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Read MoreThe Sunday Brumble
Chasing a few leads this morning. Trying to brighten the mood here in The News Bunker with something cheery but we haven’t found a really good FeelGood story – and we’re getting tips on the other kind of story, so we’re just going with the flow to see where things take us. Several of you…
Read MoreWoman Found Dead At Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Saturday
BART police were called to Pleasanton/Dublin station early Saturday after an unidentified woman was found unconscious and unresponsive near the passenger pick-up/drop-off area at the station shortly after 5:30 a.m. The death, noted on the BART Crimes website, has been listed as an unattended death – the third such death of its kind at area…
Read MorePre-Dawn Blaze Guts Martinez Home Saturday; Resident Treated For Burns
Firefighters pounced on a pre-dawn fire at a home under renovation in Martinez early Saturday, forced to fight the fire from outside due to the possibility of collapse. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital with moderate burn injuries, according to a ConFire spokesman, as firefighters fought to save the home on Via de…
Read MorePleasant Hill May Get A Library, A Park And Ballfields – And New Homes
From the City of Pleasant Hill: Pleasant Hill, CA – The City of Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County and the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District have approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for proposed future development of two properties, currently owned by Contra Costa County, along Oak Park Blvd. and…
Read MoreSummer Stuff To Do: Agents Of Discovery Go Exploring In Danville
Looking for a great way to get your youngsters outside this summer? The Town of Danville has a new app that lets them be secret agents, investigating our local parks. As part of Parks Make Life Better Month, the Town of Danville has partnered with educational technology platform Agents of Discovery to launch a free app…
Read MoreArea Flags Come Down To Half Staff As Shasta County Fire Claims Lives
Flags at local fire stations and civic building have been ordered flown at half staff Friday as wildfires burning in Northern California claimed the lives of two firefighters and are showing no sign of slowing down. The Carr Fire in Shasta County has so far burned 44,450 acres of timber and has blown through neighborhoods…
Read MoreMini-“Carmaggedon” On Pleasant Hill Road In Lafayette Thursday As Semi Stalls
UPDATE: The northbound lanes of Pleasant Hill Road were reopened at 4:50 p.m. ORIGINAL POST: Lafayette police – with some help supplied from neighboring jurisdictions – are fighting to untangle a massive traffic jam on Pleasant Hill Road at Rancho View after a truck stalled there blocking lanes in both directions. Several officers are on…
Read MoreAttempted Catalytic Converter Theft Leads To “Old Switcheroo” And Arrest At Cal Shakes Thursday
An inquisitive Orinda police officer touched off a stranger-than-usual confrontation with two suspected catalytic converter thieves Thursday – one of the suspects sacrificing his pal in order to get away. Officer Devyn Hom was on routine patrol at Cal Shakes, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way in Orinda around 11:30 a.m. when he spotted a person underneath…
Read MoreSan Ramon Chamber Launches Shop Local Passport Program
From the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce: SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA. (July 25, 2018) — In support of Small Business Saturday on November 24th, the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of San Ramon, will launch a shop local Passport Program from Nov. 17 to Dec. 15, 2018. For more information about the…
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