The less obvious thing is that the folks behind the counter weren’t making this up. It wasn’t inauthentic. They had decided to enjoy their jobs, they were enjoying their jobs and it was helping not just Starbucks, but it them, too.

Damien Brower, the city’s newly hired full-time city attorney, will start his post Aug. 8.

Members of the Livermore Tomorrow political action committee say one of its goals is to correct "extensive misinformation" from the anti-Pardee Homes campaign committee, called Friends of Livermore.

Apple’s new iTunes 4.9, iPod color, allows you to view (and listen to) "enhanced podcasts" these are audio files that can have slideshows, URLs and some cool features we have discovered.

What happens when employees punch their own clock? They’re happier–and more productive. An inside look at Best Buy’s bold experiment

BART is inviting the public to comment tonight and Wednesday night on a proposed extension into eastern Contra Costa.

The typical Bay Area house appreciated a whopping $99,000 in the last year — or more than $8,200 per month — according to a real estate information firm.

$13.75 million Montini Ranch purchase would preserve city’s scenic hillside

Was there a time in the history of the planet when people wasted less percentage of their time?" Maybe so, but I’ll be willing to bet these days the new productive world we live in allows us to be unproductive in things like studying wasted time!

Just a quick reminder to make sure you regularly back your essential files up. This goes double for those of you who are highly organized.

K Street Confidential by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum

Dan Hatfield explains the Contra Costa Times focus for the last half of 2005

The lesson for Concord is obvious. If adopted from the beginning, transferring land in phases may enable a community to acquire more land in a shorter period of time than an all-at-once approach.