Walnut Creek loses its DMV office; site may become condominium project

Walnut Creek has lost its state Department of Motor Vehicles field office downtown, leaving residents needing to visit the DMV in person to go to Concord, Pleasanton or Pittsburg.

DMV officials said the Walnut Creek field office closed for the final time Friday afternoon. They said a “replacement office” for Walnut Creek will open at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, inside Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton. That office was opened in July while the DMV’s main Pleasanton field office at 6300 W. Las Positas Blvd., just west of Hopyard Road, was closed for major renovations including replacing the roof, the furniture and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.