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DigiBites: Time To Cool Down With A Cool Summer Salad
With the weather warming (today over 100), it’s time to simplify and cool things down with “dinner” salads. Protein-rich, vegetable-filled and dressed as you like. From experience, I know for many, it’s always what’s for dinner, and repertoire and ideas are all folks need! My wife always says: “I’ll make dinner if you tell me what we should…
Read MoreSmoky Haze From Outlying Fires Prompts Dozens Of Inquiries From Edgy Residents Monday
Drift smoke from fires in outlying counties and a fresh 25+ acre fire on Willow Pass Road in Concord dumped large amounts of smoke into the 24/680 Monday – prompting dozens of calls from concerned citizens sure a new fire had broken out locally. This site began receiving inquiries about the possibility of a local…
Read MorePlane Crashes Into Delta Waters Near Antioch Sunday; Recovery Operation Mounted For Lone Pilot
First responders answered a call of a small plane down at the northern end of Broad Slough at approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, finding some wreckage and personal effects but no trace of the pilot. East County Fire units responded to the Antioch Marina where fire boats were dispatched across the Delta to Broad Slough, west…
Read MoreGrass Fire Scorches An Acre South Of Moraga; Under Control
A grass fire spotted burning south of Moraga north of the Valle Vista Staging Area burned about an acre of grassland before Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection district firefighters and other responders managed to get it under control. No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported though a sizable wild lands response to the blaze attracted…
Read MoreMartinez PD Seek Witnesses To Alhambra Avenue Hit And Run
From the Martinez Police Department: Martinez, Ca – On June 6th, at 11:43pm, officers from the Martinez Police Department heard a collision in the 2500 block of Alhambra Avenue and responded to the area. Upon arrival, officers located a 55-year-old female pedestrian down in the roadway. Officers provided aid to the female who was semi-conscious…
Read MoreSuspected Shoplifters Get Warm Reception In Moraga, Crash In Orinda – Two In Custody
UPDATE: A second suspect was arrested at approximately 2:10 p.m. In what has become an all-too-familiar scenario in recent months, a car with two suspected shoplifters aboard fled from Moraga police this afternoon and crashed in Orinda – with police taking one person into custody and searching for another (1:31 p.m.) Glorietta Elementary School is…
Read MorePolice Pursuit Ends On Emerald Drive In Danville Thursday Morning
Danville Police officers behind a car on Danville Boulevard early Thursday morning ended up pursuing the vehicle as the driver attempted to speed away, ultimately fleeing the vehicle on foot. Officers searched near Del Amigo for a short time, and ultimately located and apprehended the suspect. Danville Police Chief Allan Shields said his officers responded…
Read MoreGrand Jury Accusation Filed Against County Assessor Gus Kramer For “Willful Or Corrupt Misconduct”
Martinez, Calif. – Today, the Contra Costa County District Attorney Office’s filed a Grand Jury Accusation against Contra Costa County Assessor Gus Kramer for “willful or corrupt” misconduct while serving as the county’s elected assessor (Government Code §§ 3060 et seq). Contra Costa County’s Civil Grand Jury asserts that the defendant violated state law in creating…
Read MorePleasant Hill PD Looking For A Would-Be Bank Robber
Pleasant Hill PD would like some help identifying this man, seen here during an attempted bank robbery at the US Bank at a Safeway store on Contra Costa Boulevard on Friday May 31, 2019 around 10:20 am. Investigators said the suspect in this case passed a demand note, asking for an unspecified amount of cash.…
Read MoreMoragan Jack O’Connor Dead At 92
He was an Irish kid from San Francisco orphaned while in his early teens, rescued from the orphanage by a caring aunt, drafted by an army that pushed him out of working airplanes and sent him off to invade Japan – only to have him return with a love of the language and people he…
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