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After The Convulsion: Monday Dawns In The 24/680 After A Night Of Sporadic Looting, Crime
Things we’ve learned since Sunday: That yesterday’s lesson in Hit-and-Run tactics and looting was at least loosely organized, with criminal gangs taking advantage of the chaos in order to strike; that there is an unusual amount of “gaslighting” – deliberate spreading of false and confusing messaging in order to further a specific agenda – in…
Read MoreWidespread Looting, Gunfire, Shake Walnut Creek And The Rest Of The 24/680; Curfew Declared
It started ominously, as not-so-subtle chatter on small, “underground” sites and forums, all promising – threatening – an awakening for East Bay cities and towns. That chatter seemed to gain weight around 4:58 p.m. Sunday as carloads of people, most of them masked and hooded, began to arrive in Walnut Creek, walking in groups and…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Businesses Board Up Sunday
Ryan Thompson was out and about in Walnut Creek today, Sunday, when he confirmed that downtown businesses were fortifying their storefronts in preparation for what some say could be a busy night. Quiet, peaceful protests have continued throughout the day in the 24/680 – though there was a report of someone brandishing a gun in…
Read MorePolice Shift Resources In Anticipation Of More Demonstrations Saturday
Police in the Bay Area moved to head off a repeat of yesterday’s protests and resultant rioting in Oakland and San Jose, mobilizing off-duty officers and sending them to areas likely to be the scene of any new demonstration. Reader Kim Miller was on Highway 24 in Orinda Saturday when her car was passed by…
Read MoreSearch Continues For Missing Delta Boater
From the Office of the Sheriff: A search for a missing boater is continuing this morning, Friday, by the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Marine Patrol Unit. On Thursday, May 28, 2020, at about 10:30 in the morning, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing boater who had gone into the…
Read MoreParking Garage Adagio In Walnut Creek Thursday
Folks appear to be back on the roads lately, and with the increased traffic you might expect to come across a horn of a different type when walking through the Lesher Center parking garage in Walnut Creek. Ryan Thompson and his “bff” were walking through the structure today when they came across this solitary trumpeter…
Read MoreCruising Coyote Family Watches Sheltering Humans Watching Them
Last we checked in with the Chew Family of Orinda they were being entertained by a pair of playful turkeys “dancing” outside their living room window while their youngest child provided an entertaining play-by-play. Well, they’re back – the Chews, that is – only this time their personal Wild Kingdom consisted of a mama Coyote…
Read MoreDeath – Even Deaths By Suicide – Politicized In The Age Of Pandemic
We’ve noted and mentioned an anecdotal increase in the number of people pushed beyond their ability to cope during the Age of Pandemic, with many people seemingly choosing to opt out of their lives for reasons which may – in many cases – be forever known only to them. Pressure from internal family dynamics, job…
Read MoreOne Killed In San Ramon Crash Saturday
One person has been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on southbound I680 at the Bollinger Canyon offramp, the crash so forceful it spilled onto adjacent San Ramon Valley Boulevard. The crash was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday with witnesses informing responding officers that one person appeared trapped in the wreckage of one of the…
Read MoreBig-Name Blackhawk Restaurants Close; Some Cite Business Conditions
Victims of the economic maelstrom created in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic continue to mount – at least one of them a venerable business which has fed locals from its Blackhawk Plaza location for the last 30 years. Blackhawk Grille, a local mainstay from its location at 3540 Blackhawk Plaza Circle had quietly mentioned…
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