This is Contra Costa
Coffee-table book captures the visual essence of the area
(Headlines from Contra Costa Times Nov 15, 1998)

Contra Costa Times, book review Nov 15, 1998:
Let the word spread from the rolling Lafayette hills to the valleys below Camino Tassajara, from atop Mount Diablo to the straw-gold grass of Antioch's Black Diamond Mines: "Contra Costa County finally has a picture book." It's about time.

Contra Costa Times, book review Nov 15, 1998:
"Scenic Contra Costa County" has finally put the area on the map.

San Francisco Cronicle, book review Dec 11, 1998:
Snide folks from "The City" might consider the phrase "scenic Contra Costa County" to be an oxymoron on the level of "jumbo shrimp." ... "A lot of people who live in San Francisco have come up to us and thumbed through the book and become astonished", Haegeland says, "They didn't know the county was this beautiful. They said: Maybe I should go over the bridge and visit." Sorry, but we don't want the traffic. Maybe city folk can just buy Haegeland and Okkonen's book, which sells for $49, instead.

San Francisco Cronicle, book review Dec 11, 1998:
This thoroughly modern book will appeal to nouveau Diablans.