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Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers To Pay $2.5 Million For Environmental Violations
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton announced today (Friday, March 11) that the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, together with 13 other California District Attorneys have agreed to a $2.5 million dollar settlement with Pick-N-Pull over the company’s illegal disposal of hazardous waste…
Read MoreCon Fire – East Contra Costa County Fire Annexation Approved
From Con Fire: (Headline Supplied): Annexation Will Provide Improved Fire and Emergency Response Throughout the County, Particularly in East Contra Costa County MARTINEZ, CALIF., March 11, 2022 — On March 9, the Contra Costa County Local Area Formation Commission (LAFCo) unanimously approved the annexation of East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) to the Contra…
Read MoreCounty Pays $4.5 Million Settlement For Hall-Wilson Shooting Case
County officials have agreed to pay $4.5 million to the family of a mentally ill homeless man shot and killed during a confrontation with a sheriff’s deputy in Danville in March, 2021. The settlement, reported Thursday by the Bay Area News Group, comes on the heels of Deputy Andrew Hall’s conviction for felony assault with…
Read MoreRemembering Mr. Singh
Editor; Like most of Benicia I woke up Wednesday morning to learn someone had been murdered in town and when I saw your story I realized it was Mister Singh, a good man trying to make a living and being good to people along the way. He would wave whenever I passed and we would…
Read MoreWorker Found Murdered At Benicia Market Tuesday
Police in Benicia are investigating the apparent homicide of a man working at a market in the 2000 block of Columbus Parkway Tuesday. The victim was identified as Bahadur Singh, a well known and respected local business owner. Officers responding to an alarm call at the business at 10:04 p.m. – minutes after the store…
Read MoreSurf Van Hangs Ten – Or Four Double-Ply – In Alamo Monday
There are Surf Vans and then there are Surfing Vans – this one was hanging ten on a boomer at Livorna and Serafix in Alamo, Calif. this afternoon. Nice form, Van Dude…
Read MoreSmash-And-Grab At Pleasant Hill Camera Store Monday
A pair of thieves raided the Mike’s Camera store at 2170 Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill on Monday, breaking into store counters and making off with an undetermined amount of goods. The incident was reported at approximately 3:20 p.m., with two individuals described as black males, 19 to 20-years-old, 5′ 10″ tall, both wearing…
Read MoreLocals Gather In Show Of Support For Ukraine Sunday
Supporters turn out in a show of support for the people of Ukraine at the Lafayette Hillside Crosses Memorial Sunday.
Read MoreSheriff’s Deputy Sentenced To Six Years In State Prison For Danville Shooting
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Today, Contra Costa Sheriff Deputy Andrew Hall was sentenced to six years state prison for assault with a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury upon Laudemer Aboleda in downtown Danville on November 3, 2018. As found by the jury, Deputy Andrew Hall unreasonably shot Laudemer…
Read MoreMining Those Elusive Nuggets Of Truth
Interesting 24 hours here in the 24/680 as our small squad attempts to nail down stories coming in through our digital transom like Rubles in an oligarch’s money counter. First – and we know some of you dislike our little trips down memory lane but, well, too bad – a transom when not applied in…
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