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The Sunday Screed
Here we are, on the tail-end of a long weekend, and what have we learned? That hot dogs are best when grilled. That lemonade tastes better when purchased from a stand staffed by neighborhood kids with a few missing teeth and a dog named “BooBoo.” That it’s best to leave political discussions at home during…
Read MoreRossmoorians Wake Up To New Water Feature At Their Front Gate Saturday
An unplanned meeting between a Prius and a fire hydrant resulted in a new fountain for the overheated community Saturday, the Prius coming out on top. So to speak. NEWS24/680 readers have commented in the past that even our accidents our photogenic and we have to agree. This was kinda pretty and more than a…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Resident Thanks Strangers Who Took Time Out To Help
Editor: Allow me use your pages in the wild hope of reaching two very perfect strangers who took time out from their lives to come to the aid of my struggling mom “Donna” after her fall on the Iron Horse Trail Monday. Mom was alone and without her walking aid when she took a tumble…
Read MoreSan Ramon Valley High School Drowning Ruled Accidental
An announcement from Danville PD: Detectives from the Danville Police Department have concluded their investigation into the May death of 15-year old Danville resident Benjamin Curry and determined there was no foul play in the incident, and the death was accidental. Detectives found no signs of foul play in the death, nor any criminal negligence. The…
Read MoreHorsies Visit The Roundup – Clear The Joint; High Octane Hookup; And The Rocket’s Red Glare
We have to say, you folks sure know how to celebrate a Fourth of July! We came up with a short poem to commemorate a visit made to the divey but beloved Roundup Saloon by some local Cayuses at the height of the celebration, two of them making their way inside, sidling up to the…
Read MoreVacant House Burns In Walnut Creek Early Thursday
Firefighters are at the scene of a structure fire at an apparently abandoned home at 1st Avenue and Hall Lane in Walnut Creek. The first crews on the scene reported being met by heavy smoke and flame from the residence, located in the 1600 block of 1st Avenue. The blaze was first reported at 1:05…
Read MoreAnother Window Smash Auto Burglary Outside A Peet’s Monday – This Time In Orinda
A hardworking and highly mobile car burglar made off with a MacBook Pro and other items outside the Peet’s location in Orinda Monday. Witnesses said the thief, described as a black male driving a black BMW with blue paper plate inserts marked to Weatherford BMW struck a Mini Cooper convertible Monday morning, grabbing the computer…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Grass Fire Brews Up Atop Buckingham Drive in Moraga; Some Evacuations Underway
Firefighters worked to get ahead of a fast-moving blaze reported at the top of Buckingham Drive in Moraga Monday, evacuating some neighbors from their homes as the fire pushed up the hillside. Traffic was stopped on Moraga Road as fire apparatus attempted to access the fire scene via Buckingham. Fire commanders estimated that about 10…
Read MorePup Commandeers Walnut Creek Police Car – Gives Officer A Tonguelashing
Walnut Creek police are trying to reunite a lovely and, apparently, highly affectionate pup with its rightful owner after the animal sought refuge in Officer Akers’ car in town yesterday and let him know in dog language that she was lost. No word if the department’s uniform policy covers excessive drooling but Officer Akers got…
Read MoreEver Get That Semi-Rural Feeling You’re Being Watched?
We’re told people come to our neck of the woods for a taste of a “semi-rural” lifestyle. Some of our neighbors live in more semi-rural environments than others and we were lucky enough to make the acquaintance of Stacey Frost recently, learning that her property has a decidedly semi-rural feel to it with all kinds…
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