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Almost A Suribachi Moment At Ruth’s Chris In Walnut Creek Saturday
A sure indicator that a photographer knows their stuff is their ability to take a relatively normal occurrence and find beauty, composition, a story in their frames. Sean McDonough did that as firefighters made their way up a ladder to the roof of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Walnut Creek Saturday, searching for the origin of…
Read MoreAnother ConFire Unit Struck At Highway 24 Crash Scene Saturday
Firefighters at the scene of an earlier off-highway crash on eastbound Highway 24 at Oak Hill reported being struck by a second, unrelated vehicle that impacted a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District unit at approximately 6 a.m. Saturday. Crews were assessing and retrieving two people from a car that had driven off eastbound Highway…
Read MoreDriver Dies In Fiery Concord Crash Saturday
One person died when a pickup truck struck a freeway exit sign on northbound Highway 680 at Highway 242 with such force early Saturday that witnesses reported an “explosion” in the area. The Ford F150 struck the Willow Pass Road/Taylor Blvd. Next Exit sign, overturned and burned, according to witnesses. The driver was declared deceased…
Read MoreLetters: Firing The Rage Engineers
Editor; Apparently Tucker Carlson is out at Flux News. Don’t know if you’d heard about it. CNN also cut Don Lemon loose. Neither of their dismissals caused me to lose much sleep. If you believe the official party line (which I don’t) the story is everyone parted ways after contributing greatly to their respective journalistic…
Read MoreFlashPhotos: “Rough Ride In Lafayette”
Subscribers using our Flash Alert system have been reciprocating with news and photos of their own – which has made The Flash that much more interesting for us. Seemingly within minutes of issuing an alert for 3-car collision at Deer Hill and Oak Hill in Lafayette we started receiving photos from our users. Tony Del…
Read MoreStudent Stabbed, One Detained After Fight At Northgate High
A male student is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder and mayhem while a female fellow student undergoes surgery following a “violent assault” at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek Tuesday. A 14-year-old girl was reportedly seriously wounded during the attack by a male classmate, who allegedly assaulted her with a sharp implement. Both…
Read MoreArmed Robbery In Downtown Walnut Creek Friday
A carload of heavily armed men is being sought for a robbery reported on Mt. Diablo Boulevard Friday, during which a victim was struck in the face with a firearm and robbed of $100,000 worth of jewelry, including a Rolex watch. Details remain murky. The incident reportedly occurred at approximately 10:20 p.m. in the 1600…
Read MorePleasanton Home Depot Employee Shot, Killed; Two Detained In Oakland
Two people were detained in Oakland after a loss prevention employee of the Pleasanton Home Depot store on Johnson Drive was shot and killed Tuesday, reportedly while attempting to stop a theft at the store. Police were summoned to the location at approximately 2:15 p.m. after loss prevention employee Blake Mohs was reported down in…
Read MoreA Two-Fer News Photo: Arrest In Walnut Creek And Rain On That SUV’s Windshield
Lensman Sean McDonough was out and about in Walnut Creek Monday when two things happened: a gentleman got into a tussle with a WCPD officer after allegedly objecting to attempts to arrest him near the BART station – and a very pleasant rain began to fall on the city. And other parts of the 24/680…
Read MoreWith Our New Reality, New Suspicions
Our subscribers are aware of recent, local skullduggeries, chronicled as they happen and intended to inform – not paralyze everyone with fear. We’re certainly not fearful, meeting very cool, very intelligent folks around the 24/680 every day. But stuff is happening we feel compelled to write about, as we believe forewarned is forearmed. Cervantes was…
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