Two Dead In Highway 4 Crash Saturday

Two people were confirmed dead and two others injured after an early morning crash on Highway 4 east of McEwen Road Saturday. The crash was reported at approximately 6:41 a.m. with a blue SUV veering off the highway, down an embankment and into a tree. Witnesses reported seeing the afflicted vehicle driving erratically just prior…

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… And The Lights Go Out In Moraga Friday… Again.

Unknown if it was another suicidal squirrel or too-tall semi truck but the power is out to a sizable portion of Moraga tonight – and boy, are we hearing about it. Apparently some team named the Giants is playing or something… Unknown cause, as we said, with PG&E guestimating repairs by midnight. We can only…

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Another Water Main Failure – This Time In Alamo

The latest in a recent string of infrastructure failures occurred overnight at Danville Boulevard and Hemme in Alamo as water sluiced down neighborhood streets and down into the gutters yet again as residents fretted about potential damage to their homes. Local Joe Foster shot this video as the water rose in the neighborhood Friday. Officials…

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Traffic Snarls On Moraga Way After Two-Car Crash Thursday

A crash at Moraga Way and Oak Drive in Orinda balled up traffic on Lamorinda’s already impacted roadways Thursday, sending two drivers to the hospital, trying the patience of afternoon commuters and requiring an extensive cleanup of spilled pool cleaning chemicals. The crash, a rear-end collision between a VW and a pool service truck, was…

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Arrests Of Wanted Carjacking Suspects Causes Major Delays On Highway 24

Police action on eastbound Highway 24 in Orinda resulted in the the arrest of suspected carjackers and a major traffic jam as traffic was stopped at the scene of the high-profile arrests.  Readers said both Berkeley Police and California Highway Patrol officers made the stop on a white Chevrolet Cruze – reportedly involved in an…

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Rider Found Dead Aboard Pleasant Hill BART Train Tuesday

Coroner’s deputies are attempting to determine the cause of death for a man found deceased aboard a BART train at Pleasant Hill station Tuesday night. BART police and workers remained tightlipped about the discovery at the time but a spokesperson has since confirmed that an “unattended fatality” was reported at about 9:15 p.m. There were…

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ScreenShots: “Contagion”

A really good and thought-provoking movie when it was first released in 2011 – “Contagion” is almost preternaturally brilliant when viewed in the sterilized light of 2021. In fact, if it weren’t for the credits you’d think you were watching a movie made during our current pandemic, with a small army of characters running from…

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Teenagers Arrested After Attempted Armed Robbery In Pleasanton Monday

Three teenagers were arrested by Pleasanton police Monday after an attempted armed robbery in a parking lot at the Stoneridge Shopping Center. Officers were called to the area around 1 p.m. after a woman reported being approached by three teens who demanded her purse and car. Police said one of the suspects attempted to pin…

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