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Pleasant Hill’s Summer Night Market Kicks Off With Dance Party, Acrobats This Week
Pleasant Hill’s Night Market is rolling into summer this week with a Friday night event featuring music, food, vendors and family activities at Chilpancingo Park.
The next Pleasant Hill Night Market is scheduled for Friday, June 19, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Chilpancingo Park, located at 200 Golf Club Road in Pleasant Hill.
The organizers shared this info and photos with Bay Area Telegraph.
This week’s edition is being billed as a Friday Night Dance Party, with DJ Mark providing the music. The lineup also includes an Aerial Athletics show, along with a petting zoo, bounce house, face painters and a balloon twister.
Credit: Pleasant Hill Night Market The event is part of the Pleasant Hill Night Market series, which runs on the first and third Friday of the month through the fall. Organizers describe the market as a community gathering with food, beverages, local vendors, merchandise, kids activities and cultural performances.
Credit: Pleasant Hill Night Market Event info lists the 2026 market as running from June 19 through November 6, with more than 50 vendors, food and beverage options, and live Asian, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultural performances. The market is also described as a free event, with free parking available.
Credit: Pleasant Hill Night Market The City of Pleasant Hill says the Night Market returned in May after a successful first season, bringing back food, music, merchandise, activities and more. Last year’s launch included food vendors, a beer truck, local merchandise, live music, corn hole, face painting, balloon animals, and special activities tied to Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Month.
For Pleasant Hill families, this week’s market offers an easy summer kickoff: dinner from local vendors, music in the park, activities for kids and an evening event that runs late enough to feel like a night out without requiring a long drive.
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A Massive 66,000 Sq Ft New Hospital Wing is Coming to Pleasanton
A major expansion is officially underway at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, where a new three-story hospital wing is expected to more than double the capacity of the hospital’s emergency department.
The project, known as the East Wing, will add roughly 66,000 square feet to the hospital campus at 5555 W. Las Positas Blvd. Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion in May, and construction is expected to be completed in phases beginning in 2029.
The new wing is designed to address growing demand for emergency care in the Tri-Valley. According to Stanford Medicine, emergency department visits in the region increased by almost 30% between 2013 and 2023, while emergency department capacity has not grown at the same pace.
Credit: Steve Fisch/Stanford Medicine When complete, the expansion will add 24 new patient treatment bays, three triage rooms and a larger patient waiting area. The project is also expected to include a dedicated fast-track area that can care for up to eight patients at once, helping preserve emergency beds for higher-acuity cases.
The first floor of the new building will house the expanded emergency department. The upper floors will support future inpatient growth and key hospital services, including larger spaces for the lab, pharmacy and sterile processing center.
The hospital’s Pleasanton campus spans about 27.7 acres and currently includes the main hospital building, medical offices and a central utility plant. As part of the expansion, crews will also reconfigure the campus loop road, adjust surface parking, relocate utilities and add infrastructure intended to support hospital operations in the event of a major earthquake or disaster.
Pleasanton city materials show the project was approved through the city’s design review process before construction began. The Pleasanton Planning Commission unanimously approved the expansion plan in 2025.
The project is also a major financial investment. Pleasanton Weekly reported the scope includes a three-story, $200 million building, along with new utilities, roads and parking.
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley is the former ValleyCare system, which became part of Stanford Health Care in 2015. Hospital officials have framed the new wing as both a response to the Tri-Valley’s population growth and a way to keep more emergency care close to home.
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San Ramon’s Prominent New Park is Finally Open, and it Signals Bigger Changes to Come
San Ramon’s newest public gathering space is officially open, adding a brand new park to the rapidly changing Bishop Ranch area.
Heritage Park, a 1.4-acre green space near Bollinger Canyon Road and Walnut Drive, recently opened to the public after months of anticipation. The park sits smack in the midle of Bishop Ranch, close to the new Belmont Village senior living community and the Iron Horse Trail overcrossing, making it one of the most visible early pieces of the area’s broader transformation.
Credit: Thomas Smith The new park includes a lawn, gardens, a shaded picnic grove, a tree-lined promenade, a children’s climbing area and a tribute honoring San Ramon’s civic leaders. It is intended as both a neighborhood amenity and a broader community destination.
