Art and Science of Eyewear, the Lafayette eyeglass store that branched out to downtown Walnut Creek on N. Main St. several years ago is closing up shop and will focus on their Lafayette location at La Fiesta Square. A poster on the door notes:
We have consolidated our efforts into our flagship store in Lafayette to better serve you! Open since 1996, our popular downtown Lafayette location is just 3.8 miles from here and 2 blocks off the Central Lafayette Highway 24 Exit.
From the Ice Skate Walnut Creek website:
Saturday, November 17, 2012
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Festivities to include:
- Free Skate 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Face Painting
- Music
- Magician
- Skating Performances
- Food & Beverages
- Raffle Prizes
and more!
From an email:
Today at 5:00 we are having our ribbon cutting ceremony with the Chamber of Commerce. At the ceremony, we will also be partnering with DoGood Vines to promote Venture as an official Drop Off site for Central County Homeless Outreach. Customers that drop off socks, hats, gloves or blankets now through end of December will receive a 2-for-1 voucher to Town Hall Theatre’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
It’s good to see Venture in Lafayette helping out with local charities.
It’s that time again, Santa’s Workshop, aka photo studio, has been set up in the back of Broadway Plaza across from Boudin Bakery. Photos with Santa will be available beginning November 17th through December 24th. The schedule is:
Monday – Saturday: 10AM – 7PM
Sunday: 11AM – 6PM
Christmas Eve: 9AM – 5PM
Santa’s Breaks, Mon – Sun 2-3PM, Christmas Eve 1PM – 1:30PM
Back in July I noted that Forma Gym was moving from their prominent downtown Walnut Creek location to 1908 Olympic Blvd near 680, and finally had a chance to drop by to register for this year’s Turkey Trot. They are located at the former location of the Walnut Creek Sports and Fitness Club, and also took over membership for the Lafayette Health Club which closed earlier this year as well. According to their site, they offer group classes, martial arts, yoga, pilates, real rider cycling, TRX and cardio resistance. Membership options (sans prices) are available here. It looked nice inside, does anyone work out here? How is it?
Last week there was a carjacking and kidnapping of a 57 year old woman from the Shadelands parking lot in Walnut Creek and now a photo has been released of one of the suspects, who possibly goes by the name “Aubrey”. Walnut Creek police has more information:
This photo depicts one of the suspects from last week’s kidnapping/robbery/carjacking case. The photo is from a drive up bank ATM. The suspect in the photo went by the name “Aubrey”. The second suspect went by the name “David”. It is important to stress we do not know if these are the suspect’s actual names.
Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call the Walnut Creek Police Department at (925) 256-3577.
Back in August I noted that another 24 Hour Fitness would be opening up in Walnut Creek, at the former cement plant location at 2800 N. Main St. According to the 24 Hour FItness website, it will open January 26th and include the following amenities:
- Cardio Equipment
- Free Weights
- Full Sized Basketball Court
- Group Cycling
- Group Exercise
- Indoor Lap Pool
- Kids’ Club*
- Personal Training*
- Personal Training Area
- Personal Viewing Screens
- Pro Shop*
- Sauna
- Steam Room
- Strength Machines
- TRX Suspension Training
- Towel Service
- Whirlpool
Check out the inside being worked on below:
Who is going to sign up for this? What are you most looking forward to? This reminds me, I need to start going to my Crossfit gym more.
Last week I noted that the ‘white’ building at Newell & N. Main St. was getting demolished and this is going to cause major detours for the foreseeable future. The detour map is available full size here. From the City of Walnut Creek webpage:
To ensure the public’s safety during the exterior demolition, there will be significant lane closures around the Main Street/Newell Avenue intersection starting November 5. Lane closures will be in effect between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Changeable message signs will be posted beginning October 29 to alert drivers to the closures. Specifically:
Understand? Good, because when I looked at the detour map I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. 🙂
GIANTS – Congratulations Champs window sign spotted on the Sherman Clay Piano store in downtown Walnut Creek.
From the Walnut Creek police:
Date / Time Occurred: November 7,2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Location: Business Center Parking Lot in the Walnut Creek Shadelands area
Crime Description / Code: 207(a) PC Kidnapping/215(a) PC Carjacking, 211 PC Robbery
Suspect #1: Described as a white male adult, early to mid 20s, 5’11”, 185/190 lbs, broad shoulders, short dark hair, unknown facial hair. Last seen wearing light colored T shirt under a black zip up colored shirt, jeans, blue or black.
Suspect #2: Described as a white male adult, early to mid 20s, 5’9”, 150 lbs with a slight build. Last seen wearing a mask (form type to below the nose), black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, dark jeans.
Suspect Vehicle: Smaller older dark colored pick up truck. Possibly a Toyota with a loud muffler.
Narrative:
On the date and time listed, a 57 year old female was abducted as she was leaving her place of work and walking to her vehicle in an isolated parking lot. As the victim unlocked her vehicle the two described suspects ran up to her, forced her into her vehicle, tied her up and blindfolded her. The victim was driven to various locations in an attempt to get money from her ATM accounts.The victim was driven to an isolated area in the Oakland Hills where she was released. A smaller older dark colored pick up truck, possibly a Toyota with a loud muffler, was seen leaving the area. The victim was able to free herself and called 911. Oakland PD responded and sought medical attention for the victim and obtained the initial information. The Walnut Creek Police Department was called to handle the primary investigation since the incident originated in Walnut Creek.
The Walnut Creek Police Department is actively investigating this crime. Anyone with information related to this crime is asked to contact the Walnut Creek Police Department Investigations Unit at (925) 943-5868 or (925) 943-5844.