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Shaking Off The Beat – And Listening To People We Meet
Back in the bad old days, the boys and girls with ink in their bloodstreams would depart the newsroom for a night walk around town, currying favor with doormen, nightclub owners, cab drivers, cops and semi-respectable ladies of the evening who knew where the “bodies were buried.” Some referred to them as “buzzer nights” –…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Blaze Burns Through Lafayette Home Thursday
Firefighters from throughout Lamorinda turned out to battle a fiercely burning fire racing through a two-story home at 3462 Golden Gate Way in Lafayette early Thursday morning. The firefighting effort was hampered, evidently, by a large number of stored items inside the residence. The home’s lone occupant was able to leave the residence and is…
Read MoreDA Becton Taps Arnold Threets For Chief Of Inspectors Post
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton announces today Arnold Threets is the new permanent Chief of Inspectors for the District Attorney’s Office. Chief Threets previously served as the Acting Chief and Assistant Chief of Inspectors. Prior to joining the DA’s Office in 2019, Chief…
Read MoreAntioch Arson Suspect Hoped To “Dry Off” When He Set Fire, Investigators Say
From Con Fire: On-Scene Collaboration with Antioch PD Results in Arrest of Walking Trail Arsonist CONCORD, CALIF., Sept. 15, 2021 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators, working with Antioch Police, made an arrest yesterday in an intentionally set fire along a walking trail in Antioch. William Melendez,…
Read MoreBroken Water Main Causes Semi-Sinkhole In Moraga Tuesday
A broken water main burbled to the surface of Constance Place in Moraga Tuesday, sending a steady stream of water into drought-sleepy Moraga Creek and prompting a frantic effort to stanch the flow. Moragans, unwilling to utter the word sinkhole after a previous experience with one that garnered attention when it collapsed to life at…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Proof Of Vaccination Or Test Required For Some Contra Costa Businesses
From County Public Health: Contra Costa County joined San Francisco, Berkeley and other communities across the U.S. today with a countywide health order that increases COVID-19 safety in restaurants, gyms and other indoor businesses where there is elevated risk of the virus spreading. The new order, effective September 22, requires patrons of these businesses to…
Read MoreIs Traditional-Minded Contra Costa Ready To Go Thoroughly Modern?
For years culmination of the suburban idyll has included purchase of a low, sprawling single-level ranch home or blockish two-story traditional in which local families could raise their families behind manicured lawns and aggregate entryways. We’ve been asking if there isn’t a worthwhile alternative to the timber-gobbling traditional suburban domicile. Perhaps something more modern? Capable…
Read MoreProtocol Report Finds Police Officers Acted Lawfully During Fatal 2019 Detainment
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office concludes that Concord Police Department Officers and a Sheriff’s deputy, acted lawfully in the 2019 in-custody death of Steven Hankins. The DA’s Office released a public report about the fatal incident today. No charges will be filed against…
Read MoreRichmond Man Gets 27 Years In Prison For 2018 Residential Robbery
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Last week, defendant Paul Simmons (Muscat) of Richmond was sentenced to 27 years in state prison by the Honorable John Cope for the first degree residential robbery of a female victim. On August 12, 2021, a Contra Costa County jury found Simmons guilty as charged…
Read MorePolice Investigating Shooting Along Highway 242 In Concord Sunday
Concord police and California Highway Patrol officers are attempting to determine the origin of gunfire that left one person wounded along Highway 242 early Sunday morning. Details remain thin, with police transferring a man with an unspecified gunshot wound located in the 1200 block of Franquette Avenue to a local hospital for treatment. A car…
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