Phantom Bakers Sharing Sourdough Starter In Walnut Creek

If someone famous hasn’t already said the true measure of a community is how it rises to help others during a time of crisis – we’ll say it now. Over in Walnut Creek, outside the entrance to Buena Vista Elementary off San Juan Avenue, an anonymous baker with a talent for making sourdough bread is…

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Lafayette Resident, Former FBI Agent – Arrested On Suspicion Of Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Agency Intel

Lafayette resident Babak Broumand, a former FBI agent, local business owner and current investigator working for the Chancellor at University of California, Berkeley, was arrested by federal authorities Friday near his home after federal investigators alleged he accepted a monthly cash bribe and other favors in exchange for agency information. Broumand, 53, allegedly accepted more than…

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Child Care Relief Available For COVID-19 Frontline Workers

Contra Costa County Mobilizes Support for Healthcare Staff, First Responders and All Essential Workers Martinez, Calif. (April 24, 2020) – In the battle against COVID-19, Contra Costa County healthcare workers are putting in extra hours at hospitals and clinics while juggling the needs of their own families. Child care is a vital necessity for them and…

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Sex Crimes Case Against Danville Karate Coach Proceeds To Trial

From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – On April 21, 2020, the Honorable Patricia Scanlon found there to be enough evidence against defendant Ramon Pruitt (63-years-old) during his preliminary hearing for his case to proceed to trial. In total, Pruitt is facing eight felonies counts for sex crimes against children. Judge Scanlon agreed…

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Call Center Opens Lines For Small Business Owners And Workers

Assistance for Business Community Available at (833) 320-1919 Starting Thursday, April 23 Concord, Calif. (April 23, 2020) – The Workforce Development Board (WDB) and Board of Supervisors are pleased to announce the opening of a new call center to meet the needs of Contra Costa businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The call center, created with the support of the…

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Eviction Protection And Rent Freeze Ordinance Passed By Board Of Supervisors

Protections Apply in all 19 Cities and Unincorporated Areas of Contra Costa (Martinez, CA) – The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors used its emergency powers under state law to pass a comprehensive eviction protection and temporary rent freeze urgency ordinance for all residential and commercial properties in the County during a special Board meeting…

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Contra Costa Opens By-Appointment Drive-Through Testing Sites For COVID-19

From Contra Costa County Health Services: Contra Costa residents who have fever, cough or similar symptoms can make an appointment for free COVID-19 testing at one of four drive-through sites around the county. The sites, opened Wednesday by Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS), are available to anyone regardless of insurance. “Testing is more available now…

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Arrests Made In Pleasanton Homicide Case

Pleasanton police Tuesday arrested two people – one a juvenile – in connection with the April 15 stabbing death of Jackson Reese Butler, 19, of Pleasanton. Butler was stabbed in the parking lot of the Hyatt House Hotel in Pleasanton. On Tuesday, members of the Pleasanton Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit served search and arrest…

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Suspect In Canyon Chase, Shooting Identified; Victim On Life Support

Investigators say a woman left shot and barely alive along a remote stretch of Pinehurst Road in Canyon Thursday was kidnapped by an acquaintance earlier in the day and shot at least once. That man, identified as Juan Ayon-Barraza, 24, of Vallejo, was himself shot during an armed encounter with police in Richmond. Police units…

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