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A Marvelous Night For A Moon Dance
Lasting over 3 hours and 28 minutes – making it the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years – persistent cloud cover made grabbing a photo of this morning’s lunar shadowshow a challenge. But Craig Cannon managed to make a picture…
Read MoreDA Files Misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter Charges In Joe Shami Case
From the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged Lori Everett, 51, of Lafayette with a misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter in violation of Penal Code section 192(c)(2), for striking cyclist Joseph Shami with her vehicle in Lafayette on April 13, 2021, shortly before 7 AM. Mr. Shami…
Read MoreBats And Hammers Jewel Thieves Try Their Luck In Fairfield, Antioch Teens Arrested
Days after a crew of hammer-wielding thieves blitzed a Sunvalley jewelry store, police in Fairfield announce arrests made after a similar attempt at a jewelry store at the Solano Town Center Mall Wednesday afternoon. At around 2:10 pm, Fairfield Police Department Dispatch received calls regarding individuals entering the store and using bats and hammers to…
Read MoreOne Shot, Wounded On Adelaide Street In Concord Wednesday
Concord police have closed Adelaide Street in their city as officers comb the area looking for evidence associated with a shooting reported earlier in the evening. Police began a search for clues after a man walked in to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. The severity of the victim’s wounds were…
Read MoreMartinez Cannabis Distributor Robbed At Gunpoint Wednesday
Police are searching for three, possibly as many as four men who robbed a cannabis distributor as he was delivering to Embarc Cannabis Dispensary in Martinez a little after noon Wednesday, brandishing guns and making off with a large amount of cannabis and the victim’s personal belongings. The brazen robbery was reported at approximately 12:11…
Read MoreSunvalley Diamond Store Blitzed By Hammer-Wielding Thieves Monday
A squad of masked, hammer-wielding thieves stormed a Sunvalley jewelry store Monday, attacking display cases with construction hammers and making off with an undetermined amount of goods. The robbery was reported by patrons who saw the robbery crew – comprised of seven to nine males in their late teens to early 20s – enter the…
Read MoreMake Mine Renewable, Please
Dear Editor; Recent attention given to gas prices in our area should be the backbreaking straw to swing people away from fossil fuel and toward renewable power sources – which continue to improve as technology advances and production scales up. As an early adopter not wishing to rub salt in anyone’s wounds I will only…
Read MoreMessy Truck Crash Closes 680 Transition South From SR4 Friday
A hoist truck apparently carrying poles to a construction site at the I680/SR4 transition toppled Friday night, spilling its load, injuring a driver and tying up traffic for several hours as California Highway Patrol officers and freeway workers dealt with a resultant fuel spill and damaged light poles. As you can tell from photographer Craig…
Read More“Like Driving Into A Cotton Ball” – Foggy In The 24/680 Tonight
Night Hawk photographer Craig Cannon is out and about tonight, looking for a picture and not seeing much as billowing folds of fog close in on our bridges and valleys. Cannon shot this photo in Martinez.
Read MoreFor The Second Time Thursday – Child Taken During Car Theft Recovered By Police
Police in Concord are looking for the thief who made off with a white Honda Odyssey van taken from a Wingstop location on Ygnacio Valley Road tonight – with a 4-month-old strapped in her car seat. The van with child aboard was located by police after a sharp-eye police officer spotted the vehicle, still running,…
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