So This Happened…Week of July 8 through 14, 2024
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (July 14, 2024) — Concord police arrested seven people who they say were stealing from Ulta Beauty in the Willows shopping center last week. Police estimate they recovered $6,591 in merchandise. For more from Concord PD, see the latest arrest report.
Happily ever after (times two): Just minutes after posting on Nextdoor about his 1973 wedding at the old Concord Inn, Mike Webb found the other couple whose names were on the hotel’s sign that night. Later, Mike and his wife Betsy met up with Lorrie and Dennis Howerton in person. “It’s nice to find Lorrie and Dennis still in the area, and also so nice to have many congrats from folks on Nextdoor,” said Mike. Read the complete story.
Early land management: Mount Diablo’s native residents understood how to tame wildfires – through pruning, selective harvesting and, most importantly, intentional burning. Fire was the “primary management tool,” according to author M. Kat Anderson, and the results were beneficial to the environment in many ways. Read the complete story.
More stories
Here are some other stories the Pioneer covered recently:
From Assemblymember Grayson: Variety of factors make state budget process complicated.
For your health: Break the cycle of unhealthy eating
Around the house: A solid budget with reserves is essential to any home project.
Meals on Wheels: David Linnell joins as new executive director.
From the county: New health permit allows home cooks to sell meals to the public.
On books: Explore London’s “other” world in fanciful “Neverwhere.”
At the Pleasant Hill Library: Creating sculptures with multigenerational hands.
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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.