Peter Visendi, OD, FAAO, Co-Creator of Soft Contact Lenses, Offering Eye Exams at Orion Optical
Peter Visendi, OD has made quite an impact in his lifetime in the optical field. He is credited for inventing the soft contact lens. He also ran a 20-year practice…
The Most Delicious Time of the Year – Comfort Food Month 2023
The Concord culinary community has entered the New Year comfortably by designating January as Comfort Food Month. In previous years, this celebration originated as Comfort Food Week, but expanded to…
Marathon Base Reuse Nine
Hour Marathon Discussion
On Saturday, January 7, from 9AM to 6PM the City Council sat through roughly two hours of presentations and then over about 90 public comments. Union members turned out in…
TO BE CONTINUED… No Term Sheet Vote, Concord City Council Extends Discussion
By David King The much-anticipated vote on the Concord First Partners (CFP) proposed Term Sheet for the Base Reuse project planned for Saturday, January 7 ended in a 5-0 vote…
Packing it in: Sierra snow level hasn’t been this deep in 40 years, official survey reveals
by Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation January 4, 2023 December storms have provided the Sierra Nevada snowpack with some of the highest preliminary snow levels in 40 years, according…
Concord’s Early Alert Canines
Trained to Detect COVID-19
By Jill Hedgecock Photos by Diane Walsh, endlesspaws28.comEAC One-eighth of a dog’s brain is dedicated to detecting odor. The superior sniffing ability of dogs, who have 300 million smell receptors…