McDonald’s is offering free coffee to its customers for a limited time as competition for the breakfast crowd intensifies.
The world’s biggest hamburger chain announced Friday that participating U.S. locations will offer small cups of McCafe coffee at no charge during breakfast hours from March 31 through April 13.
McDonald’s said that this is the first time it’s ever had a free coffee event nationwide.
Posted in Concord
The 28th annual Home and Garden show is almost here!
Contra Costa Home & Garden Shows
29th Annual “Spring Show”~ April 4 • 5 • 6, 2014
Friday Noon-6 • Saturday 10-6 • Sunday 10-6
Enter the show with our free passes! At the show you will find all kinds of ideas for the homeowner and business owner alike. Many Local vendors and contractors ready to show off their best stuff. Booths displays and demonstrations of everything you can think of. Find a contractor for home improvement ideas or just to ask some questions to do it yourself.
Some of the services include:
* Landscaping, Stone work, Concrete, Decks
* Pools & Spas * Fencing
* Outdoor Furniture
* Furniture * Floors* Tile work * Kitchen and Bath * Solar
* Windows * Shutters * Roofing * Siding
*Fine Art
* Cabinetry * Remodeling
Admission is normally $6, except for Diablo Reporter’s readers. Click here to print out our free passes! Invite as many people as you want, or go multiple days! Pavillion parking is $6, however, there is local parking at the nearby churches for those that wanted to save money and exercise a little. Also receive a free $6 Ace Hardware Gift Card for the first 300 people each day.
Posted in Clayton, Concord, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek
Learn tips and tricks from the experts! Navlet’s gardening classes are free, and each covers a timely topic in the garden. So learn from the pros, meet new friends, and have some fun. Classes are held at one of Navlet’s four East Bay garden centers, located in Concord, Danville, Martinez, and Pleasant Hill. Class size is limited, however, so it’s best to call ahead and reserve your space.
Location: Danville & Pleasant Hill
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 10:00 AM
Gardening Class: Cool Season Vegetables Cooler weather brings with it the fabulous fall to winter vegetable crops. Come learn how to grow your own produce. Nothing tastes better than food you’ve grown yourself. Let the pros at Navlet’s help you select the right vegetables to grow in your garden during the fall and winter season. From broccoli, cabbage, and onions to lettuce, carrots, and spinach, you’ll be amazed at the variety of tasty
Click here for a complete list of classes and locations.
Happy Gardening!
Posted in Concord
AAA’s “Tipsy Tow” initiative will be offering St. Patrick’s Day partygoers a free ride home tonight in the hope of getting people home safely on one of the biggest party nights of the year.
Anyone who has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a little too much to drink will be able to catch a free ride with Tipsy Tow rather than risking more dangerous ways to get home.
The Tipsy Tow program is open to everyone. You do not need to be an AAA Member to take advantage of this service to the community.
AAA typically offers the service to drinking drivers from 6 p.m. on the holiday to 6 a.m. the following day in Northern California, Nevada and Utah. For specific dates and times, see the list below.
During the period Tipsy Tow is available, drivers, potential passengers, party hosts, bartenders, and restaurant managers can call 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) for a free tow home of up to ten miles. Just tell the AAA operator, “I need a Tipsy Tow,” and a truck will be on its way.
The service will provide a one-way ride for the driver and vehicle to the driver’s home. If there are additional passengers who need a ride, they will be taken to the driver’s home as long is there is sufficient room for them to be transported safely in the tow truck. You cannot make a reservation.
AAA provides its Tipsy Tow service for the following holidays:
St. Patrick’s Day: 6:00 p.m. March 17th – 6:00 a.m. March 18th
Cinco de Mayo: 6:00 p.m. May 5th – 6:00 a.m. May 6th
Independence Day: 6:00 p.m. July 4th – 6:00 a.m. July 5th
Halloween: 6:00 p.m. October 31st – 6:00 a.m. November 1st
Whatever you do, please don’t drink and drive. Take the Pledge! Join AAA’s commitment to driving only while drug and alcohol-free.
AAA offers the following tips to stay safe and keep others safe on the roads:
Posted in Clayton, Concord, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek
Animal Place is ready to spring into action and save 1,800 hens from an egg farm going out of business! They have until April 4th to find as many homes as possible. To do that they need YOUR help!
This rescue is different than others. Because of staff limitations, they can only rescue as many hens as we can place into pre-approved adoptive homes. They have three opportunities to save hens – Friday March 21st, Friday March 28th, and the last date Friday, April 4th. Over those weekends, they’ll host adoption events for approved adopters.
The hens are 8-12 mos-old red girls. Sassy, sweet, and inquisitive they are great additions to anyone’s flock!
Live in northern California? Can pick up birds from Vacaville on March 22, 23, 29, of 30th? Great!
CLICK HERE TO ADOPT A HEN OR LEARN MORE
Please note: They CANNOT adopt out of state or to southern California because of staffing limitations.
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Posted in Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg / Bay Point, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon, Walnut Creek
It looks like the days of the Singing Flag performances at Dave Brubeck park are over. Tonight Linda Reynolds, the Artistic Director of Calvary Temple Church announced tonight that the Singing Flag performances will not continue. In an emotional City of Concord Counsel meeting, the director announced that the choir has decided to make last year’s 25th performance of Calvary Temple’s Choir and Singing their last. We will keep you updated as a press release comes out.
Also out tonight, the Concord High Jazz Band performed today before the Concord City Counsel and they agreed to make “Take 5”, as performed Dave Brubeck, “The Most Treasured Song” of the City of Concord. The measure voted on and past at tonight’s City Counsel meeting.
What are your best memories of the Singing Flags? What will you do this year instead? Tell us your thoughts and comments!
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Posted in Concord
Clayton CERT offering a free emergency preparedness seminar.
Visit them at Wednesday for a free emergency safety seminar. Emergency Preparedness information such as ‘hands-only’ CPR & the use of an AED will be demonstrated. There is no registration required and classes are completely free.
For more information, email ClaytonCERT@yahoo.com with any questions.
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Clayton Community Emergency Response Team seminar 7 p.m. March 12, Clayton Community Library, 6125 Clayton Road. Learn hands-only CPR, automatic external defibrillator, emergency preparedness. Free.
Posted in Clayton
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