Walnut Creek

A new professional basketball team is reportedly coming to the Bay Area.

The Walnut Creek City Council last week approved a $6 million loan to a Berkeley-based affordable-housing developer toward a $68.2 million, 95-unit mixed housing and commercial project downtown.

An East Bay family is speaking out about the lonely death of a loved one at a Walnut Creek nursing home in the hopes of preventing it from happening to another family.

An East Bay family is speaking out about the lonely death of a loved one at a Walnut Creek nursing home, hoping to prevent it from happening to another family. Jean Elle reports.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit ManorCare Health Services Tice Valley in Walnut Creek hard. Between staff and residents, state records show there have been 130 positive cases.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit Manor Care Health Services Tice Valley in Walnut Creek hard. Between staff and residents, state records show there have been 130 positive cases. Jean Elle reports.

Someone tried to kill the driver of a vehicle that was stopped at an intersection in Walnut Creek late Monday afternoon, police said.

The search is on for a missing Walnut Creek woman last seen leaving the Bay Area last week for a driving trip. Erika Lloyd’s friends lost contact with her earlier this week and have become concerned because the California Highway Patrol found her car in the desert near Palm Springs, but there’s no sign of her. “We hope that...

The search is on for a missing Walnut Creek woman last seen leaving the Bay Area last week for a driving trip. Sergio Quintana reports.

A sexual assault suspect was arrested Wednesday morning by the East Bay Regional Park District police following at least one assault on Iron Horse Trail in or near Walnut Creek, police said.

Dozens of protesters stood outside Mayor Loella Haskew’s home chanting, “Wake up mayor”. At one point, protesters burned a “Blue Lives Matter” flag, calling for an end to racial injustice.

The Walnut Creek Police Department released a slew of social media posts, some calling for peaceful protests and others calling for looting and wreaking havoc in affluent, mostly Caucasian neighborhoods.

The Walnut Creek Police Department released a slew of social media posts, some calling for peaceful protests and others calling for looting and wreaking havoc in affluent, mostly Caucasian neighborhoods. Lili Tan reports.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday called for California to create a way to end the law enforcement careers of police officers who engage in serious misconduct, along with other changes in tactics and training in the wake of weeks of national protests over police brutality. Bob Redell reports.

The East Bay Regional Parks is seeking the public for help after a string of sexual batteries along a popular Walnut Creek trail.

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, was released from a hospital over the weekend after pneumonia and a rib fracture from a fall in March, his congressional office announced Monday.

A Walnut Creek restaurant is helping first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Walnut Creek restaurant is helping first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nurses at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Walnut Creek are on the frontlines of treating people who may be infected with COVID-19 and on Monday night, they held a protest to let people know they don’t feel protected. Cheryl Hurd reports. “We ask for 10 masks and we may only get two,” said nurse Marissa Nonaka. A Kaiser Permanente spokesperson in…

Walnut Creek planning commissioners on Thursday will host a public hearting on a proposed three-building mixed commercial/residential project on Mount Diablo Boulevard downtown. The overall project, called 1532 Mount Diablo Boulevard, would be on three-quarters of an acre at the intersection of Mt. Diablo and Locust Street, between Locust and Main streets. The proposed two-phase project consists of three buildings,…