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Public Assistance Grifters Charged After Hercules Arrest
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Two fly-by-night individuals have been charged with multiple felonies and face misdemeanor charges in a sophisticated financial criminal scheme that defrauded hundreds of Californians receiving public assistance. Florin Tanasa, 27, and 30-year-old Adam Nilsson each face seven felony counts that includes second degree commercial burglary,…
Read MoreScreenShots: “The Man Who Wasn’t There”
As movie-lovers whose taste runs to the Coen, we’re not sure how we missed this one over the years, but we did. This black-and-white sonnet to film noir is lovingly crafted and executed, driven and narrated by a chain-smoking Billy Bob Thornton – second chair in a three-chair barber shop in Santa Rosa during the…
Read MoreIt’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas – For Thieves
Christmas is ramping up in the 24/680 and as fresh trees go up in our living rooms and shoppers scurry to and fro another segment of society emerges – apparently to rip off the to and fro people. Pleasant Hill PD managed to corral two of three women allegedly trying to make off with several…
Read MoreTrial Of Former FCI Dublin Warden Details Sordid Tales Of Inmate Abuse
UPDATE: Ray Garcia was found guilty of eight charges in court today, Thursday, Dec. 8, and faces up to 15 years in prison. He was among five workers charged with abusing inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin. ORIGINAL POST: The ongoing trial of a former warden at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin is…
Read MoreObvious? Better Safe Than Sorry, We Say…
The son of a local reader is lucky enough to live on the Big Island of Hawaii, a beautiful place but especially newsworthy lately as its trademark volcano – Mauna Loa – has been actively spewing voluminous streams of superheated magma and gas. Used to the mountain’s occasional displays of pyroclastic fury the locals have…
Read MoreTree Eats Cars In Pleasant Hill
Residents in the 400 block of Roberta Avenue in Pleasant Hill thought they were hearing lightning when cracking noises outside their homes brought them outside on the run Saturday. A tree, estimated to be at 80 feet tall, came down and caused “significant” damage to at least two cars and other property. No one was…
Read MoreShooting In Pleasant Hill Friday
One man was hit and seriously wounded after gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a Contra Costa Boulevard strip mall Friday night. A second man was quickly arrested in connection with the shooting. The shooting was reported at 8:12 p.m. in the Ellinwood Center mall with a 36-year-old man found on the ground…
Read More“Stay Frosty…”
Our military friends have all these worldly, uniquely applicable sayings they use on us “civilians” from time to time. One they are fond of is “Stay Frosty” – and while that may seem pertinent given today’s weather outlook, it carries a different meaning. To them, it means to stay keen – alert to what’s coming…
Read MoreDA Explains Charging Decision After Gunfight Outside Antioch Convenience Store
D.A. Becton’s Statement on the Charging Decision of Ronald Benjamin Jackson, III: The family, friends, and loved ones of James Williams are understandably devastated by the shocking news of his death in a gun battle at the Chevron station in Antioch on November 26th — where he worked as a store clerk. Our sympathies and…
Read MoreCourt Upholds Lafayette’s Approval of Terraces Development Project
LAFAYETTE, CA: After more than two years of litigation, the City of Lafayette’s approval of the Terraces of Lafayette development has been upheld by the State Court of Appeal. On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the Court of Appeal upheld the Superior Court’s decision and found that the City’s 2013 environmental review complied with the California…
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