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Living With Our Art
We have a love of art and antiques. It’s a devotion we labor under. Luckily, it’s a shared affliction, which provides some solace. When it comes to living space there’s no question which fixtures come first in our lives: the antiques rule, and our lifestyle is arranged around them, not the other way around. Visitors…
Read More‘Morindans Battling The Bottle, Each Other, Police
We were going to lift up that big rug stuff gets swept under in Lamorinda and pass over the mega-hangovers some locals seem committed to lately, thinking that if you choose to indulge in demon rum and knock yourself silly in the process – that’s your business as long as you’re not hurting anyone else,…
Read MoreDiablo View Middle School Student Arrested For Threats Against School
From Clayton PD: On September 17, 2018, Clayton Police were made aware of a threat of violence towards Diablo View Middle School via a hacked social media account. An investigation was conducted and a student was arrested this morning. Earlier today a search warrant was conducted with the assistance of the Contra Costa County District…
Read MorePublic Works To Close Main Street In Martinez Due To New Administration Building Construction
From Contra Costa County Public Works: September 18, 2018, Martinez, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works will close Main Street from the intersection of Pine Street to the driveway into the parking lot for the County Family Court Building. The closure will take place on Friday, September 21. Aztec and Bay Cities Paving and Grading will…
Read MoreThe Sunday Scrimmage
Here we are. Game Day. Another week managing to slide through our fingers. And it was a tough one. If you’ve been with us you know what we’re talking about and if you haven’t, well, you should be. As weeks go, this one had it all: tragedy, comedy, Cat 4-3-2-1 HurriStorms and Flipping Manaforts. A…
Read MoreMoraga Police, County Coroner Investigating Death Of Child Tuesday
Moraga police confirmed Wednesday that their investigators and Contra Costa County Coroner’s deputies are looking into the death of a 18-month-old child found outside a Hardie Drive home Tuesday. Police Chief Jon King said his officers were sent to the residence in the unit block of Hardie Drive at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday after dispatchers reported…
Read MoreStories That Go “Poof”: Chasing The Who, The What, And The Ever-Elusive Why
People who practice our trade know all too well that despite public impression none of the hundred or so tales that come to us over the course of a month ever arrive whole and in a neatly tied bow. Stories, we have all been told in English 101, have a beginning, a middle, and an…
Read MorePolice Investigating Attempted Abduction Of A Child In El Sobrante Tuesday
Area police have been alerted to the possible attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl near the Walgreens outlet on San Pablo Dam Road in El Sobrante Tuesday morning. Officers are looking for a black male between 45 and 55 years, bald, tall, and thin, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who reportedly offered the child…
Read MoreBullyBoys And CoCo Boys Rake In More Than $1 Million In Credit Card Racket
From the Associated Press: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 30 purported street gang members have been charged with stealing more than $1 million in what authorities said Monday was an unusually sophisticated credit card fraud scheme. Members and associates of the BullyBoys and the CoCo Boys street gangs based in the suburbs east of…
Read MoreApparently, We’re Still Having Problems Behind The Wheel
We’ve been writing about this sort of thing lately with many folks expressing interest/concern with what’s going on on our local roads. Police in Dublin captured this photo of an accident at Dublin Boulevard and Dougherty Road this morning. Apparently the driver survived the experience and no one else was injured but that tree isn’t…
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