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Formerly The Contra Costa Democrat (ccdemo.org)
Please note this site is under extensive rework to reflect the new domain and a new hosting service. Some links may not work and some graphics may not be present.
This is an eclectic colection of essays and articles about green home tech, solar power, backyard and other natural science, historical events, fun things to do and places to visit in Contra Costa County and surroundings, plus a few hobby pages, all reflecting the interests of the author.
Contra Costa County is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties . The central portion is east of the bay's eastern hills and west of the Diablo range, extending from San Pablo bay in the north to highway 580 in the south near Dublin.
"Contra Costa" is Spanish for "opposite coast" (when viewed across the bay from San Francisco). Much of what was seen of Contra Costa from San Francisco in the Spanish colonial (1776-1821) and Mexican provincial (1821-1846) periods is now within the county of Alameda. While the cities of Richmond and Kensington remain with views of San Francisco bay, and the county seat, Martinez, lies on the Sacramento River, the bulk of the county is inland, over the hills seen from San Francisco and extends east to the San Juaquin river and south to the vicinity of interstate highway 580 in the Livermore valley.
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While I have attempted to ensure the accuracy of the information included here, no liability for consequential damages is assumed by myself or by any contributors to these pages. Your independant confirmation of conditions, access, fees, and hours of operation of facilities is strongly recommended. Hiking trail reviews are based upon a healthy adult adequately prepared for expected conditions.
Political views expressed are those of individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of candidates, other contributors or organizations and in particular should not be considered as reflecting the views of non-partisan organizations reviewed or referenced. We hope that if these views differ from yours that you will take it all in good humor. After all, if you disagree you can go out and write your own web page! (Isn't it great?)
*NO RETREAT on affirmative action.
*FIGHT racism and immigrant bashing.
*SUPPORT medicaid/medicare.
*PROTECT abortion and reproductive rights.
*STOP all forms of violence against women.
*BAN Discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation.
*PROMOTE fair labor practices.
*END the war on poor people.
Click here for a Democratic Club newsletter article.
Click here for parade pictures.
A first person citizen account - very entertaining.
One of the most spectacular natural sites in northern California and sacred to the pre-colonial Native Americans of the region, our mountain offers solace to all who gaze upon it.
Regional Hiking and Biking areas and trails. Only a few hikes for now, but watch us grow. Would you like to help add to these? Also - links to orientering.
Demonstration Farms, Mansions, and Adobes. Each structure is a part of our history, and can tell us how we got to where we are at the edge of a new milenium
Airports, Railroad Stations, Public Transportation, Car Pooling and even (gasp!) Solo Driving info.
Links to external pages sorted out by region. No need to hunt with your browser.
Really good sites in our area, especially suited for young people.
Full Size and Model Trains for Fun. Some information about local sites, with links to home pages for regional operations.
Learn why RC Sailplanes are the best way to learn to fly RC aircraft. How to modify kits for durability. How to build your own bungee launch setup.
Index to local landmarks (external page).
Free pages offered to nonpartisan social, recreational, cultural, historical, and similar
groups.
Some pages are sponsored by the
Check out our Hot Rhetoric Page!
Watch Radical Right Congressman Bill Baker attempt to paint
himself greener than Kermit the Frog! Complete franked letter
from B.B. reprinted inside! You paid for it,
so you might as well read it! Compare what he says with how he votes.
Check out the Republicans page to see their
true colors exposed by their own statements.
View our Media comments.
Read about the Railroading of America.
Page contributors wanted!.
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"What, me worry?" - Alfred E. Neuman
If you have comments or questions, mail me with subject "ccdemo site" at the address shown below in the graphic (this is to foil spambots, net spiders that collect e-mail addresses for mass mailings). Note that our politicians won't stop spam (they could) - $why not?
Copyrights
Text from the Walnut Creek Democratic Club newsletter is Copyright 1995-96 under the Berne
Convention by the Walnut Creek Democratic club and may be freely copied for inclusion
in other Democratic Club newsletters and Democratic candidate's materials, with attribution, with the exception of copyrighted
materials in newsletter excerpts marked as copyrighted and
reproduced by permission by others. Pages and images marked as copyrighted may not be copied for inclusion in any presentation including Web pages without written permission from the copyright holder but may be pointed to using the appropriate URL. Images in pages are generally coprighted by the holder of the copyright of
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