Drug Overdose Suspected In Death Of Berkeley Woman Found At Dublin/Pleasanton BART

Alameda County Coroner’s officials have identified a woman found dead at Dublin/Pleasanton BART July 28 as Jessica St. Louis, 26, of Berkeley. St. Louis was found near the station’s passenger drop-off point. A medical examination showed no signs of foul play, officials said, and preliminary indications have pointed to death by drug overdose. Toxicology results…

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Summer In The Suburbs: Moraga

Overheard in Moraga today as youngsters debated chalking a message on a town sidewalk: “I don’t think we better, they might have security cameras.”

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The Sunday Brumble

Chasing a few leads this morning. Trying to brighten the mood here in The News Bunker with something cheery but we haven’t found a really good FeelGood story – and we’re getting tips on the other kind of story, so we’re just going with the flow to see where things take us. Several of you…

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Woman Found Dead At Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Saturday

BART police were called to Pleasanton/Dublin station early Saturday after an unidentified woman was found unconscious and unresponsive near the passenger pick-up/drop-off area at the station shortly after 5:30 a.m. The death, noted on the BART Crimes website, has been listed as an unattended death – the third such death of its kind at area…

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Pre-Dawn Blaze Guts Martinez Home Saturday; Resident Treated For Burns

Firefighters pounced on a pre-dawn fire at a home under renovation in Martinez early Saturday, forced to fight the fire from outside due to the possibility of collapse. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital with moderate burn injuries, according to a ConFire spokesman, as firefighters fought to save the home on Via de…

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Pleasant Hill May Get A Library, A Park And Ballfields – And New Homes

From the City of Pleasant Hill: Pleasant Hill, CA – The City of Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County and the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District have approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for proposed future development of two properties, currently owned by Contra Costa County, along Oak Park Blvd. and…

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Summer Stuff To Do: Agents Of Discovery Go Exploring In Danville

Looking for a great way to get your youngsters outside this summer? The Town of Danville has a new app that lets them be secret agents, investigating our local parks. As part of Parks Make Life Better Month,  the Town of Danville has partnered with educational technology platform Agents of Discovery to launch a free app…

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Area Flags Come Down To Half Staff As Shasta County Fire Claims Lives

Flags at local fire stations and civic building have been ordered flown at half staff Friday as wildfires burning in Northern California claimed the lives of two firefighters and are showing no sign of slowing down. The Carr Fire in Shasta County has so far burned 44,450 acres of timber and has blown through neighborhoods…

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