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Lafayette City Manager Steven Falk Announces Resignation Monday

Lafayette City Manager Steven Falk announced his resignation at a City Council meeting Monday night. In a brief farewell note he wrote: Friends, colleagues, co-workers— There’s a country music lyric for everything so, to quote the late Hank Snow, “I’m movin’ on!” At the beginning of this evening’s City Council meeting I announced that: It…

New Fire Flares In San Ramon Monday – Near Yesterday’s Fire Scene – Arson Suspected

After a smoky and highly visible brush fire caught resident’s attention and prompted a few evacuations in San Ramon Sunday another blaze, not far away from yesterday’s blaze at Bollinger and Crow Canyon – flared up today. A considerable firefighting force is mustering to put this one down and apparatus has maneuvered into position on…

DNA Unveils NorCal Rapist Suspect – Hiding In Plain Sight

Authorities in Sacramento Friday announced another stunning revelation in their effort to solve high profile cold cases – this time naming a 58-year-old UC Berkeley employee as their chief suspect in the so-called NorCal Rapist case. It was Roy Charles Waller, 58, a married man living in Benicia and working as a safety specialist in…

A Reader Writes About Local Drivers – And Wonders What Things Are Like At Home

Editor: What is it with the aggressive people out and about these days, oh Great Guru of Traffic and Human Behavior? I am astonished at how hard people push it in pretty expensive vehicles just to get one or two cars ahead at a stoplight, stomp on it going on a freeway ramp to merge…

Two-Alarm Blaze In Walnut Creek Wednesday

Investigators are looking into the cause of a 2-alarm blaze on Cassena Drive in Walnut Creek Wednesday, a fire which caused extensive damage to the residence. Occupants of the home were able to evacuated the premises shortly after smoke and flames were seen at approximately 8:10 p.m. There were no reports of injuries. Investigators were…

Living With Our Art

We have a love of art and antiques. It’s a devotion we labor under. Luckily, it’s a shared affliction, which provides some solace. When it comes to living space there’s no question which fixtures come first in our lives: the antiques rule, and our lifestyle is arranged around them, not the other way around. Visitors…

‘Morindans Battling The Bottle, Each Other, Police

We were going to lift up that big rug stuff gets swept under in Lamorinda and pass over the mega-hangovers some locals seem committed to lately, thinking that if you choose to indulge in demon rum and knock yourself silly in the process – that’s your business as long as you’re not hurting anyone else,…

Diablo View Middle School Student Arrested For Threats Against School

From Clayton PD: On September 17, 2018, Clayton Police were made aware of a threat of violence towards Diablo View Middle School via a hacked social media account. An investigation was conducted and a student was arrested this morning. Earlier today a search warrant was conducted with the assistance of the Contra Costa County District…

Public Works To Close Main Street In Martinez Due To New Administration Building Construction

From Contra Costa County Public Works: September 18, 2018, Martinez, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works will close Main Street from the intersection of Pine Street to the driveway into the parking lot for the County Family Court Building. The closure will take place on Friday, September 21. Aztec and Bay Cities Paving and Grading will…

The Sunday Scrimmage

Here we are. Game Day. Another week managing to slide through our fingers. And it was a tough one. If you’ve been with us you know what we’re talking about and if you haven’t, well, you should be. As weeks go, this one had it all: tragedy, comedy, Cat 4-3-2-1 HurriStorms and Flipping Manaforts. A…