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Ski Diablo! Snow On Our Mountain This Morning
Bring the rock skis just in case but limited lifts are running atop the Bay Area’s newest ski destination – Mount Diablo. The lifts are a little rusty and the off piste schussing is at a skier’s own peril but the washing of white at the summit has some local plankers and boarders thinking. Apres…
Read MoreSuspected Fentanyl Overdose Reversed At Lafayette High School Friday
A suspected Fentanyl overdose at Acalanes High School in Lafayette was reversed by the emergency application of Narcan during a scary moment on campus Friday, the afflicted student revived and taken to a local hospital for additional treatment. Although few in any official capacity would address the incident on the record, the overdose illustrates the…
Read MoreUp And At ‘Em 24/680 People – “There’s A Storm Coming”
Stuff is happening and we’re up to get a jump on it, believing the old adage that the Early Bird gets first shot at the Breville latte maker. When we say we work for beans around here we mean it, some kind-hearted soul donating a bag of coffee beans to keep our small squad on…
Read MoreAttempted Grab N’ Run At Walnut Creek Nordstrom Doesn’t End Well – For Alleged Grabbers
Obviously we’ve been watching local merchants try to fend off persistent waves of thieves lately, and another chapter in that story was written today during the alleged theft of goods from the Walnut Creek Nordstrom location. Two would-be thieves visited Nordstrom around 2:15 p.m. Thursday, making off with an unknown amount of merchandise from the…
Read MoreAnother Camera Store Robbery – Another Mike’s – This Time In Pleasant Hill
Five armed, masked men entered the Mike’s Camera location at 2170 Contra Costa Boulevard at 4:27 p.m. Tuesday and made off with a substantial amount of the store’s merchandise. The scene is still being processed by police and store personnel. No one was believed to have been injured during the coordinated theft. Tuesday’s robbery was…
Read MoreGrab N’ Go Theft At Walnut Creek Apple Store Saturday
Shoppers at the Walnut Creek Apple store, 1200 S. Main Street, said they scattered or stood by as a crew of thieves descended on the store to steal phones and computers from the business at 11:23 a.m. Saturday. Customers, at least one of whom expressed surprise to find no mention of the commercial burglary in…
Read MoreCounty Agencies Expanding Capacity At Homeless Shelters This Week
From Contra Costa Health: In anticipation of another series of heavy rain storms this week, Contra Costa Health (CCH) and community organizations are expanding capacity at shelters in the county for unsheltered homeless individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors. Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement…
Read MoreCHP Takes Lead Investigative Role In Lazenby Case
Detectives assigned to the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Golden Gate Division (GGD) are investigating the death of a Pittsburg teen whose body was located near eastbound SR-4 in Concord on Saturday. Relatives of Damond Lazenby, Jr., 19, of Pittsburg found his body alongside the freeway while searching the area east of Port Chicago Highway shortly…
Read MoreOne Dead In Lafayette Freeway Crash Sunday
One person was killed and another seriously injured after the car they were in struck the center divide of eastbound Highway 24 west of Oak Hill Road and crashed into the trees lining the shoulder. The crash was reported at 10:21 a.m. with crews at the scene and working to free a victim trapped in…
Read MoreFamily Of Missing Pittsburg Youth Find Him Alongside Highway 4 In Concord Saturday
The family of a missing Pittsburg man found his body alongside Highway 4 Saturday. The body of Damond Lazenby Jr., 19, was found in an area that had been searched by police and volunteers earlier in the week, according to Concord police. In a release issued through their Facebook page investigators said they do not have…
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