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COVID Coffee Diaries: An Appeal For Normalcy In The Year Of Our “Lawd!… What’s Happening Now?!?”
We’ve just completed our second DeCon of the morning, convinced the postal carrier (who seems to come every second or third day now) had this suspicious little cough when they dropped off the weekly quota of cruise ship brochures – and we’ve fallen back on our Old Friend, Mister Latte, in a search for comfort…
Read MoreShot Of The Day: Shelterers Line Up For Morning Costco Run
Reader Rich Celestre snapped this shot of folks lining up for entry to the Concord Costco store Thursday morning, with this line of “Under 65s” waiting for the 10 a.m. opening while a separate line of seniors were already foraging inside – making entry from the other side of the store. Rick said store personnel…
Read MoreCoyote Bites Child At Dublin Hills Regional Park
East Bay Regional Park District officials said a 5-year-old girl was approached and bitten by a coyote at Dublin Hills Regional Park in Dublin Wednesday. A district spokesman said the girl was transported to Oakland Children’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after she was bitten at 2:22 p.m. Officers are on scene and coordinating with…
Read MoreSonic Insanity On Martino Road?
Dear Editor;Can you suggest how Martino Road residents can save their sanity while sheltering in place in Lafayette? Day after day on Martino Road there are tree trimming crews with non-stop chain saws and horribly loud log grinders starting work at 8:00 AM and working throughout the day. The noise is intolerable and reverberates throughout…
Read MoreCounty Health Official Sketches “Worst Case” COVID-19 Death Rate: Says 14,000 Could Perish In Contra Costa
At Tuesday’s Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors meeting, Contra Costa Health Services Officer Chris Farnitano reported that – worst case -as many as 14,000 county residents could die as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Farnitano and other Bay Area health officials have said that the next two to three weeks would be a…
Read MoreCounty Health Officials Issue New Restrictions, Push Back Stay-At-Home Deadline To May 3
Health officers in seven Bay Area jurisdictions are extending a previous stay-at-home order through May 3, 2020 in order to preserve critical hospital capacity across the region. The previous three-week order was set to expire on April 7. While the prior order has been effective in reducing the rate of transmission of the novel coronavirus…
Read MoreOne Dead In I-680 Motorcycle Crash In Danville Sunday
Police and firefighters responded to the scene of a fatal collision involving a motorcycle on northbound I-680 just north of El Cerro Boulevard a little after 8 p.m. Sunday. Officers said the unidentified male rider of a red 2004 Honda CBR motorcycle was located in the roadway and declared deceased at the scene. A CHP…
Read MoreTwo Detained After Wrong-Way Pursuit On Highway 24 In Lafayette Sunday Morning
Two men were detained after a wrong-way chase on Highway 24 early Sunday morning, police backing off but keeping their car in sight until it was stopped at Pleasant Hill and Deer Hill roads at 1 a.m. The two occupants were detained at gunpoint as police converged on the area. No injuries were reported. The…
Read MoreCounty Health Services Preparing “Alternate Care Sites” As Virus Spreads, Alhambra High In Martinez Readied For Potential Use
Joint Statement from Contra Costa Health Services and Martinez Unified School District Regarding Local COVID-19 Preparations We want to thank our community for its support and vigilance as we respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We know this is a difficult time for many and we appreciate the sacrifices being made by everyone in Contra…
Read MoreBay Area School Districts Extend Closures Through May 1
San Jose, CA – Seven Bay Area County Health Officers, in collaboration with their six County Superintendents of Schools have made a unified, regional decision to extend school closures and student dismissals from regular school attendance through May 1, 2020, to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible. The safety and wellness…
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