The park’s most eye-catching feature is the Little Big House, a large walk-through public art installation shaped like an oversized house. The piece was created by artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R&R Studios and is designed to function as both sculpture and social space.
It reportedly cost $375,000.
Credit: Thomas Smith The installation is also significant because it is the first major public artwork tied to Sunset Development Company’s larger public art program for Bishop Ranch. Additional permanent public art pieces are expected to be added across Bishop Ranch as the district continues to evolve.
That bigger vision is part of the CityWalk Master Plan, which covers roughly 135 acres and calls for a major long-term redevelopment of Bishop Ranch with new housing, retail, hotel space, parking structures and recreational amenities. The plan allows for up to 4,500 multifamily residential units, along with a 169-key hotel and as much as 170,000 square feet of additional retail over a 20- to 30-year buildout.
Credit: Thomas Smith For San Ramon residents, Heritage Park is one of the first tangible signs of what that transformation could feel like on the ground. Instead of a traditional suburban office park built primarily around driving and parking, the goal is to create a district where people can live, shop, eat, walk, bike and spend time outdoors without needing to get back in the car for every stop.
City officials and Sunset Development celebrated the opening in May, describing the park as a public-private effort to create a more community-oriented downtown environment.
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San Ramon’s Free Arts & Eats Night Returns This Thursday
San Ramon’s new monthly arts-and-food night is back this week, bringing local artists, food trucks and a relaxed community gathering to Dougherty Valley.
The city’s 3rd Thursday Arts & Eats returns Thursday, June 18, from 5 to 9 p.m. outside the Dougherty Station Community Arts Center at 17011 Bollinger Canyon Road. Admission is free, and the event is open to all ages.
The evening is designed as a casual outdoor gathering where visitors can stroll through an art market, grab dinner from food trucks, listen to music and take part in hands-on art activities. Local artists and makers will be on site selling original artwork, handmade goods and other creative products.
The event is also intended to connect residents with local community partners, including the Dougherty Station Library and Diablo Valley College’s San Ramon Campus.
3rd Thursday Arts & Eats is a new monthly series for 2026. It launched in May and is scheduled to continue on the third Thursday of each month through October. After this week’s event, upcoming dates include July 16, August 20, September 17 and October 15.
For San Ramon families, the event offers a lower-key alternative to the region’s larger summer festivals: food, music and browsing, but in a neighborhood setting and without an admission cost. It is also a chance to support local artists and small creative businesses while adding an easy after-work outing to the week.
The city is still inviting local artists and makers to participate as vendors in the series. Eligible vendors may include painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelry makers, textile artists and other creators of handmade goods.
More info here: https://www.sanramon.ca.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=10826130&pageId=21255671
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A Giant Crack Closed Pacifica Pier. Now a Beloved Cafe Is Gone.
The crack did not arrive with a dramatic storm surge or a beach evacuation siren. It showed up in concrete.
Pacifica Municipal Pier — the 1,140-foot landmark jutting from Sharp Park Beach — is now closed, and the small cafe at its entrance has been demolished after the city found worsening structural damage where the pier meets land.
The city lists the pier as closed as of June 4, 2026, tying the shutdown to June press releases and an emergency-services order for the pier and an adjacent beach area. The pier, officially the Rev. Herschell Harkins Memorial Pier, was built in 1973.
What made this closure so visual was the location of the damage: near the abutment, the land-side anchor point where a pier stops being a walkway and starts depending on the shoreline to hold together.
File photo of the pier. Credit: Thomas Smith NBC Bay Area reported that Pacifica declared a local emergency after new cracks formed and the pier began separating from the shoreline. The same report said the decades-old Chit Chat Cafe, at the base of the pier, was being pulled apart as the structure continued to deteriorate, and that the City Council unanimously approved the cafe’s demolition on Monday night, June 8, according to NBC Bay Area.
KTVU reported that crews began emergency demolition work Tuesday after rapidly widening cracks and shifting concrete raised concerns that part of the structure, including Chit Chat Cafe, could collapse into the ocean. City officials were still awaiting a structural assessment to determine whether the pier can be repaired or rebuilt, KTVU reported.
For now, the public should stay off the pier and out of posted closure areas. The next question is larger than one coffee shop: whether a beloved 1973 pier can be stabilized for another generation, or whether the shoreline has already changed enough that it will never be rebuilt.
