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So, How’d YOUR Night Go?
Can’t find the car. Mild case of hypothermia. Mysterious new tattoo – all in all a successful evening as we bid a not-so-fond farewell to 2018 and wiped the slate clean in preparation for the New Year. The rest of you seemed to have made it through okay with some minor scuffles and boozy hiccups…
Read MoreSnippets: Waiting For The New Year
And here we are, poised on the brink of a freshly stamped New Year. Another 365 days to make something happen, to recover, or to forget 2018 and hits taken in previous years. Being optimists at heart despite our many bruises and welts, we’re looking forward to the New Year, not only the cocktails and…
Read MoreMan Dead After Martinez Crash Thursday Night
A 37-year-old man died when his passenger car collided with a parked semi truck in the 800 block of Howe Rd. Thursday, according to Martinez police. Sgt. Patrick Salamid said the crash was reported at 10 p.m. The unidentified victim was unresponsive and had to be extricated from the vehicle by responding Contra Costa County…
Read MoreTwisty Pursuit Along Highway 24 Ends With Arrests In Lafayette Thursday
Police in Lamorinda are backtracking and tallying up events after a wild, 100mph pursuit along Highway 24 ended with two women being arrested at gunpoint on Acalanes Road at Fiora Place Thursday. We’re not precisely sure what drew police attention to a late-model, white Chevy Impala running east on Highway 24 at about 11:20 a.m.…
Read MoreSuzanne E. Webb
Former Danville resident Suzanne Elizabeth Webb, 44, of Le Mars, Iowa, died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Suzanne was born Feb. 17, 1974, in Omaha, the daughter of Cliff and Anna M. (Reischl) Webb. She grew up in Danville and attended…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Fire Burns In San Ramon Saturday Night
First responders responded quickly to the scene of a 2-Alarm fire burning in a ground-floor unit of a two-story condominium complex at 285 Reflections Drive in San Ramon Saturday night. The fire was reported by passersby who spotted smoke and flame and heard a window breaking at 8:06 p.m. Firefighters and police forced entry to…
Read MoreDUI Incidents Pile Up In The 24/680 Overnight – And Elvis Crashes Hard
In a busy, somewhat wacky start to the California Highway Patrol’s pre-stated Maximum Enforcement Period officers report bagging a few folks who were stopped at a CHP checkpoint while driving half in the bag Friday night – but then things really got hard to understand. Officers made two arrests for DUI at the their checkpoint…
Read MoreConsumer Scam Alert II: Fake Social Security Administration Callers Targeting Individuals
Martinez, Calif. – Today, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office is issuing a consumer protection scam alert to notify residents of fraudulent phone calls from callers pretending to be from the Social Security Administration. These scammers are claiming you need to pay a fee to unlock your Social Security number as a result of criminal…
Read MorePG&E Scam Making The Rounds – Don’t Bite!
Regular readers will know that we can’t stand scammers trying to separate good people from their money and that we write about their antics until you all say: pleeeeaase, stop! And then, they come up with another one. These grifters, probably working in a foreign land with no existing extradition protocol, are hitting us hard…
Read MoreLafayette Council Seeks Applicants, Conducting Interviews To Fill Vacant Council Seat
LAFAYETTE, CALIF., Dec. 20, 2018 — In keeping with past practice, the Lafayette City Council last night voted to seek applications and conduct interviews to fill a seat on the Council made vacant with the passing of Councilmember Mark Mitchell in November. The vote was unanimous. The Council will accept applications starting today through 5:00 p.m.…
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