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Walnut Creek Man Charged With Installing Hidden Camera At Starbucks
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charges a Walnut Creek man with 83 felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from the installation of hidden cameras at a Starbucks in downtown Walnut Creek. A criminal complaint was filed with the Superior Court of California, Contra Costa…
Read MoreCon Fire Announces Reopening Of Fire Station 4 In Walnut Creek
From Con Fire: CONCORD, CALIF., August 29, 2022 – The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced the reopening of Fire Station 4 in Walnut Creek after nine years of closure due to Great Recession financial pressure. Fire Station 4 serves the southern portions of unincorporated Walnut Creek and surrounding areas. Its…
Read MoreHighway Purée, Surfacing Optimism… And Gen. Graham’s TikTok Legion
We’ve made it to Monday, but not before getting a good head start on a giant road pizza on I80 and nearly Flambeing (Steve McQueen/Bullitt-style) a carload of folks running from the Antioch Five-0 at a Pittsburg Chevron station this a.m. Treated to a rare, quiet weekend we spent it addressing some back-end tech enhancements…
Read MoreDanville Man Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – A resident of Danville has been charged with one felony count of possession of child pornography. On August 25, 2022, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against 33-year-old Andrew Oliver Kallick. Police arrested Kallick in Danville on August 9, 2022, during the…
Read MoreContra Costa County Deputy Sheriff Arrested In Illegal Firearms Case
From the Office of the Sheriff: On Thursday, August 25, 2022, detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Investigation Division arrested Matthew Buckley, a Deputy Sheriff and 15-year veteran of the department. This comes after an investigation into illegal firearms. As part of the investigation, a search warrant was served at a…
Read More“In The Year 2035, We’re Giving Up The Cars We Drive”
Editor; The day many of us hoped was coming is here. Given the choice of breathing or continuing to drive our big bad gas guzzlers it appears our leaders have chosen breathing over living in a smoggy city. I for one approve of that choice. I’m sure we’ll hear the usual arguments today, tomorrow, over…
Read MoreAshley Dias Plaque Dedication Set For Sept. 2
From the City of Lafayette: A memorial plaque honoring the late Ashley Dias will be dedicated on Friday, September 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Lafayette Plaza (corner of Plaza Way and Golden Gate Way in downtown Lafayette). The cast brass plaque honors Ashley Dias who died after being struck by a vehicle while performing his…
Read MoreToppled Oak Isolates Rancho Road Neighborhood Sunday
More than 40 homes and their residents remain cut off and almost totally isolated after a substantial Oak tree came down Sunday, bringing a tangle of wires down with it. Rancho Road in El Sobrante remains closed off at this hour (6:15p.m.) – hours after it fell with a crack at 2:28 p.m. Normally, a…
Read MoreLetter: Sheltering Contra Costa’s Homeless Population
Editor; Like most people living in our county I feel blessed to have a roof above my head and food on my table. I am lucky and I know it. Living here is a blessing many only dream about. As I walk and see people sleeping rough or in tents or under overpasses I wrestle…
Read MoreHot Time Downtown Friday
Local lensman Sean McDonough was enjoying a cooling evening in downtown Walnut Creek Friday when a runaway table heater caught some trappings on fire at Bourbon Highway and brought the fire department on the run. A crowd developed, traffic slowed for a look and Sean snapped off a couple of frames – freezing the moment,…
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