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“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”…
Read MoreDUI Drivers Ram Safeway Truck, Firetruck In Separate Incidents At Same Spot In Lafayette Monday Night
As we first reported via Flash and Facebook Monday evening, California Highway Patrol officers dealt with two separate crashes at the same location on Highway 24 Monday – both apparently caused by DUI driving. At about 9:06pm, Contra Costa CHP units were advised of a collision involving a sedan into the back of a Safeway…
Read MoreContra Costa Joins Bay Area Counties In Extending Distance Learning Through End Of School Year
From the Contra Costa County Office of Education: Pleasant Hill, CA– The public health officers and county superintendents in six Bay Area counties have announced they will extend the suspension of in-class instruction through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Francisco County Superintendents in collaboration…
Read MoreCrashes, Cont’d – In San Ramon And Martinez Sunday
It’s getting so we almost hate to say anything but we wrote about the unusual number and nature of crashes on rain-slicked streets today and that story wasn’t up for more than an hour before two additional, serious crashes with injury popped up. Crow Canyon Road was closed after an SUV apparently struck a hydrant…
Read MoreCOVID-19, Cabin Fever, Crashes And Occasional Chaos In The 24/680
Today’s offering took a different turn than originally intended. We were headed in an entirely different direction when we realized all you folks were also out there – and also headed in different directions. We’re not commuting but we’ve heard from folks who still do that road speed, quieted immediately after issuance of the Shelter…
Read MoreTwo Injured In Orinda Crash Saturday
Two people were injured and rushed to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek after a rollover crash on eastbound Highway 24 at Camino Pablo in Orinda Saturday. The crash was reported by several readers just after 6 p.m. Officers and firefighters found two victims not far from the wreckage of an overturned sedan. There was…
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