun for grown-ups
Oct 01, 2009; Jessica Yadegaran ... THE MUSIC is booming. The disco ball is twirling. And the liquoris flowing. None of this distracts Kim Newell of Oakland. The single 29-year-old is trying to knock off the spring-loadedhead of her opponent's plastic boxer in a friendly game of Rock 'EmSock 'Em Robots. In less than ...
GOOD NEIGHBOR: JACQUIE OLIVERIUS Scouts from Central County remove debris from creek for Coastal Cleanup Day
Oct 01, 2009; Jacquie Oliverius ... NO MATTER WHAT your color preference, green describes a way ofthinking and living -- from stopping pollution, to recycling, tocleaning up litter and debris from our byways and waterways. The 25th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day was held Sept. 19.And among the thousands of ...
What you love and hate
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... I love ... ... that when I get up early in the morning and turn on mycomputer, there are pictures of my three baby great-granddaughters -- Sarah, Phoebe and Shelby -- all born in three different stateswithin three weeks of each other. I look at them each day, and itbrings so much ...
Record on the Road
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... CONTRIBUTED Capitol Record Pacheco resident Joyce Thorne and her granddaughter, Makayla Kerrof Sacramento, took a red, white and blue vacation when theytraveled to Washington, D.C., for a three-week visit that includedthe Fourth of July, seeing the sights and visiting the ...
PlayStation Portable Go a hand-held for the future
Oct 01, 2009; Gieson Cacho ... I am almost alone with a PlayStation Portable Go. It's a semi-enviable position. I have the chance to fiddle aroundwith Sony's next uber-gadget, but unfortunately, I can't take ithome. This is what the folks in the industry call "hands-on time." Ican do nearly anything with the ...
Reunions calendar
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... To place a reunion notice, fax information (school name, classyear, date of reunion, place, contact name and phone number) to 925-943-8362. P.O. Box 8099, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Announcement formsmay be obtained by calling 925-943-8235. -- Acalanes High School, class of 1952 -- ...
Get Out: Play Pinball a the Third Annual Pacific Pinball Exposition
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Weekend of blips and bings Alameda's Pacific Pinball Museum and Novato's Pinball RevivalCompany want you to sink back into the joys of your youth and playsome pinball at the Third Annual Pacific Pinball Exposition thisweekend. The expo features exhibits on the history of ...
At the buzzer: Student golfers have a slice of heaven
Oct 01, 2009; Kyle Bonagura ... FOR HIGH SCHOOL golfers in the Tri-Valley, life is good. Not only are they playing golf a couple times a week, but theyare playing at some of the most treasured courses in the Bay Area --courses most of the public won't ever play. "For the past seven or eight years I've been ...
Datebook for Oct. 1-7
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Upcoming -- Transition Point -- "Speaking Fearlessly," 8:45-11 a.m. Sept.17 and Oct. 22. Networking Lounge, 1934 Contra Costa Blvd., PleasantHill. $35-$90. 925-253-1223, www.transitionpoint.org. Ongoing -- Clutch Busters Square Dance Club -- Lessons 7:30-8:45 ...
Reflections of the Past
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... View of the mountain Charles W. Thissell owned a jewelry store in early Concord onSalvio Street from 1907-1917, but his passion was photography. Hemade many of his photographs into postcards, like this one of MountDiablo and the area of Concord around it. He ...
Datebook for Oct. 1-7
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Upcoming -- "Digging For Your Roots" -- 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 17. KeynoteSpeaker: Clark Groseclose. LDS Church, 3700 Concord Blvd., Concord.$7-$25. 925-827-4729, Lejaki1957@aol.com. CLASSES Upcoming -- Salsa With Tomaj -- Progressive Series classes, ...
Transcript on the Road
Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... CONTRIBUTED Vegas Transcript Concord resident Jeff Halldorson traveled to Las Vegas for aweekend visit this summer to see the band, Green Day, in concertAug. 21 at Mandalay Bay. Halldorson said he enjoyed every minute ofthe three-hour show, which he saw from his seat in the ...
Byron Williams: Gavin Newsom and Meg Whitman should hope to face each other
Oct 01, 2009; Contributing columnist ... I KNOW it's early to be handicapping the California gubernatorialrace, but the way I see it, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom shouldbe rooting for former eBay CEO Meg Whitman to receive the Republicannomination; and Whitman should do likewise for Newsom in theDemocratic ...
