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The News: As Usual, It All Depends On What You’re Hearing
As news days go, Tuesday was pretty heavy. And while not exactly local in origin, we feel it safe to say that yesterday’s developments reached all of us in one way or another, some more intensely than others depending on your position and focus on the current, slow-moving national calamity. While much of the country…
Read MoreHomeless – And Not Helpless: Readers Write About The 24/680’s Transient Population
Editor: We write because of your apparent interest in and past stories on our local homeless population here in the East Bay. You have chronicled some of the more egregious instances of abuse by the resident homeless against our neighbors here in Walnut Creek and elsewhere in our region, and we agree that the problem…
Read MoreDeAngelo Charged With Felonies From Alleged Attacks In Contra Costa County
Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office announced today that Joseph DeAngelo, the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer, is charged with four felonies from the alleged attacks in Contra Costa County from 1978 to 1979. DeAngelo could face four life sentences plus ten years for his alleged crimes of kidnapping during the course of…
Read MoreMoraga PD, Other Jurisdictions Track, Arrest Juvenile Purse Snatch Suspect
Moraga police, spearheaded by the investigative work of Det. Kevin Mooney, joined other jurisdictions in tracking and arresting a serial robbery suspect after a July 30 purse snatching in Moraga – an investigation that eventually led to the arrest of a 17-year-old San Leandro teen, police said Monday. Lt. Brian South said Mooney identified the…
Read MoreLooks Like Little Moraga Is Getting Its White Tablecloth Restaurant – La Finestra Preps Terzetto’s Space
It appears a lingering question in the game of musical chairs that is Moraga’s restaurant scene may finally be answered as Jeff Assadi prepares the space formerly occupied by Terzetto’s to serve as the new home of La Finestra. Some here may remember that Assadi was rather cruelly burned out of his old Lafayette location…
Read MoreCars Seen Racing On Bear Creek Road In Orinda Prior To Major Injury Crash Sunday, Witnesses Say
A 30-year-old woman was seriously injured in a grinding collision on Bear Creek Road Sunday after the black BMW she was riding in lost control during what witnesses said was a road race with another car of similar description. California Highway Patrol investigators said a 37-year-old Martinez man was behind the wheel and possibly racing…
Read MoreThe Monday Rumbles
Heckuva week there, wouldn’t you agree? We lost a Queen, gained a precious new jewel for the crown of Presidential Orwellian-isms – “Truth isn’t Truth” – and sought some vague form of sanity in ordinarily mundane things like sports and other go-to tranquilizers for the modern age. We chilled, thanks for asking, and lost ourselves…
Read MoreAnyone In Orinda Missing A Calvin?
An eagle-eyed runner/reader spotted this tell-tale bit of evidence during a walk near the end of Martha Road near Catherine Court Sunday. She told us she didn’t have the heart to call the number on the tag but if you’re missing a Calvin out that way, you may want to collect his collar. Hopefully, he…
Read MoreShot Of Friday’s 3-Alarm Fire In Martinez – Shot From Horseback – Captures Our Attention
We get a lot of reader photos here at NEWS24/680 – some of them funny, some of them dramatic, some with great big thumbs over the camera lens – all of them of interest to us as they’re capturing a moment in our collective timelines. They don’t all have to be perfectly focused and composed.…
Read MoreThree 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…
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