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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…
Read MoreArrests 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…
Read MoreSuspect 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…
Read MoreWhat’d I See? Looting Charges Filed After Juveniles Arrested For Pharmacy Robberies
From Danville PD: Four teenagers are in custody following a Friday afternoon robbery of a Danville CVS store. Danville Police Chief Allan Shields said the incident occurred at approximately 4:53 p.m. when police received a call from an employee of the CVS in the 600 block of San Ramon Boulevard reporting a robbery. The caller…
Read MoreNew Suspect, Victim Information Released In Pleasanton Homicide
Pleasanton police Friday identified the victim of a fatal, April 15 stabbing in the parking lot of the Hyatt House Hotel as Jackson Reese Butler, 19, of Pleasanton. Investigators said Butler was staying at the hotel and went out to the parking lot to meet with persons unknown on the night of his murder. An…
Read MoreNew Masking Order For Essential Business Workers Effective April 22
From Contra Costa Health Services: A new health order in Contra Costa County requires anyone working at or visiting an essential business, such as a grocery store or gas station, to wear face coverings to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The order, effective Wednesday, April 22, also requires public transit and government workers to…
Read MoreOne Dead After Driver Crashes Stolen Car In Martinez Friday
Approximately 1:35am Friday morning, Contra Costa CHP was advised of an overturned solo vehicle collision on HWY-4 westbound, east of Franklin Canyon road. Officers discovered the unidentified male driver had been ejected from a silver Volvo and was found lying in the roadway. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency personnel. A…
Read MoreInterrupted Body Dump In Canyon Triggers Police Pursuit; Female Victim Recovered – Alive
A chance sighting of a white cargo van with a woman’s battered and bloodied body inside triggered a multi-jurisdiction police pursuit and a shooting Thursday after the driver of the van allegedly tried to dump the woman in Canyon, south of Moraga. Investigators now believe the woman was kidnapped by a Vallejo man, identified as…
Read MoreCounty Health Delivers Sanitation Stations To Homeless Camps In Effort To Curtail Virus Spread
Contra Costa County and several of its cities are working to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in local homeless encampments by placing handwashing stations and portable toilets near them. Four hand-washing stations and four portable toilets with attached hand-washing stations were placed at Martinez’s Waterfront Amphitheater on Tuesday, the first of several sanitation equipment deliveries…
Read MoreKids And Imaginations Running Wild…
Hearing from quite a number of parents out there, running out of things to do to keep their children entertained during this Enforced Romper Room we’re all under. Many are loving the time with the nestlings, finding humor and hope in their observations and childlike approach to things. Others, well, are running out of cool…
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