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Car Plunges Onto 18th Hole At Tilden Golf Course; Occupants Flee Scene
Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District firefighters were called to the 18th hole at the Tilden Park Golf Course Thursday after a car rolled off the adjacent roadway and fell onto the course. The incident was reported at 2:21 p.m. as witnesses reported a car crashing off Golf Course Drive and onto the golf course, three occupants…
Read MoreLafayette’s Terraces Project Moves Ahead On 5-2 Vote By Planning Commission; Appeals Anticipated
A bitterly contested, 315-unit apartment complex earmarked for a chunk of gravelly land at the nexus of Pleasant Hill Road and Deer Hill Road inched toward fruition Wednesday with a 5-2 vote of approval from the Lafayette Planning Commission. The Terraces of Lafayette, a 22-acre project described in its initial phases as “train wreck architecture”…
Read MorePleasant Hill Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Producing Child Pornography
OAKLAND – Daniel Joseph Feliciano was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge. Feliciano, 30, of Pleasant Hill, pleaded…
Read MoreThe Reckoning: DeAngelo Pleads Guilty To 13 Murders, 13 Kidnappings And Dozens Of Additional Uncharged Crimes
“Golden State Killer” to be Sentenced to Life Without the Possibility of Parole SACRAMENTO, CA – Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, pleaded guilty today to 13 felony counts of first-degree murder and 13 felony counts of kidnapping to commit robbery during a 13-year multi-county crime spree that terrorized much of California during the 1970s and…
Read MoreFires Along Iron Horse Trail Trigger Hunt For Arsonist Monday
A series of brush fires sparked within minutes of each other along the Iron Horse Trail in Concord and Pleasant Hill Monday has been confirmed by fire officials as the work of an arsonist. A person detained at the scene of the fires was subsequently determined not to have been responsible, according to a spokesman…
Read MoreContra Costa To Postpone COVID-19 Reopening Timeline
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) will delay the opening of businesses and activities previously planned for July 1 until the COVID-19 outbreak in Contra Costa is better contained. The county is closely monitoring recent data showing COVID-19 activity increasing in the community, as it is statewide and throughout the country.On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended…
Read MoreRacist Fliers Turn Up In Martinez; PD Investigating
Martinez police are investigating the origin of racist fliers bearing the symbol of a purported White Supremacist group and threatening supporters of Black Lives Matter. The leaflets were discovered Saturday at about 9:45 p.m. on a sidewalk near downtown. Police called the fliers, riddled with spelling errors, “Deplorable, filled with hate, and have no place…
Read MoreChicken Coop Heater Suspected Cause Of Moraga House Fire Sunday
Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection district firefighters battled fire at a home in the 200 block of Deerfield Drive in Moraga Sunday – believed sparked by a short-circuiting chicken coop heater. The blaze, which appeared to have started in the area of the adjacent coop, spread to the roof and attic of a home at 275 Deerfield,…
Read MoreSearch Continues For Missing Boater
From the Office of the Sheriff: A marine search is continuing today in the Delta for a missing boater. On Friday, June 26, 2020 at about 8:25 pm, the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Marine Patrol Unit was dispatched to a report of a missing boater on Indian Slough in Discovery Bay. It…
Read MoreLife In The Age Of The Great Disconnect
Curiouser and Curiouser. It’s really the only way to sum up what’s happening to us as humanity splinters and surges toward bombast or mediocrity and their own reinforced truths. Keeping ourselves safely out of the mosh pit of opinion baiting, race hating, and tail-gating going on out there at the moment we can only say…
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