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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…
Read MoreSummer 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…
Read MoreArea 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…
Read MoreMini-“Carmaggedon” On Pleasant Hill Road In Lafayette Thursday As Semi Stalls
UPDATE: The northbound lanes of Pleasant Hill Road were reopened at 4:50 p.m. ORIGINAL POST: Lafayette police – with some help supplied from neighboring jurisdictions – are fighting to untangle a massive traffic jam on Pleasant Hill Road at Rancho View after a truck stalled there blocking lanes in both directions. Several officers are on…
Read MoreAttempted Catalytic Converter Theft Leads To “Old Switcheroo” And Arrest At Cal Shakes Thursday
An inquisitive Orinda police officer touched off a stranger-than-usual confrontation with two suspected catalytic converter thieves Thursday – one of the suspects sacrificing his pal in order to get away. Officer Devyn Hom was on routine patrol at Cal Shakes, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way in Orinda around 11:30 a.m. when he spotted a person underneath…
Read MoreSan Ramon Chamber Launches Shop Local Passport Program
From the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce: SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA. (July 25, 2018) — In support of Small Business Saturday on November 24th, the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of San Ramon, will launch a shop local Passport Program from Nov. 17 to Dec. 15, 2018. For more information about the…
Read MoreMarsh Creek Road Still Closed Due To Marsh Fire
July 26, 2018, Clayton, CA – An evacuation order is still in place for Marsh Creek Road between Gill Drive and Morgan Territory Road. Marsh Creek Road between Gill Drive and Dear Valley Road is open to residents. You must show valid identification to enter. We do not have an estimated time to reopen those…
Read MoreFlash 101: Getting The Most Out Of Our News Alerts
Bit of a breather here in The News Bunker as things ease a bit except for friends, neighbors, firefighters out along Marsh Creek Road today. We’re hoping you all catch a break out there today. We believe in keeping you abreast of developments and innovations here at NEWS24/680 and since a whole bunch of you…
Read MoreNot Exactly “Bullitt,” But Stolen Excavator Attracts Lots Of Police Attention Wednesday
Motorists on Willow Pass Road in Concord were treated to an unusual sight a little after 2 p.m. Wednesday as a man at the controls of a stolen construction excavator whizzed by at 8 mph – police in hot pursuit. Officers pursued the backhoe through the city for approximately 20 minutes, closing various roadways to…
Read MoreDespite Arrests, Phone Fraud Continues To Spike With Americans Proving To Be Easy Pickings
It appears we are a wealthy and gullible nation. And those bent on exploiting our gullibility in order to get sizable chunks of that wealth are still doing a land-office business despite our rising rancor and some global law enforcement. Having been around a little and come up in the analog world we have seen…
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