So This Happened…Week of Feb. 10-16, 2025
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Feb. 16, 2025) — From the pope to werewolves: Pioneer film critic Jeff Mellinger invites you inside the Vatican with his review of the Academy Award-nominated movie “Conclave,” featuring Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini. He also writes about the computer-game based “OBEX” and the disappointing “Wolf Man.”
Notice to dog owners: Concord will close Newhall Dog Park Feb. 24-March 17 and Baldwin Dog Park March 17-April 21 for renovations. Of course, bad weather could always change those plans, so the city set up a hotline with more information.
Here are some other stories the Pioneer covered recently:
In business: Joann Fabrics in Concord to close.
In sports: Pioneer Athlete Spotlight on Anjanette (AJ) Taguinod of Clayton Valley Charter.
From the police: The latest arrest report from Concord PD.
Bev Britton
Bev Britton graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of North Dakota and moved to the Bay Area with her soon-to-be husband Jim in 1986. She was features editor at the Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek before becoming managing editor of the Contra Costa Sun in Lafayette in 1995. She retired from newsrooms in 2001, but an ad for the Clayton Pioneer drew her back in. The family moved to Lake Wildwood in the Gold Country a few years ago - but working at the Pioneer keeps her in touch with her old neighborhoods in Concord and Clayton.