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From a portion of the Rancho Monte del Diablo, a land grant of more than 17,000 acres that he received from the Mexican government, Don Salvio Pacheco co-founded Todos Santos with his son Fernando Pacheco and son-in-law Francisco Galindo in 1868. Renamed Concord, it became incorporated in 1905 and has grown to become the largest city in Contra Costa County. Salvio Street, Mount Diablo Street, Grant Street and Willow Pass Road: A year-round farmers’ market takes place here, along with special events and... Читать дальше...

Napa County sheriff’s investigators released surveillance video Wednesday showing two men with a Rohnert Park woman the night before she was killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash. The video clips shows Maria Cruz Pascual Bejar, 57, at several Sonoma County restaurants and bars while in the company of two men on the night of Nov. 15. The men are now considered persons of interest in her death, sheriff’s officials said. About 5 a.m. Nov. 16, Bejar was found injured on Highway 29 near Old Lawley Toll Road in Calistoga after being hit by a car... Читать дальше...

Gar Smith, activist and keen-eyed Berkeley spy, says that protesters’ overnight “pup tents have been removed from around Berkeley’s embattled Main Post Office” — the fight is whether to turn the building over to private interests — and there’s only one large tent remaining, wherein information about the struggle is available. The sidewalk in front of the building, however, has “become a horizontal chalkboard of protest, with slogans carefully drawn in foot-long letters from one side of the entrance to the other.” Even Smith... Читать дальше...

Oh, we have people who take that stance and mention that the austerity movement as a whole has been disastrous for the European economy. The New York Times did reveal that the new Greek president attended a jovial meet-and-greet with a similarly populist Spanish leader, and they embraced to the strains of Leonard Cohen’s “First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.” First you have to know that you’re interested in the Greek election. Anyone with a smartphone can point its camera at a conflagration of some sort... Читать дальше...

Steve Mahoney squirts disinfectant on the ground before using a power washer to clean Jack Kerouac Alley for the Department of Public Works in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. San Francisco may finally be making a dent in its sidewalk poop problem. Buoyed by what Supervisor Jane Kim called “outstanding” results, the city’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to spend $203,200 to extend and expand a pilot project that provides the homeless with a place to go – specially... Читать дальше...

Protesters called for Airbnb to pay back taxes last fall. (Credit: The Chronicle) In case you thought the battle over the legality of Airbnb and other short-term rental companies had ended with the Board of Supervisors and mayor striking a deal with the controversial site last fall, think again. The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee on Wednesday night is set to vote on a resolution authored by State Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor David Campos and Meagan Levitan demanding that Airbnb immediately pay its back taxes... Читать дальше...

Christopher Buckley’s “headlines of 2015” from ForbesLife magazine include “Declaring self 'frankly bored’ by Presidency, Obama announces he will resign before 2017; Says White House job 'just did not meet my expectations.’” Manoush Zomorodi, who hosts a New Tech City podcast in New York, has proposed “Bored and Brilliant: the Lost Art of Spacing Out.” Zomorodi cites studies that show the most original and creative ideas come out of periods of mental stagnation. Charles Amirkhanian, a proponent... Читать дальше...

Ghostly visitations bedevil local homeowner If I’m going out at night, I keep certain lights lit and turn off the rest. Standard stuff. Yes, I have maintained perfectly normal human relationships. The play ran its 80 minutes and then it was over. Tracy, who was sick over the New Year’s weekend (and two more weeks after that; it’s the crud that’s going around), has taken a sudden interest in football. [...] we talked about the show, and about whether our plans to watch the Super Bowl somehow... Читать дальше...