Walnut Creek is excited to announce its Golf Demo Day with a Membership Open House from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 27.Read more

The Food: Traditional Tex-Mex fare, including fajitas, enchiladas, quesadillas and moreRead more

After nearly two months of lukewarm action films and romantic comedies, we have a film with a legendary director, killer cast and great story. Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" is a spooky blast that blows nearly every Hollywood horror film made in the past two years out of the water.Read more

Before setting sail at River Legacy Foundation's 21st annual Cardboard Boat Regatta, participants can come to Boat Building School to learn creative ways to build a winning cardboard boat or even one that could take home the Titanic Award.Read more

The importance of prayer is at, or very near, the center of all things Christian.Read more

Rick and Beverly Ahlstedt of Grand Prairie are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jalah Rachelle Ahlstedt of Arlington, to Chad Michael Lawrence of Mansfield. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Tammy and Wayne Clark of Mansfield and Larry Lawrence of Lewisville.Read more

Anyone who has ever seen the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis" remembers Judy Garland belting out song after song. What most of the audience doesn't recall is how funny the characters and the script are.

Marty Fredrick does.Read more

The Food: Fried bar fare with some sandwiches and wraps

The Story: KG's Sports Grill has been a staple for more than five years, and not much has changed, keeping people coming back for more.Read more

I am so fortunate and count my blessings daily to have some truly great friends. Friends that bring chicken soup over when I'm sick and friends that bring Christmas cookies to me when I'm so busy at work that I've missed every holiday party in town.

Friends that tell me my new hair cut/color looks good even though my daughter has told me it looks awful and that it makes me look at least 10 years older. Friends that serve as guinea pigs for new recipes and friends that request their favorites over and over.Read more

How has this sub-genre of children's fantasy novel adaptations survived into a new decade? Since the titanic success (or perhaps now it should be "Avatar" success) of the Harry Potter films, studios have been grabbing the rights to any young adult novel having anything to do with the magical or paranormal.

Sometimes they hit oil ("Twilight"), but mostly we've gotten a series of bombs, including "Eragon," "A Series of Unfortunate Events," "The Dark is Rising," "Inkheart" and "The Golden Compass."Read more