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This Town, Is Looking Like a Ghost Town – Where IS Everyone?
Admittedly childless and out of sync with local school calendars we thought we would let The Specials ask what we have been thinking for the last week or so: Where’d everyone go? Is it spring break already? Local kids abandoning our parks and playgrounds for a well-deserved sojourn South of the Border and on to…
Read MoreCultivate, Grow, Preserve – Garden Classes At The Gardens At Heather Farm
Date/Time Date(s) – 03/15/2025 – 06/14/2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am Location The Gardens at Heather Farm Categories Arts CULTIVATE, GROW, PRESERVE Celebrating the Small Space Garden Join expert instructors for a series of insightful lectures on sustainable gardening. Learn the science of composting to enrich your soil, explore efficient irrigation systems, and discover the…
Read MoreSmoke, Water Damage Displaces Some Tenants In Walnut Creek Monday
The fire department turned out for a report of a fire at the Waymark Apartments, 101 Pringle in Walnut Creek tonight, finding smoke on the third floor with the fire suppression sprinklers open and all that water sluicing off into the lower floors. Crews went to work to mitigate the water intrusion but some residents…
Read MoreCULTIVATE, GROW, PRESERVE- Garden Classes at The Gardens at Heather Farm
Date/Time Date(s) – 03/15/2025 – 06/14/2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am Location The Gardens at Heather Farm Categories Arts CULTIVATE, GROW, PRESERVE Celebrating the Small Space Garden Join expert instructors for a series of insightful lectures on sustainable gardening. Learn the science of composting to enrich your soil, explore efficient irrigation systems, and discover the…
Read MoreLight-Fingered Jewelry Thieves Strike Again Sunday – In Danville
A team of light-fingered jewelry thieves apparently at work in the San Ramon Valley struck again Sunday – this time taking an expensive necklace and other jewelry from a woman outside the Danville Trader Joe’s location on Railroad Avenue. The crime was reported at 10:57am when two people – a man and woman described as…
Read MoreMidnight Leaner… In Walnut Creek Sunday
Walnut Boulevard at Ygnacio Valley Road, 12:14 a.m. Driver trapped in her car until a large team of large folks was able to free her. No severe injuries but some questions about the driver’s pre-crash maneuvers.
Read MoreArmed Trio Robs Man In Downtown Walnut Creek Saturday
Three armed, masked men confronted and robbed another man of his backpack in the 1600 block of Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Walnut Creek Saturday, speeding off in a late-model BMW. The robbery was reported at 10:55a.m. The victim was not believed to have been injured. Police were reportedly looking for three Hispanic males last seen…
Read MoreGunman Killed During Concord Liquor Store Holdup Friday
An apparent armed robbery at S&S Liquors, 3200 Willow Pass Road in Concord, ended with gunfire and a shotgun-wielding robber dead overnight. The incident occurred just before 11:30 pm Friday. It appears a man armed with a shotgun entered the store and attempted to force an employee to open the store’s safe. Another employee, hearing…
Read MoreAggressive Crew Robs San Ramon Optometry Clinic Friday
A five-man crew of thieves, preliminarily described as black males wearing masks and hoodies and carrying metal tools, swept into the Optical Illusions optometry clinic at 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road and made off with an unspecified amount of prescription eyeglasses Friday. The theft was reported at approximately 1:17pm. There were no reported injuries though staff…
Read MoreSmall Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Buchanan Field Thursday
A single-engine aircraft made an emergency wheels-up landing at Buchanan Field in Concord tonight, apparently after a landing gear issue. The pilot was not injured.
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