I lived in Richmond and Walnut Creek as a small child, El Cerrito for elementary school, Acalanes High School in Lafayette, went to Diablo Valley College, and lived on a boat in Martinez. I know the area well.
If Harmer wins, the very idea of Louise Harvey Clark screeching in pain makes for a vision of loveliness.
Tice Valley and Park Mead elementaries, Las Lomas High.