San Ramon News

To tax or not to tax - that was the question that kept coming up this week during a debate between the two contenders for the 15th Assembly District seat.

It's now a crime to use the Internet to incite the harassment of someone. The state legislation, which came in response to the case of a 17-year-old Danville resident whose photo and phone number were posted in ...

Republican Assemblyman Guy Houston is being termed out, and Democrat Joan Buchanan, a longtime member of the San Ramon Valley school board, and Republican H. Abram Wilson, mayor of San Ramon, are competing for ...

IT'S OFF TO NEW YORK this week for C.J. Kirkham of San Ramon, who will start filming for her debut on the reality show "Make Me A Supermodel." Kirkham, 18, was selected to be a part of the second season of the ...

Free Flu Shots for Adults Ages 50 and Older San Ramon Regional Medical Center will provide flu shots free of charge to adults age 50 and older on Friday, October 17, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (while supplies last). The vaccines will be given in the South Conference Room in the South Building, located at 7777 Norris Canyon Road in San Ramon. Parking is available near the South Conference Room. No reservations available. For special services for disabled adults, and driving directions, call 925.275.8230 - sanramonobserver.org

CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY of the Primo's Run for Education with pre-race activities and the big event scheduled for Oct.

Construction of new homes imploded during August in the East Bay and California, a report released Wednesday disclosed, and the ferocity of the decline stunned analysts for a statewide builders group.

California High School was evacuated for a time Thursday afternoon due to a freon leak on campus.. A campus spokeswoman said all 2,465 students were ordered outside.

The Finance/Policy Committee of the City of San Ramon's Parks & Community Services Commission met with a handful of local community gardeners on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 to give them the bad news about some rather drastic changes they propose to make at Crow Canyon Community Gardens, one of the more significant green activities existing today in San Ramon.

Read more about the Crow Canyon Gardens at the San Ramon Tribune.

School buses in the San Ramon Valley may make a return. Tonight, the San Ramon City Council will consider creating and joining an agency to implement a school bus system.

The Contra Costa County Planning Commission OK'd a number of changes Shapell Homes requested in its development plan for Gale Ranch, part of the extensive, 11,000-home Dougherty Valley residential development ...

Esin and Curtis deCarion pose for a portrait in their new Danville, Calif., restaurant and bar in the Rose Garden center on Monday, Sept.

Hoping to get an earlier handle on elementary school overcrowding in the Dougherty Valley, the San Ramon Valley school board will allow some students to register at age 3 - about two years before they begin ...

San Ramon police officers are expected to be trained in the use of Tasers and ready to use them by Oct.

With little fanfare, the San Ramon City Council has moved forward with a plan to bring a once controversial development into its city limits.

Authorities have shut down a two-mile segment of Highland Road after a vehicle caught fire this morning and spilled several gallons of corrosive acid on the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said.

Faria Preserve, a northwest San Ramon development once held up by environmental lawsuits, is ready to move ahead.

A shared effort between Danville and San Ramon police departments resulted in the arrests of two people in connection with a daylight robbery Wednesday at Longs Drugs.

A coalition of groups calling for fewer spending cuts and more taxes to bridge the state budget deficit met with Assemblyman Guy Houston to talk about their concerns Tuesday, the state's record 64th day without ...

Tri-Valley civic leaders will participate in a forum discussing the diversity of the area Sept.