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County Agencies Fear Federal Rule Could Keep Immigrants From Using County Services
From Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services and Contra Costa Health Services: Martinez, Calif. (January 28, 2020) – Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) and Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) officials say new federal rules could have a chilling effect on immigrants eligible for government benefits and services from the county.…
Read MoreDanville’s Crime Defenses Lead To Arrest Of Sleepy Salinas Robbery Suspect, Police Say
From the Town of Danville: Use of the Town of Danville’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system, as well as sharp-eyed witnesses resulted in the arrest of a Salinas resident in connection with the early morning armed robbery of a Danville gas station. At approximately 5:02 a.m. on January 18, 2020, officers were called to…
Read MoreTara Hills Man Charged With Weapons Violations After SWAT Standoff
A who barricaded himself inside his residence in Tara Hills last week has been charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor by the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office as a result of the incident. Jimmy Allen Parrish, 30, was charged with two counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a machine gun, discharge…
Read MoreWhistling In The Newsroom
Every profession has its basic tenets. In journalism, they are: Never go on vacation; No whistling in the newsroom, and – perhaps most important – never, ever say “Boy, it sure is quiet out there…” We received the latter comment from a reader early Sunday morning. Our reaction, driven home by far too many years…
Read MoreCounty Public Works Gears Up To Trim Some Trees In Alamo
Alamo, CA – A Contra Costa County Public Works contractor will perform tree removal and tree trimming operations, weather permitting, along Miranda Avenue between Stone Valley Road and Bolla Avenue in Alamo. The work is scheduled for Wednesday, January 29 through Thursday, January 30, and Monday, February 10, 2020 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Drivers may…
Read MoreSkimming Device Gives Moraga Wells Fargo Customers Headaches Last Week
An electronic debit card skimming device surreptitiously embedded on the Moraga Wells Fargo ATM machines may have briefly enriched its builder – netting them everything from sneakers to porn site subscriptions – but it was nothing but a headache for bank staff and the customers it victimized. “We definitely have a case being investigated as…
Read MoreLivermore PD Officers Open Fire On Car Reported Speeding Toward Them Wednesday
Two Livermore police officers who made a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of Airway Boulevard and the eastbound Interstate 580 off-ramp early Wednesday morning ended up drawing and firing their weapons on a second car reportedly steering toward them at high speed. Investigators said the two officers were conducting a DUI investigation…
Read MoreUPDATE: Fairfield Woman Arrested After Robbery Spree Tuesday
As robbery sprees go, Tuesday’s foray up and down the 24/680 moved the needle toward “unusual” for a woman packing a suspected canister of Mace along with an apparent taste for frozen yogurt. Witnesses reported a white female in a Nike sweatshirt inside the Union Bank branch at 3191 Danville Boulevard in Alamo around 10:30…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Police Investigating Shooting Incident Monday
Walnut Creek police were called to an area in the 1500 block of Riviera Avenue after neighbors reported hearing shots and saw a man running from the area holding his hand over an apparent gunshot wound. Soon after that report, a man self-admitted himself to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach.…
Read MoreSimmering Campus Relationship Believed Behind Sunday Night Shooting In Moraga
Classmates of Isaiah Glaze, the 21-year-old St. Mary’s College student and suspect in a double-shooting that left Moraga in a state of shock Sunday, said Glaze had been stalking his victim, also an SMC student, for months after a failed on-campus relationship. Students forwarded social media posts posted by friends of the victim as well…
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