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6 unusual facts about Walnut Creek


Bertram Myron Gross

Bertram Myron Gross (1912 in Philadelphia – March 12, 1997 in Walnut Creek, California) was an American social scientist, Federal bureaucrat and Professor of Political Science at Hunter College (CUNY).

Daron Rahlves

Born in Walnut Creek, California, and raised in northern California, Rahlves attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California.

David Toussaint

Born on April 23, 1964 to Maynard and Leona Toussaint in Walnut Creek, California, Toussaint is the youngest of five children including Beth Toussaint.

Lynne Leach

In 1967 they settled in Walnut Creek, where they raised their now grown children, Carol and Brian.

Michelle Paisley

After graduating from college in 1994, she worked as a reporter and features editor for the Benicia Herald and Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek, CA.

Sheldan Nidle

Nidle, then residing in Walnut Creek, California, predicted that it would happen with the arrival of 16 million spaceships and a host of angels.


Aegean Park Press

Aegean Park Press is a publisher based in Walnut Creek, California, specializing in cryptology, military intelligence, contract bridge and Mayan languages.

Diablo Light Opera Company

They produce large-scale musicals every year in the Hofmann Theatre (785 seats) at Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California.

Joint Genome Institute

The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), located in Walnut Creek, California, was created in 1997 to unite the expertise and resources in genome mapping, DNA sequencing, technology development, and information sciences pioneered at the DOE genome centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Leisure World, Seal Beach, California

The same company developed several other Leisure Worlds around the United States, and started, but did not complete the Rossmoor gated retirement community in Walnut Creek, California.


see also

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge, formerly known as Walnut Creek, is named after Congressman Neal Edward Smith, who championed its creation.

Simtel

Due to a mirror licensing dispute situation with Coast to Coast Telecommunications in 1995 (now Allegiance Telecom, part of XO Communications), archive maintainer Keith Petersen left his employment with CCT and moved on to Walnut Creek CDROM.

Valley Times

The Contra Costa Times, in Walnut Creek, California, U.S., which publishes (or published) some editions as the Valley Times

Walnut Creek CDROM

Walnut Creek developed a close relationship with the FreeBSD Unix-like open source operating system project from its inception in 1993.

William G. Sebold

William G. Sebold (Wilhelm Georg Debrowski; 10 March 1899 in Mülheim, Germany – February 1970 in Walnut Creek, California) was a German spy in the United States during World War II, who became a double agent for the FBI.

WSTF

Westaff - a staffing company based primarily out of Walnut Creek, California, United States and traded publicly on the NASDAQ market, using the stock symbol WSTF