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Thieves Use Rock To Smash Danville Bank Customer’s Car Window; Take Computer, Purse, Cash
An unnerving string of robberies at Bay Area banking locations resumed Tuesday after a brazen assault on a driver at the Wells Fargo branch in Danville. Thieves, described preliminarily as two black males and a black female in their early 20s, targeted a car at 3402 Camino Tassajara and apparently smashed the car window with…
Read MoreDanville Proclaims Local Emergency Due To Storms
From the Town of Danville: Town is preparing for additional storms after flooding December 31. The Town of Danville has proclaimed a local emergency due to severe storms expected this week, following flooding and mudslides after the unprecedented storm on December 31. Acting in the capacity of Director of Emergency Services, Town Manager Joe Calabrigo…
Read More24/680 Locals Using Tuesday To Prep For Expected Storm
Residents in our service area are using a break between storms to shore up their hillsides, patch their roofs and fill sandbags in advance of a predicted and potentially destructive storm forecast to slam into us on Wednesday. Hit hard by a storm that arrived and lingered over the New Year’s weekend residents battled widespread…
Read More2023 Arrives In The 24/680 – With Bangs And Sirens
Our brand spanking New Year arrived, rain-washed and crystalline – but not completely untarnished as we humans set about doing what we do: screwing up, mightily. We broke tradition and did not party until our heads pounded, eschewing even our traditional birthday toast to our New Year’s Eve-born ancestor, and ended up working through it…
Read MoreMudding, Flooding, Running Creeks And Evacuations – A Helluva Day In The 24/680
Unceasing rainfall pushed local creeks to their limits and beyond, sank more than one SUV and prompted road closures and evacuations as water levels crept into local homes and businesses. Mudslides were reported in Orinda and Danville, flooding caused road closures and admonitions from local officials warning residents not to risk driving and to stay…
Read MoreSnapshots From The Year Gone By
Part of the gig here at News24/680 is gathering snapshots of daily life in our neck of the woods, and along with some resident “shooters” we’ve been lucky enough to hook up with some pretty talented civilians who know how to make a picture when they need to. Those who spend any time at all…
Read MoreBooms, Bad Boys, And Bomb Squads
Getting harder and harder to get any sleep around here as jangled journalists embrace insomnia as a life-long condition and find themselves chasing things that go “bloop” in the night. Lensmen Sean McDonough, Eric Blume and Craig Cannon were out and about in the wet these past few nights, seeing the things photographers see that…
Read MoreColorado Man Charged With Misdemeanor Hate Crimes, Faces Additional Problem Back Home
A 40-year-old Denver, Colorado man who created quite a stir during a recent return Holiday visit to the San Ramon Valley has been charged with a hate crime and battery as a result of his interactions with others – and apparently faces some legal problems back in his home state, as well. Jordan Douglas Krah,…
Read MoreFor The Fallen…
No end of the year wrap-up would be complete without a deep scrub of the photo archives and a selection of those images which have touched us in one way or another as we chronicled our 365 days together in the 24/680. This small sampling of the dozens of images we’ve collected of splintered power…
Read MoreMan Allegedly Sets Fire To Apartment, Threatens Self-Harm With Machete
A resident of an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Contra Costa Boulevard allegedly set fire to his apartment before running into the street with a machete and cutting himself with the weapon before Pleasant Hill police brought him down with non-lethal ordnance Tuesday. The bizarre scene first came to light with reports of…
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