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Sheriff Sending Used Ballistic Armor, Helmets To Ukraine

From the Office of the Sheriff: The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff is one of numerous California law enforcement agencies that recently donated unused and expired safety equipment to Ukraine. This came after a request from the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), which has been in contact with the Ukrainian Consulate…

Letters: Rebalancing The Tilting Board

Editor; Lately, it seems life in this country resembles a game we played as kids, the one where we manipulated two controls in order to balance a tilting surface and keep steel balls – which in this example I’m going to suggest is us – from falling through holes drilled in the tipping board. Our…

PG&E Training Helicopter Down In Livermore

Crews are responding to 7205 National Dr. in Livermore after a PG&E training chopper goes down with a pilot and linesman aboard. Unknown cause of crash, if controlled or not. Early, unconfirmed reports of two people on their way to local hospitals with unspecified injuries turned out to be the rotorcraft’s pilot and a linesman…

Sheriff Increasing Patrols And Services In Underserved Parts Of The County

From the Office of the Sheriff: The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors this afternoon approved 34 positions that will be added to the Office of the Sheriff budget. The positions cover 29 deputy sheriffs and five sergeants. The Sheriff’s Office requested the positions to increase police services in under-resourced county communities. “These positions will…

The Tuesday Trimmings

Swinging into a Mellencamp Morning here in the News Bunker after caffeinating early and getting out for a look around. Passing on breakfast out of sympathy with those with nothing to eat this morning. We do odd things sometimes – but we also believe it’s good to go hungry every so often. Calibrating our radar…

Body Found Dumped In Tilden Park Sunday

Investigators are sealing off an area of hillside off Grizzly Peak Road in Tilden Park Sunday after passersby reported seeing someone roll a body wrapped in plastic off the side of the road. Oakland police said in a statement Monday that officers located a wounded man just after 7:15 p.m. on Grizzly Peak Boulevard about…

Shots Fired Outside Sun Valley Mall Saturday

Witnesses reported hearing several shots fired, apparently from a passing car, in the parking lot of the Sun Valley Mall in Concord Saturday night. No one was believed to have been hit though arriving officers reportedly found bullet casings, live rounds and at least two cars with bullet damage in the parking lot. Witnesses reported…

Police Activity In Danville Friday

Readers in Danville lit us up around 2 p.m. Friday after a caravan of police cars raced to a home Creekview Place in answer to what we suspect was an interrupted residential burglary in the area. We’re withholding specific addresses as the situation is currently tactical with a number of police taking up positions around…

Countdown To June 7 Primary: Ballots On The Way

From the County Elections Division: Contra Costa County — Debi Cooper, County Clerk-Recorder & Registrar of Voters, announced today that all registered voters in Contra Costa County should have received their County Voter Information Guides and will soon receive their Official Ballots for the upcoming June 7, 2022 California Primary Election. Ballots will be mailed…

Concord Teacher Arrested On Suspicion Of Child Molestation Charges

Letter from Adam Clark, Superintendent of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District: May 5, 2022 Dear MDUSD Parents and Staff: I am writing to inform you that Mt. Diablo Unified School District Administration was informed today (Thursday) by Concord Police that (name withheld due to early stages of investigation), a teacher who has previously taught…