“It’s nice to see the families,” Horse said. “There’s something here for everybody.”. First-time visitors to the Stroll from Walnut Creek Jim Simon and his wife, Marla, were anxious to see what they’d been missing. “We usually go into the city on Sundays,” Marla said. “Berkeley is much closer, but we never take the time.”. Later, Jim showed off a hand-painted tie he purchased from a local artist. “It’s not the typical vendors you usually see in the East Bay,” he said. “I don’t wear ties often, but I’ll find a reason to wear this.”.

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The paintings will be featured at Civic Park on July 4 as part of the Independence Day celebrations. The painting voted ‘best in show’ by popular vote will receive a handsome cash award. The paintings will then be displayed at the Valley Art Gallery from July 8-26. Interested artists can get more information, a full prospectus and register online at ww.onlinejuriedshows.com, under the Valley Art Gallery listing for Walnut Creek Paint Out Prospectus. Guttman’s paintings are rooted in both geometric and organic forms, and the natural world — fields and gardens — often provides the inspiration for her highly introspective work. The paintings are referential, not realistic, and the process transforms literal representations into nonobjective evocations.

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In fact, the complete disarray in the city’s fire-inspection services might have continued if not for the Dec. 2 Ghost Ship fire. The blaze broke out during a late-night dance party at the warehouse-turned-arts colony in the city’s Fruitvale District, trapping 36 people who perished trying to find a way out. The building on 31st Avenue, which was being illegally used for residences, had never been inspected and there are no records that it was ever referred to the fire prevention bureau even though fire personnel had been inside.