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Denying The Deniers
Editor: Those of us who make the West Coast our home have come to believe that the very earth is on fire. Millions of acres of burning forestland has thrown up a choking cloud that has now reached Europe. Visible from space, it resembles the plume given off by a world-darkening super volcano. The body…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Blaze Damages Walnut Creek Home Friday
Firefighters were met by smoke and flame upon arrival at a home in the 200 block of Tamarisk Drive in Walnut Creek early Friday, declaring a second-alarm when their initial check determined the garage area of the home was fully engulfed in flame. The fire was discovered burning at the two-story residence at 3:12 a.m.,…
Read MorePacheco Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter In Connection With Death Of Lafayette Resident
A suspect allegedly involved in an apparent vehicular homicide that claimed the life of a Lafayette woman near Buchanan Field Airport early Saturday was formally charged Thursday with gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. The Contra Costa County D.A.’s Office brought charges against 26-year-old Anthony Johnathan Buscemi of Pacheco in connection with the…
Read MoreMoraga-Orinda Fire Restricts All Open Flame Burning For Remainder Of Fire Season
Due to Red Flag Warnings and Extreme Fire Danger, ALL forms of open flames within the Fire District will be restricted for the remainder of fire season. There is an increased threat of wildfire when open burning and recreational fires are allowed during times of high fire danger. Improperly extinguished recreational fires and open burning…
Read MoreMartian Colonization Experiment Underway In The Bay Area
Those scientists, you know, those nutty folks in white lab coats and spinning propellor beanies who have been warning us for some time about our bad habits and how they would come back to haunt us, are preparing us for our retreat to Mars by substituting that planet’s atmosphere for ours. So far we humanoids…
Read MoreWhee! 3.4 Magnitude Shaker Rolls Through The 24/680 Sunday
A temblor registering 3.4 Magnitude rumbled through the 24/680 at 11:43 a.m. Sunday, prompting a few anxious glances but no apparent damage. It appears to have been epicentered two miles east southeast of San Leandro.
Read More“So, What’d I See?” – In Pleasant Hill Saturday Night…
We put out these alerts, see, and a lot of you get them and react to them and they’re real-time and informative and – apparently – often helpful for people. But, since we don’t carry badges or actually type out the reports we can’t put a period on these newsy little snippets of life until…
Read MoreLafayette Woman Killed In Concord Vehicular Homicide
As we reported early this morning, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched to a report of a body found at the 5000 block of Marsh Road in an unincorporated area north of Buchanan Field Airport. Upon arrival at approximately 1:14 a.m., deputies and CHP Officers located a deceased female on the road.…
Read MoreOne Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Martinez Swim Center Saturday
Fire investigators are sifting through wreckage at the Rankin Aquatic Center, 100 Buckley Street, in Martinez Saturday after an early morning fire briefly trapped one person in an attic store room before it could be brought under control. The unidentified victim was rescued by firefighters and airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment of smoke…
Read MoreSan Ramon Firms Found At Heart Of Insurance, Tax Fraud Scheme
From the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office: Martinez, Calif. – Selina Singh, 57, and Kabir Singh, 30, both of San Ramon, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit insurance premium fraud and related felonies Tuesday. Both defendants also admitted an aggravated white collar crime enhancement for a loss exceeding $500,000 through a pattern of criminal…
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