Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Will the move from Oakland to San Francisco affect your fandom for the Golden State Warriors?
The Warriors are moving their basketball franchise to another part of the Golden State — just across the bay. They had a press conference Tuesday at Piers 30-32 in the shadow of the Bay Bridge, the site where the Warriors would like to have an arena by 2017. At that press conference were NBA Commissioner, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Warrior owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber. Seemed like the proper occasion for a Patch poll.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Oakland loses a team and San Francisco gains a team. Will that change your allegiance to the team?
The Golden State Warriors are leaving Oakland and heading to San Francisco. The team is expected to announce the details Tuesday morning, the Contra Costa Times has reported. The NBA franchise isn't expected to move, however, until 2017, when the team would be able to get out of its current lease. Contra Costa Times, May 21: The Warriors' willingness to leave is "a slap in the face," said Chris Dobbins, founder of Save Oakland Sports and a member of the Coliseum Authority, which oversees the municipally-owned complex that includes Oracle Arena. "We're very upset," Dobbins said. Monte Vista High School alum Bob Myers was recently named general manager of the team. Are you upset? How often do you go to Warriors' games now? Does the team …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
As usual, visitors from abroad proved fastest at the annual San Francisco road race, but congrats to all the other finishers from around the Bay Area.
The top five finishers in the 101st Bay to Breakers race ran the 12K in San Francisco Sunday morning in less than 36 minutes. (And, yes, the winner was from Kenya.) Congratulations to all. The top Walnut Creek finishers in the posted results were: To search by name or bib number, visit the race results page. Did you run? Share your story in the comments and post your pictures, too.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Beware of soggy tickets, transit agency cautions.
BART has announced longer trains and an early open time for this weekend's Bay to Breakers event in San Francisco. Service for the 101st Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco Sunday, May 20, will begin at roughly 5 a.m. at all BART stations; trains running before 8 a.m. will run at 20-minute intervals. Bikes won't be allowed in trains until after 8 a.m. Download the special train schedule for Bay to Breakers service. The world-famous race attracts thousands of runners and spectators from the Bay Area and beyond. BART encourages riders coming from the East Bay to disembark at the Embarcadero Station, a short distance from Howard and Spear streets, where the race begins. Runners can save time and trouble by getting a Clipper card in advance …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Expect road closures through arteries in Walnut Creek, Concord and Clayton as cyclists make way to Livermore finish line in the 7th annual AMGEN Tour of California Tuesday, May 15.
Update: 3:45 p.m. Monday with school cautions Professional bicycle racers from all over the world have descended upon California to battle their way through the 7th AMGEN Tour of California, which will have a leg pass Tuesday through Walnut Creek, Concord and Clayton, as racers make their way to the Livermore finish line. The race encompasses much of the state via three stages, with one here in the Bay Area. See the attached map for a detailed stage-3-route. In Walnut Creek On Tuesday, the route will thrust cyclists west of the summit of Mount Diablo, up South Gate Road and down North Gate Road in Walnut Creek to Oak Grove Road, and then eastbound on Ygnacio Valley Road. On the Danville-Alamo side earlier in the tour, there will be …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
The Children's Hospital & Research Center Foundation will no long produce the annual run due to poor fundraising results.
Due to poor fundraising results, the 34-year Devil Mountain Run in downtown Danville has been cancelled. The Children's Hospital & Research Center Foundation posted this announcement on its website: Unfortunately, Children's Hospital Oakland is no longer producing Devil Mountain Run. While we are incredibly grateful to the Danville community (and the wonderfully dedicated participants like you) for its enthusiastic support through the Devil Mountain Run over the years, the run is simply no longer producing good fundraising results. Given the financial ramifications, Children's Hospital Oakland has come to the difficult decision to discontinue the race. While we are disappointed to end this wonderful tradition (and we loved the race, too…
Walnut Creek planning for several months of construction at Boundary Oak in 2013.
The city of Walnut Creek is making plans for an overhaul of the clubhouse of Boundary Oak Golf Course. The city is hoping to do the construction in 2013, City Manager Ken Nordhoff said at a City Council budget planning retreat Friday at the golf course. The city anticipates an interruption of the restaurant and banquet business at the clubhouse for no more than six months, said Barry Gordon, director of arts, recreation and community service. City Council members expressed general support for the renovations, estimated at $1.0 to $1.8 million in staff documents. The clubhouse opened in 1969. "I'm for the most improvements we can afford," said Council member Gary Skrel, who qualified his remarks by noting that he was an avid golfer. "The …
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Foodie Natalie Coughlin of Lafayette is proud of her recipe for Vietnamese-style banh mi, according to interview in yumsugar.com.
A Contra Costa resident who is poised to become America's greatest woman Olympian ever keeps to a mostly vegetarian diet when she's training. Natalie Coughlin of Lafayette — who burned up pools at Carondelet High School in Concord and at Cal Berkeley — is a foodie who is proud of her recipe for Vietnamese-style banh mi, a dried plum puree in a meatball mixture, according to an interview by Camilla Salem at yumsugar.com. Coughlin has 11 Olympic medals already and is itching to climb on the starting blocks in London in several months.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Heated discussion focuses on penciling in a specific amount as Walnut Creek awaits report on ballfield priorities.
A City Council discussion of 2012-14 budget priorities grew heated for a minute Tuesday night in an exchange of opinions on funding for an all-weather field at Heather Farm Park. "We're just delaying a decision," said Mayor Pro Tem Kish Rajan. "We make decisions in the budget process. I'm baffled as to what we're waiting for." Rajan was responding to a suggestion by Council member Cindy Silva. With the results of a consultant's analysis of the city's ballfields expected in six to eight weeks, Silva suggested the city hold off designating an amount for an all-weather field — and instead budget a dollar figure for recreation capital projects and specify the projects at a later date. The field, tentatively planned for Field 5 and/or Field 6, …
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Event organizers estimated about 3,500 people attended and more than $8,000 was raised for families affected by Osteosarcoma.
There was a soccer game Saturday afternoon at Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon. Stanford and Cal's women's soccer teams competed hard. The Cardinal nicked a goal and thousands of fans were entertained. But what made the warm spring day in San Ramon special was the community and its support for three kids who are facing a difficult opponent — cancer. The exhibition soccer game was the highlight of an all-day event at Dougherty Valley to raise money for kids with Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. The event was organized by friends of the Bochenek family, whose 10-year-old daughter Brianne (who goes by "Breezy") was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma last fall. Since, she has gone through chemotherapy cycles and had her left leg amputated in …
Bob Brittain
9:52 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Triple Complicated, You are anonymous and complex in your condemnation of so many things public ; today's comment was particularly disturbing. Why rain so heavily on Oakland vs. SF? As an anonymous troll do you even attend sporting events? I doubt it. Oakland has crime problems like many cities. Do you think that you re making any positive contribution to the solution? We go there to visit … more ›