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“Ram Raiders” Strike Local Merchants Overnight
Local Ram Raiders – those prone to driving their vehicles into storefronts in order to plunder the contents – were at work in the 24/680 overnight. A van drove into a liquor and food store in the 600 block of Gregory Lane at about 4:50 a.m. this morning, the raiders stuffing the store’s ATM in…
Read MoreLetters: An Oasis Of Incivility
Editor: With all that is happening in the world it was shocking to see Facebook taking up so much of the airwaves this week – with an actual whistle blower in the witness chair and many people talking about the damage that the company does. I must start by saying that I don’t use Facebook…
Read MorePG&E To Conduct Gas Safety And Reliability Inspection In Unincorporated Walnut Creek
From Contra Costa County Public Works: PG&E to Conduct a Gas Safety and Reliability Inspection in Unincorporated Walnut Creek October 8, 2021, unincorporated Walnut Creek, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works Department has issued a permit to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to conduct a routine gas transmission maintenance inspection along Olympic Boulevard…
Read MoreMan, Those Lawn Statues Are Getting More Lifelike Every Year…
Just another day in MooRaga.
Read MoreCan We Scrub The Planet’s Atmosphere – One Individual Forest At A Time?
We’re looking for land. It’s a thing of ours – all the ancestors were miners and ranchers and farriers and they all had “spreads.” They lived close to the earth and they learned to work it, alongside their crops and animals. We used to visit, before our family succumbed to the Jet Age and moved…
Read MoreBay Area Health Officers Issue Criteria For Lifting Indoor Masking Requirements
From County Health Services: As decisions to vaccinate and wear face coverings indoors drive down COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations, health officers for the nine Bay Area jurisdictions that require face coverings in most indoor public spaces today reached consensus on criteria to lift those health orders. These health officers continue to work together across…
Read MoreBerkeley PD Arrests Five Juveniles – Ages 11 To 15 – For Crime Spree Including Walnut Creek Purse Snatch
Five youths believed to have committed a violent purse snatch in Walnut Creek as well as other crimes were arrested by Berkeley police after a vehicle pursuit and crash in that city Tuesday. The youths, at least two of whom reportedly have extensive criminal histories despite their age, have been linked to Monday’s assault on…
Read MoreIs Walnut Creek Going To Pot? City Assesses The Benefits Of A Profitable Business Model
Far from its over-the-top depictions in 1930’s scare reels, marijuana has evolved into a widely accepted and sought after national commodity – with some parts of California given over to its production and once-naysaying cities openly considering adding cannabis storefronts to their business districts. Up for consideration on tonight’s Walnut Creek city council agenda is…
Read MorePurse Snatch In Walnut Creek Monday
A woman walking in the area of N. Main and Bonanza Street in Walnut Creek lost her purse to a man who exited a passing car with several men aboard and grabbed her purse Monday. The incident was reported at approximately 9:55 p.m. with witnesses describing the car in question as a white four-door with…
Read MoreTwo Shot In Suspected Armed Robbery In El Sobrante Sunday
Two people were shot in a suspected armed robbery at a home on D’Avilla Way in Sobrante Sunday, sheriff’s deputies sealing off the area as their investigation into the incident got underway. Reports that one person had been shot, and then another, began to filter in about 6:25 p.m. Initial indications were that the wounded…
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