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Youthful Crew Attempts Theft At Walnut Creek Macy’s Friday – Comes Up Short
Bit of a scene at Nordstrom and at the Macy’s store in Walnut Creek tonight after a young crew attempted some thievery… allegedly striking a Macy’s employee on the way out of the store. The group, numbering about 5, didn’t get far, brought up short outside the Nordstrom location at Broadway Plaza. And they weren’t…
Read MoreBay Area Air District Issues Trio Of Violation Notices For Martinez Refinery Fire
Statement from the Bay Area Air District and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office regarding the Martinez Refining Company: The Bay Area Air District and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office understand the community’s concerns following the February 1, 2025, fire at the Martinez Refining Company. The Air District has been evaluating the…
Read MoreWednesday Arrives In The 24/680
Rain on the way, we’re told. We’ll see…
Read MoreBiz Buzz: Newfound Foodscapes – Growing Resilience, One Garden At A Time
Business Name: Newfound Foodscapes Type of Business: Edible Landscape Design / Permaculture Design / Urban Farming Years in Business: 3 Address: Alameda, CA/ For consultation or coaching session, visit Newfoundfoodscapes.com. Hours: 8:30am – 5:30pm Daily Web: Newfound Foodscapes Business Notes: In the Bay Area, the husband-and-wife team behind Newfound Foodscapes is growing a more resilient…
Read More“Lucky” Winds Save Refinery Neighbors From Toxic Cloud, County Health Says
From Contra Costa Health: Refinery Discloses Toxic Chemicals Released During Recent Fire The Martinez Refining Company (MRC), owned by PBF Energy, has told local health officials that chemicals and combustion byproducts from a recent fire at the refinery included chemicals that can cause cancer, as well as heart and lung disease. Dr. Ori Tzvieli, the…
Read MoreHi And G’Morning News24/680 Newbies!
Bunch of new folks and even an old gal pal joining us in recent days so to you all we say: “Welcome,” “Bienvenido” and “Bienvenue!” Sharing some old memories with Old Friends and ready to make some new ones with New Ones as we push out into the year and stir up a little dust.…
Read MoreThe Monday Meditation: Muleskinner Blues; Mellencamp Rules And “Copenhagen, Here We Come!”
A pal sent an email with a gif attached, the snippet from Dances With Wolves where the muleskinner Timmons surveys the pierced, desiccated remnants of an unlucky Prairie Voyager and intones: “Somebody back east is sayin’: ‘Why don’t he write?’” We weren’t sure where our friend was going with the email and pinged him to…
Read MoreOne Killed, One Severely Injured In Martinez Crash Monday
One person was killed and another severely injured when their vehicle struck the center divide of northbound I680 south of Marina Vista and overturned Monday morning. The single-vehicle crash, reported at approximately 10:33 a.m., triggered a SigAlert for the highway and reduced northbound traffic to a single lane while California Highway Patrol investigators searched for…
Read MoreA Police Light Show Paints Commercial Lane Saturday
Culmination off a long Saturday in the 24/680 with our photographers racing to and fro and the night ending on Commercial Lane after an Aggravated Battery call on Locust Street in Walnut Creek. A person was taken into custody, the street taking the lights from police vehicles and re-painting the old brick walls, asphalt, and…
Read More“Pull It Over There, Keanu… Where’s Sandra?”
One of Walnut Creeks’s venerable Gillig electric trolleys got away from its operator Friday, slightly damaging two cars in separate locations before it could be pulled over by police. The trolley’s passengers were off-loaded and transferred to another bus while officers assessed the damage, which in no way came close to that inflicted by Reeves…
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