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Broadway Plaza marks 75 years with Walnut Creek parade
Broadway Plaza celebrates its 75th anniversary Oct. 17 with a storybook-themed street party featuring performers, children’s activities, pet adoptions and a 12:30 p.m. parade.
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Broadway Plaza marks 75 years with Walnut Creek parade
Broadway Plaza celebrates its 75th anniversary Oct. 17 with a storybook-themed street party featuring performers, children’s activities, pet adoptions and a 12:30 p.m. parade.
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Broadway Plaza marks 75 years with Walnut Creek parade
Broadway Plaza celebrates its 75th anniversary Oct. 17 with a storybook-themed street party featuring performers, children’s activities, pet adoptions and a 12:30 p.m. parade.
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Walnut Creek kittens Capybara and Blue need home
Community Concern for Cats is featuring bonded 12-week-old gray tabby kittens Capybara and Blue at its Walnut Creek weekend adoption events.
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Makers Market sets up on Broadway Plaza Street Sept. 26
A free outdoor artisan market takes over Broadway Plaza Street in Walnut Creek on Sept. 26, with local makers selling handcrafted goods and live music, plus three more dates scheduled through December.
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Walnut Creek's free fourth grade parks pass skips Mount Diablo
Sign-ups for California's renamed Free Fourth Grade Pass jumped 46% after the state moved the download window to August. Walnut Creek families should know Mount Diablo State Park is not on the pass list but is accessible through a separate free library parks pass.
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Smuin Ballet brings world premiere to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center
Smuin Contemporary Ballet brings its season-opening "French Kiss" program to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center on Friday and Saturday, featuring a world premiere by choreographer My'Kal Stromile, while Festival Opera performs Sunday at the free Opera Day in the Bay in San Francisco.
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Walnut Creek rescue seeks home for bonded kittens
Community Concern for Cats features bonded sister kittens Georgie and Stevie at its weekend adoption events in Walnut Creek and Martinez.
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Walnut Creek hosts tenant rights workshop Sept. 26
Walnut Creek will host its first virtual tenant rights workshop on Sept. 26, covering rent increase rules under California's Tenant Protection Act as Contra Costa County's allowable rent cap jumps to 8.8%.
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Walnut Creek Seniors Club opens nominations for 2027 officers
The Walnut Creek Seniors Club is accepting nominations for its 2027 officer slate, with submissions due by Friday, Oct. 16.
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Walnut Creek Library hosts free 2026 election forum
The Walnut Creek Library Foundation's next "Live! From the Library" event on Tuesday, Sept. 8, features League of Women Voters speakers walking residents through changes to voting access and election rules ahead of the November election.
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15,000 expected at Walnut Creek Oktoberfest's Sept. 25-26 return
Walnut Creek Oktoberfest returns to Civic Park East on Sept. 25-26 with free admission, an expanded 21-and-over Chillgarten lounge, six announced musical acts, a children's zone and more than 15,000 expected attendees.
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Ygnacio Valley Library closing Sept. 9 for renovations
The Ygnacio Valley Library in Walnut Creek will close Sept. 9 for a nine-month, Measure X-funded renovation replacing the HVAC with an all-electric system, upgrading the roof and modernizing electrical and lighting, with a target reopening of May 31, 2027.
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Walnut Creek nonprofit's $5,240 grant aids endangered 'Valley Dragon'
Save Mount Diablo's $5,240 grant for a remote weather station on the Panoche Plateau is helping Fresno Chaffee Zoo scientists improve survival rates for the critically endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard, with 118 captive-bred animals released into the wild since 2023.
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Bedford Gallery fills Lesher Center with artists' visions of California
The Bedford Gallery's annual juried exhibition "CALeidoscope" features more than 70 artists exploring California's landscapes, culture and contradictions, on view through Sept. 13 at the Lesher Center with pay-what-you-can admission.
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