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Three Alarm Grass Fire Burns 30 Acres Along Highway 4, Into Martinez Friday
Multiple fires spotted burning along Highway 4 in Martinez Friday evening have merged in areas and are burning swiftly, in some cases in the direction of local homes. Firefighters called for a 3 Alarm response to the blaze, reported at 7:14 p.m. by California Highway Patrol officers and motorists who saw the spot fires around…
Read MoreShoplifting Crews At Work In The 24/680 Friday
ADVISORY: Video clip bears a few Scottish F-Bombs and drug references. Do not open if this offends you. A beautiful morning dawns in the 24/680 and we entertained the idea of playing a little hooky but it seems the local or – dare we say it? – visiting shoplifting crews are hard at work. One…
Read MoreAntioch Man Suspected Of Pleasant Hill Carjacking Tracked, Arrested In Bay Point Wednesday
Two Sun Valley Mall employees talking inside a car near the Pleasant Hill Burger King restaurant a little after midnight Tuesday were interrupted by a masked gunman who approached the driver and demanded the car. Pleasant Hill police, who took the resulting call for help, said the suspect fled the area in the stolen car,…
Read MoreCannabis Delivery Goes Badly In Danville Sunday
Unofficial word on the street is that a marijuana delivery in the parking lot of Greenbrook Elementary School, 1475 Harlan Drive in Danville, went badly for the delivery driver Sunday after he was confronted by three men who relieved him of his wares after one allegedly struck him in the face. Police declined to discuss…
Read MoreThe Monday Fumble – Stuff We Know, And Things We Don’t
Our title today alludes to the resumption of football season and associated interest in all things football – which is America’s sport after all, isn’t it? Or is it? We don’t watch much anymore and had to be informed that the San Franci… Santa Clara Forty Niners (we can’t keep up) had clawed their way…
Read MoreTwo Dead, Three Seriously Injured In Walnut Creek DUI Crash Sunday
Two teens were killed and three others seriously injured in an early-morning crash in Walnut Creek Sunday – an incident California Highway Patrol investigators said was caused when an intoxicated teen driver lost control of her car. The driver, 18-year-old Ramya Ramey of Antioch, was seriously injured in the crash, according to police. She was transported…
Read MoreFourth Person In Custody After Robbery At Livermore T-Mobile Thursday
Four people are in custody after a robbery at the T-Mobile store on Las Positas Road in Livermore Thursday. Officers responded to the 4500 block of Las Positas at around 3 p.m. Thursday, catching three of four people suspected of robbing the store and launching an exhaustive search air and ground search for the fourth…
Read MoreAlamo Car Burglars Trigger A Home Surveillance Camera; Image Captured For Posterity
If you read us regularly you know that car burglaries are especially prevalent right now, with roving groups of thieves picking off computers and musical instruments and a whole bunch more as people sleep. A reader in Alamo sent us this photo of a crew at work, telling us three guys in a sedan were…
Read MorePalo Alto Shooting Suspect Arrested In Danville Wednesday
A 37-year-old man police say was being sought for a shooting incident outside a Palo Alto Safeway store was arrested by police in Danville Wednesday evening. The suspect, a Henderson, Nevada man whose name was not immediately given, was spotted driving a black pickup truck in the 500 block of Danville Boulevard at about 6:22…
Read MoreNEWS24/680 101: Using Us
Lots of new, well-scrubbed and shining faces in our News Sphere of late and we welcome you all. Here are some basics you’ll need to know to get the most out of us in the months ahead – veteran readers may want to go get a cup of coffee or check on the stock market.…
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