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It’s “Adios” For Lafayette’s El Charro Restaurant; Community Tears Provide Salt For Margaritas
Back in The Day, back when we gathered, Lafayette’s El Charro Restaurant was the place to go for a Game Night enchilada plate or – for the adult and untethered – a Margarita guaranteed to instill enough liquid courage to initiate a conversation with the girl or guy at the end of the bar. News…
Read MoreNurse Latest Victim Of Highway 242 Rock Throwing Incidents
An East Bay nurse has become the latest person struck by a rock deliberately thrown onto Highway 242 in Concord, a bizarre but apparently fairly commonplace occurrence that has already cost another woman her life. Pam Burnett, a labor and delivery nurse at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, was on her way to work Dec.…
Read MoreSan Ramon Police Fire On Car After Driver Allegedly Swerves Toward Officers
San Ramon police officers opened fire on a car that allegedly attempted to run them down early Monday morning, police and CHP officers pursuing the fleeing vehicle south on Interstate 680 at speeds well over 100 mph. The incident occurred at San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Crow Canyon Road shortly after midnight, with officers attempting…
Read MoreA Newsy Christmas Morning
Christmas preparations on hold a bit this morning as we’ve been watching developments in Nashville and trying to wrap our minds around that incident – thinking that perhaps we’ve reached a new level of… something… in America. It remains to be seen what the perpetrators hoped to gain by this bombing. With that, and as…
Read MorePolice Search Underway In Wilder Thursday Morning
A police search team is currently (12:17 a.m.) conducting a search for four individuals who fled after abandoning a stolen car at Wilder Road and Big Leaf in Wilder. Details are sketchy as the incident is ongoing but the car was believed to have been one chased earlier in the night and spotted traveling at…
Read MoreUnknown Chemical Kills One Dublin School Janitor, Hospitalizes Another Wednesday
UPDATE: Dublin police said fentanyl was found near two janitors found unresponsive inside a Middle School Library Wednesday, shattering beliefs the pair had succumbed to exposure to a toxic chemical. James Covington, 32, of Pittsburg, died at the scene. His co-worker and fiancée, 29-year-old Shameka Wilbon, was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Family members…
Read MoreThree Young People Killed In Livermore Crash Monday
Three area youths – two of them students at local high schools and one a recent graduate – were killed in a collision between the passenger car they were in and a semi-truck late Monday night. Investigators said the two youths and a young adult relative died of injuries sustained in the collision on Las…
Read MoreMan, Dog Rescued From Burning Home In Pleasant Hill Monday
An elderly man and a dog were located and rescued from a home burning on Cornell Court in Pleasant Hill Monday. The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. with reports of smoke and flame at the residence, 19 Cornell Court. Firefighters arriving at the scene were met by those conditions upon arrival and swung…
Read MoreDanville Council Approves Additional Aid To Small Businesses
From the Town of Danville: During a special meeting held via Zoom on Friday, December 18, 2020, the Danville Town Council approved actions to provide additional aid to Danville businesses hard hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions placed on small business as a result of the pandemic prompted the council to examine additional ways…
Read MoreFriday Outlook: Cold, With A Chance Of Car Burglary
Good Friday morning on what’s shaping up to be an Amy Winehouse-themed news day in the 24/680. We’re not quite sure how our newsroom jukebox finds its musical way in the mornings, but it’s all about Rehab and Waking Up Alone – in the bunker this morning. Folks are up and about and slamming into…
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