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A Big Danville Road Project is About to Start. Here’s Where Impacts Will Happen.
It’s almost Summer, and that means lots of road work here in the 925, as cities cram in construction during the dry season.
A major Danville road project is about to enter a more disruptive phase, and drivers on Diablo Road should be ready for months of traffic controls.
Beginning Monday, June 15, construction on the Diablo Road Multi-Use Trail Project is scheduled to move into a new phase focused on wall construction near the creek between Fairway Drive and Alameda Diablo. Grading work on the eastern side of the project will also continue.
The biggest traffic impacts are expected along Diablo Road between Clydesdale Drive and Alameda Diablo, where drivers should expect one-way traffic control on weekdays from June 15 through September 15. Traffic control will be in place from 7 a.m. to as late as 6 p.m., according to the Town of Danville.
The town says traffic controls will include flaggers, signs, and advance notification boards.
The project itself is not new, but this phase is expected to be more noticeable for drivers. The Diablo Road Multimodal Trail and Drainage Improvements Project will build the final 0.9-mile section of a 2.1-mile paved Class 1 multi-use trail along the southern shoulder of Diablo Road. The goal is to improve connections between Green Valley Road and Blackhawk Road and expand access toward Mount Diablo State Park.
The project has been years in the making. The trail segment was originally identified in Danville’s 1989 Townwide Trails Master Plan, and it is designed to close a key gap in the corridor by connecting existing trail segments near Diablo Road and the Magee Preserve area.
The current phase includes soldier pile wall construction along the western portion of the trail near the creek. According to the project page, that work may require alternating one-way traffic, occasional short-term full stops for moving construction equipment and materials, and temporary adjustments to the roadway alignment. Wall and trail construction is anticipated to be completed in October, while the larger project is expected to continue in phases through December 2026.
Drivers may also encounter separate traffic signal work in the area. The Town of Danville says Contra Costa County is continuing traffic signal upgrades on Diablo Road as part of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority’s Countywide Smart Signals Project, with work planned Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and expected to be completed by early July.
Nearby, Contra Costa County Public Works is also continuing work on a new traffic signal at Mt. Diablo Scenic Boulevard and Diablo Road/Blackhawk Road. That project is scheduled to continue through July 17, weather permitting, with lane closures restricted to 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. County officials say drivers can expect delays of about 5 to 10 minutes there.
The big picture here: Diablo Road will remain open, but it may not feel normal for a while. Anyone who regularly uses the corridor should plan for delays, watch for flaggers, and allow extra time during weekday travel.
We’ll keep you updated on Summer traffic impacts around the 925. Make sure to join our free 925 News newsletter so we can keep you updated.
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Unique New “Night Market” Has Arrived in the 925
A unique new night market has arrived in Concord, bringing food, artisan vendors, live entertainment and cultural performances to one of the East Bay’s best-known downtown gathering spots.
The new Concord Night Market and AANHPI Heritage Celebration debuted in May at Todos Santos Plaza and is now scheduled to continue monthly through November.
The next market takes place Friday, June 12, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Todos Santos Plaza, located at 2175 Willow Pass Road in downtown Concord.
The event is designed as an evening community gathering with food trucks, local vendors, live music, cultural performances and family-friendly activities. Organizers describe it as a place to enjoy “great vibes, amazing vendors, live music and delicious food.”
Unlike a standard farmers market, the Concord Night Market tries to capture the feel of a nighttime cultural festival. The series launched as part of an AANHPI Heritage Celebration, with a focus on performers, artisans, entertainment and food.
That makes it part of a growing local night market scene in Contra Costa County. Pleasant Hill recently brought back its own AANHPI night market, while Concord is now adding a recurring downtown version at Todos Santos Plaza.
The remaining scheduled Concord Night Market dates are:
- Friday, June 12 (tonight, as we write this!)
- Friday, July 10
- Friday, August 14
- Friday, September 11
- Friday, October 9
- Friday, November 13
Each event runs from 5 to 9 p.m.
Admission is free.
For families, the event offers an easy Friday night outing without having to drive to Oakland or San Francisco for a larger night market experience. For downtown Concord, it adds another reason to visit Todos Santos Plaza after work, with dinner, entertainment and local vendors all in one place.
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A Major Walnut Creek Road Project Starts June 15. Here’s Where Drivers Will Feel Impacts.
