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One Believed Dead After Crash At Treat And Cherry Lane In Walnut Creek Sunday
A crash at Treat Boulevard and Cherry Lane was being listed as a fatal crash Sunday after a motorist injured in the collision is believed to have died later at a local hospital. The California Highway Patrol invoked its protocol for fatal crashes hours after the collision was reported at 7:52 p.m. The collision itself…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Killed In Sunday Morning Hit-And-Run Crash In Concord
We dispatched what we knew about this incident early Sunday morning. The motorcyclist has been identified by Coroner’s officials as 28-year-old Joshua Morgensen of Clayton. Here are more details From the Concord Police Department: On Sunday morning, at approximately 12:24 am, Concord Police Officers were dispatched to a motorcycle vs. automobile collision that occurred near…
Read MoreFifty Years Ago Today: Three Guys Took A Brief Summer Vacation – And Made History
There are times, safe at home and with fresh air in our lungs, we look at the moon at night – and wonder what it must have taken to send three men there, landing two of them on its surface. We think of all the things that could have gone wrong and the science behind…
Read MoreDigiBites: Summer Galettes – With The Fruit Of Your Choice!
We appear to be in full Summer Mode here in the 24/680, with folks piling into their travel wagons or aboard their air carrier of choice for sojourns to all sorts of places relatively close to home or perhaps even abroad. It’s pretty easy to spot the Summer Venturers among our readership, they tend to…
Read MoreAmazon Driver Turns Out To Be A Prime Target; Suspect Arrested After Hijacking Van
Those Amazon delivery people handle all kinds of goods in the course of their day and two local men apparently thought it might be worth their while to drive off with one of their vans. California CHP investigators say at about 1:20 p.m. on July 11 a delivery man was going about his business, exiting…
Read MoreDublin Swim Instructor Arrested For Allegedly Possessing, Sharing Child Pornography
A former Dublin swim instructor was arrested after the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the Contra Costa D.A.’s Office recently received information he possessed and shared child pornography. Detectives launched an investigation and on July 3, 2019, executed search warrants at residences in Danville and Dublin, subsequently locating pornography on electronic devices…
Read More“We Just Got Hit By A Sharp Earthquake!” – San Ramon Valley Rattled By 4.3 Shaker
People have been understandably edgy following recent seismic activity in Southern California, with scientists upping the percentage of a temblor hitting here in the North to near certainty – and Ma Nature obliged us with a 4.3 eye-opener epicentered near Blackhawk at 1:11 p.m. The shaker, noted by locals and first responders who immediately initiated…
Read MoreDigiBites: You Say Broo-Shetta, We Say Broo-sketta – However You Say It, It’s Delicious!
Lesson 1: Bruschetta (pronounced “broo-sketta”, NOT “broo-shetta”). From the Italian ‘bruscare’ meaning “to roast over coals” this traditional garlic bread is made by rubbing the bread with whole garlic cloves, brushing with olive oil. Traditional bruschetta is never more than bread, tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil and salt. Lesson 2: Burrata – a stretched mozzarella ball filled with more mozzarella and cream…
Read MoreContra Costa County Public Works To Perform Maintenance On Taylor Boulevard
From Contra Costa County Public Works: July 15, 2019, Lafayette, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works will perform roadwork on Taylor Boulevard approximately 0.6 miles north of its intersection with Rancho View Drive starting July 17 through July 25, weather permitting. The Public Works Department’s contractor will repair and replace a disconnected concrete storm…
Read MoreOne Injured As Overnight Fire In Martinez Flares To 2- Alarms
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to a report of fire on the balcony of a third-story apartment in the 3900 block of Alhambra Ave near K Street in the City of Martinez early Monday morning. The blaze was reported a little after 4 a.m.. By 4:20 am, a 2-alarm response was…
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