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Letters: Assault On The Capitol
Editor; President Trump incited insurrection and should be immediately impeached, convicted, removed from the oval and forever barred from public office. I hope the Republican members of Congress who have enabled his antidemocratic behavior for four long, critical years realize just how much damage they have done to this country. David Craswell, Walnut Creek Editor; This was a…
Read MoreReps. DeSaulnier And Swalwell Escorted From Capitol As Trump Backers Storm Building
Two local lawmakers were whisked off the House floor and escorted to a safe location after an extraordinary demonstration of allegiance to a departing president ended with a violent assault on the Nation’s capitol. Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) were caught up in the events of an ugly day in Washington in…
Read MorePolice Identify San Ramon Shooting Suspect – Ask For Help Locating Him
San Ramon police investigators Tuesday identified their suspect in a New Year’s Eve shooting incident in the 100 block of Amberstone Lane. Police said the victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, is currently in stable condition. Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old San Ramon resident Terence “Terene” Brown and said he is…
Read MoreCar-To-Car Shooting Under Investigation In Pleasanton; Two Teens Hit
Two East Bay teens were struck and wounded by gunfire in an apparently targeted car-to-car attack in the area of Stoneridge and Gibraltar Drive in Pleasanton late Saturday night. In a prepared release, police said they received calls from residents reporting the sounds of gunfire in that area at approximately 11 p.m. As officers searched…
Read MoreNew Year’s First San Ramonian Arrives – Ready To Play
The folks at San Ramon Regional Medical Center documented the city’s First Arrival of the New Year – sharing a photo of Baby Bosco, a six pound bouncing baby boy child who joined the Human Race at 8:29 a.m. Parents Monica and Jude of San Ramon welcomed their baby boy into the world and were…
Read MoreOne Person Wounded In San Ramon New Year’s Eve Shooting
A man was shot and seriously wounded in a San Ramon apartment Thursday, police and firefighters calling for an air ambulance to take the man to hospital. San Ramon police entered an apartment on Amberstone Lane in the city shortly after an occupant called to report that someone had been shot inside, possibly by a…
Read MoreFire Damages Home In San Ramon Wednesday
Fire broke out at a residence on Woodview Court in San Ramon early Wednesday morning, occupants fleeing the home as firefighters arrived to find the garage fully engulfed in flame. The blaze was first reported by neighbors in the area at 5:39 a.m. Firefighters worked to keep the flames from entering a second story of…
Read MoreLetters: Wearing A Mask Is Smart
Editor; Having just returned from shopping at the local mall and unhappy with members of our human race who think they know more than anyone else I thought I would write to vent. I understand the position that we don’t want to let panic and fear rule our lives, but I am unable to comprehend…
Read MoreIt’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.…
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