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Fire Ravages Orinda Home Sunday
Fire at a home on Arroyo Drive in Orinda brought Moraga-Orinda Fire District firefighters to the scene early Sunday – with the first calls for assistance arriving at 4:53 a.m. Neighbors reported hearing muffled explosions shortly before seeing smoke and flame coming from the garage area of a home in the first block of Arroyo…
Read More“Lockdown… Schmockdown… I’m Comin’ Through…”
We’re meant to be staying appropriately distant from one another these days but apparently the 68-year-old driver of this Dodge Ram was tired of sheltering in his place – and decided to shelter in someone else’s. At around 5:30 p.m. Saturday the driver got a little wonky on Hawthorne Drive in unincorporated Walnut Creek, struck…
Read MoreFund Established For Bay Area Residents Impacted By COVID-19
MARTINEZ — Beyond its devastating health implications, COVID-19 is undermining basic living conditions for tens of thousands of people living in the Bay Area, especially those that are most vulnerable. The Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation (CCRHF) has established a COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, and has been selected as a lead partner organization in the…
Read MoreIf Moraga Cannot Come To The Music, Then The Music Must Go To Moraga…
Moragans love their music. We don’t call this place MoTown for mere grins, after all. And as we are all officially housebound these days and starved for tunes local DJ Ryan O took his itinerant cabaret on the road Saturday – touring a series of neighborhoods in turn and giving an audience of masked locals…
Read MoreWoman Struck, Killed By Brick Tossed At Car On SR-242 Friday
California Highway Patrol investigators are looking for the person who threw a brick at a passing Volkswagen Jetta on SR-242 in Concord Friday night – striking and killing a 63-year-old female passenger. Officers responded to the SR-242 transition to SR-4 at approximately 9:32 p.m. Friday after being advised of a single-car crash in that area.…
Read More“Eye of Diablo” Beacon Lighting On Easter Sunday – In Response To Global Pandemic
From Save Mount Diablo: WALNUT CREEK, CA—Mount Diablo State Park’s Beacon will be lit after sunset in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Easter Sunday, April 12. Thereafter, until the pandemic crisis is over, the Beacon will be lit every Sunday after sunset and shine brightly until sunrise the next day. Ted Clement, Executive…
Read More“Whoopsie LamboRarriGhini…”
Okay, we’ll admit right out of the starting gate that we don’t know what type of road machine this is but we’d be willing to bet the gear jammers among this readership do. Driver got into a spot of trouble while climbing the onramp to northbound I680 at El Pintado this morning and rolled it…
Read MoreCounty Health Reminds Residents To Practice Their Faith From Home This Weekend
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) reminds the public that county residents should observe their faiths at home while the health officer’s stay-at-home order remains in place, though this month is a time of significant religious activity for many people. The health officer order, a measure to protect our community from the spread of COVID-19, requires…
Read MoreSenior Care Facilities In Orinda, Pleasant Hill Bearing Brunt Of COVID Cases
Reports of COVID infection among residents and staff members at Bay Area senior care facilities – including two in Orinda and Pleasant Hill – have risen as a vulnerable age demographic and workers who support them appear to be bearing the brunt of the pandemic in Contra Costa. The number of residents and staff members…
Read MoreWhat’d I See? Speedy Officer Wins Footrace With Burglar In San Ramon Tuesday
We Flashed our people in San Ramon when we heard of an apparent burglary and an ensuing footrace between police officer and would-be burglar – and wondered who the speedster might be. San Ramon PD provided this photo on their Facebook page and, no, we don’t know if Officer Hamilton will be known as “Speedy”…
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