Walnut Creek drivers are about to feel the next phase of a major neighborhood road project, with slurry seal work scheduled to begin Monday, June 15, on dozens of streets across the city.
The City of Walnut Creek says its contractor will start applying slurry seal on June 15 in several areas, including the Tampico, Diablo Shadows and Valley Vista neighborhoods, as well as Alfred Avenue. The city is warning residents and commuters that this final phase is expected to bring the most significant traffic impacts of the project.
That means drivers should expect temporary no-parking restrictions, lane and road closures, delays and detours. Vehicles left in posted no-parking areas during work hours may be towed, according to the city.
The work is part of Walnut Creek’s 2026 Slurry Seal Project, a pavement maintenance effort intended to extend the life of city streets. While slurry seal is not the same as a full road reconstruction, it can be disruptive while crews prepare streets, close off work zones, apply the seal and allow the surface to cure.
The first day of work, Monday, June 15, is focused around the Tampico area, including portions of Tampico, Los Vecinos, Corte Del Los Vecinos, Montezuma Court, Cortez Court and Tampico Place.
On Tuesday, June 16, impacts expand to additional portions of Tampico and nearby streets, along with parts of Firestone Drive and courts or places off Firestone, including Belvedere Court, Millbrae Court, Renwick Place and Bexley Place.
By Wednesday, June 17, drivers should watch for work on Montego between La Casa Via and Ygnacio Valley Road, additional portions of Tampico, and Diablo Shadow Drive between Stinson Circle and Firestone Drive.
Thursday, June 18, brings work on another stretch of Montego between Ygnacio Valley Road and La Casa Via, plus Diablo Shadow Drive, Stinson Circle, Caravelle Drive, Caravelle Court and Ginocchio Court.
On Friday, June 19, crews are scheduled for streets in the Valley Vista and Diablo Shadows areas, including Sutcliffe Place, Sutcliffe Court, Valley Vista Road from Oak Grove Road to Deerpark Drive, Stinson Circle, Melbourne Place, Welwyn Place and Langlie Court.
The work is scheduled to resume Monday, June 22, with impacts on Deerpark Drive, Boca Raton Court, La Quinta Court, Doral Court, Valley Vista Road, Inverness Drive and Inverness Court.
On Tuesday, June 23, the schedule includes Alfred Avenue from San Luis Road to Lakey Lane, along with Brandywine Way, Newport Court, Tamarisk Drive and Tamarisk Court.
The final listed day, Wednesday, June 24, includes Firestone Drive, Firestone Court, Pazzi Road, Valley Vista Court, multiple stretches of Valley Vista Road, Boundary Oak Way, Kit Fox Court and Golf Court.
The full project covers more than 1.16 million square feet of pavement, according to the city’s street-by-street schedule.
For most drivers, the biggest pinch points will likely be around neighborhood connections to Ygnacio Valley Road, Oak Grove Road, Deerpark Drive and Valley Vista Road, particularly when road closures or detours affect the normal route out of a subdivision.
The city says the schedule could change because of weather, equipment issues or other unforeseen circumstances. Residents along the affected streets should watch for posted signs and move vehicles before work begins.
The city says it will try to maintain access and minimize lane closures and delays where possible.
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San Ramon Is Turning the Pool Into a Movie Theater This Month
San Ramon families will have a chance to skip the traditional movie theater and watch a film from the water this month, as the city brings back its summer Dive-In (catch the pun?) Movie series.
The next event is set for Friday, June 26, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the San Ramon Olympic Pool, located at 9900 Broadmoor Drive. Admission is $2 per person, and the event is open to all ages.
This month’s movie is “Zootopia 2,” rated PG, with a listed runtime of 1 hour and 48 minutes. The evening begins with recreation swim at 7 p.m., giving families time to swim before the movie starts at 8:30 p.m.
Credit: City of San Ramon According to the city, the pool will close briefly once the sun starts to go down so staff can transition the facility for the movie. After that, swimmers will be invited back into the water to float while watching the film.
Families who would rather stay dry can watch from the pool deck. The city recommends bringing chairs and blankets for deck seating.
More Dive-Ins are apparently coming later in the Summer, too.
