Last Week in Danville and Alamo: Seismic Safety in Schools, Police Rebuild Community Trust and Danville Officer Charged in Law Enforcement Scandal

Did you get a chance to visit Danville Patch last week? If you missed your daily reading, here are a few highlights.

An Alamo man was arrested on seven federal tax charges in connection with filing more than $5 million in false tax refund claims. Robert Lance McAdam, 56, was arrested last week on seven counts of making false, fictitious or fraudulent claims. Read the rest of the story.

We told you how the Danville Police Department is working to rebuild community trust after a criminal investigation spanning multiple East Bay cities, seeped into the quiet suburban communities of Danville and Alamo. Read more about the story. 

With reservations the Alamo MAC recommended paying a share of a Danville pool program at Monte Vista High. At a meeting Tuesday, MAC members expressed concerns about not having enough say in deciding funding for shared programs with Danville. Read more about the meeting. 

We told you about a study that shows a growing trend in Ecstasy and marijuana use among teens. The 22nd annual Partnership Aptitude Tracking Study recorded a 67-percent jump from 2008 to 2010 in the number of teens who reported using ecstasy. . 

La Boulange workers shared their tips for a cure this weekend. Joshua Barron's co-workers at the cafes in Danville and around the Bay Area donated tips Saturday to his marathon with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. Read the rest of the story. 

We told you how schools in the San Ramon Valley might fare in an earthquake, looking at a new report released by California Watch that looks at the seismic safety of California schools. Read more about this story.

In the widening scandal involving law enforcement officers in Contra Costa County, prosecutors filed new charges adding former sheriff's deputy Stephen Tanabe to the criminal complaint against a former local drug task force commander and a private investigator. Tanabe, of Alamo, resigned from the Danville force after his March 4 arrest on drug and weapons charges. Read the rest of the story.