After the June screening, the city’s summer lineup is scheduled to continue with “Coco” on Friday, July 17, at Dougherty Valley Aquatic Center, followed by “How to Train Your Dragon” on Friday, August 7, back at the San Ramon Olympic Pool. Both are also listed at $2 per person.
The June 26 event is one of several low-cost summer activities being offered by the city, and advance registration is encouraged for quicker entry.
For families looking for something a little different from the usual evening movie night, this one comes with a built-in summer twist: the best seats may be in the pool.
Here’s the registration info: https://www.sanramon.ca.gov/our_city/departments_and_divisions/parks_community_services/events/summer_dive_in_movies
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Beloved Walnut Creek Deli Morucci’s is Reportedly Opening a New Branch
Pleasant Hill sandwich fans may soon have a new reason to celebrate: Morucci’s Deli appears to be headed to town.
The beloved Walnut Creek deli, known for old-school sandwiches, long lunch lines, and an intensely loyal East Bay following, is reportedly opening a new location at 236 Golf Club Road in Pleasant Hill. The site is in a busy retail stretch near Diablo Valley College, close to Los Panchos, Cali Kid Burgers ‘N Shakes, June Nov Tea, Hillcrest Veterinary, and Floor & Decor.
So far, this is based on reports from local business owners and other residents, shared online in multiple community discussion groups. We don’t have an official announcement from the deli itself, so treat this one with a grain of salt (and perhaps a side of pickles!)
At the Morucci’s in WC. Credit: Thomas Smith For anyone who has ever made the drive to Walnut Creek just to grab a Morucci’s sandwich, it will be a big deal if the deli arrives in PH.
Morucci’s deli has built a reputation over decades as one of the East Bay’s classic lunch spots, with a menu that leans heavily into generous deli sandwiches, house-made dressings, Semifreddi’s bread, breakfast specials, salads, catering, and a friendly neighborhood feel.
Its current Walnut Creek location, at 1218 Boulevard Way, is in the Saranap area, slightly away from the main downtown Walnut Creek restaurant scene.
Moruccis current neighborhood. Credit: Thomas Smith That has not stopped it from becoming a destination. SFGATE profiled the deli in 2024, calling it an “old-school Bay Area deli” that still draws lines out the door. The same story noted that on a busy summer day, Morucci’s can sell 700 to 800 sandwiches.
At the Morucci’s in WC. Credit: Thomas Smith That following helps explain why a Pleasant Hill expansion would make so much sense.
The reported new address, 236 Golf Club Road, is especially well positioned for a sandwich shop. It sits close to Diablo Valley College, not far from Contra Costa Boulevard, I-680, Highway 4, The Veranda, The Willows, Sunvalley Mall, and the Pleasant Hill Shopping Center.
A leasing flyer for the space described it as a 2,584-square-foot restaurant-ready suite with shared parking and restaurant infrastructure, including gas, water, sewer, and a grease trap.
Nearby to Morucci’s reported new PH location. Credit: Thomas Smith The move would also bring Morucci’s into an area that already has a strong casual food lineup. Los Panchos anchors the same strip with Mexican food, Cali Kid Burgers ‘N Shakes brings a burger-and-shake option, and June Nov Tea adds a drink stop next door. Morucci’s would give the block a major deli draw and likely add a busy lunch crowd of its own.
For longtime fans, the biggest question is whether the Pleasant Hill location will carry the same signature lineup as Walnut Creek.
At the Morucci’s in WC. Credit: Thomas Smith Morucci’s current menu includes favorites like the #1 Italian Sub, the #5 California Club, the #6 3/4 roasted turkey with tomato and mozzarella, the #8 hot steamed pastrami with melted Swiss, and the #16 tri-tip sandwich. The deli’s own website emphasizes its 30-plus-year history, fresh-sliced ingredients, house-made dressings, house-made pesto, and use of Semifreddi’s bread.
The #5 California Club has become one of the deli’s best-known sandwiches, made with sliced turkey, Swiss cheese, thick-cut bacon, house-made ranch, lettuce, tomato, and red onion. The #1 Italian Sub stacks salami, mortadella, hot coppa, and provolone on ciabatta with shredded lettuce, tomato, pepperoncini, and house-made Italian dressing.
Again, we don’t yet have official confirmation. But the appearance of multiple reports citing the Golf Club Road address, paired with the leasing info we found on that address, makes this look pretty promising.
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