Antioch PD Seek Public Help In Solving Recent Murder/Shooting Cases

From Antioch PD: The Antioch Police Department is asking for the community’s help in connection with a series of shootings that have plagued our city in the last week. “This spate of violence will not be tolerated. We have rearranged staffing and assigned two officers to patrol the Sycamore Corridor for at least the next…

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ScreenShots: “The Company Men”

Dealing with the negative sentiment directed at this week’s ScreenShot selection right off the bat it must be said some viewers had no sympathy for the country clubbing, Porsche-scooting, inter-office philandering lifestyles of its main characters. It was difficult for them, viewers said, to reach the desired level of empathy needed when those privileged lives…

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Friday Night Lights

Our gridiron days have long passed but apparently there were some high school games in the 24/680 tonight – and some youthful revelry afterward. Boolah Boolah. Hope your team won… these kids gathered in WalnutCreek for some post-game celebration.

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County Announces Innovation Fund Grant Program

(Martinez, CA) – Contra Costa County is seeking ideas for innovative projects that respond to local public service needs, can improve equitable access to public services, can remove structural barriers that cause inequities and poverty, provide the greatest impact for every dollar spent, and have potential for transformative change!  Up to $2 Million in one-time…

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One Dead In Suspected Road Rage Shooting In Orinda Thursday

An Orinda man shot after a suspected road rage confrontation with another local resident on Las Vegas Road and La Espiral in Orinda has died at the scene. The decedent was identified by coroner’s officials Friday as Scott Decker, 50, of Truckee and Orinda. Decker worked as a construction superintendent for a firm in Truckee.…

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Hammer-Wielding Thieves Raid Danville Consignment Store – Again

A crew of sledgehammer-wielding thieves raided the Danville Home Consignment store at 1901 Camino Ramon on Wednesday, smashing jewelry cases as employees fled outdoors. As many as five thieves, all masked and hooded, were believed to have escaped in a waiting car. The robbery took place around 3 p.m. There were no reported injuries and…

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Highway 24 Gets Us Comin’ and Goin’ Wednesday

No luck for those using our namesake freeway today with crashes and fires and all kinds of stuff messing with traffic and people’s lives.Where this morning’s paralyzing crash was in the westbound direction early this morning this (pictured) car fire cooked an SUV traveling in the EASTBOUND direction at around 2:50pm and, as you can…

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Morning Commute Slows To A Crawl After Highway 24 Crash

Traffic backing up into Orinda and Moraga (shown) with folks looking for alternative routes after a messy truck crash and spill on the west end of the Caldecott Tunnel this morning.Inundated with calls from late, frustrated, pretty dang angry folks trying to keep appointment and their bosses happy, etc.No estimated time given for a re-opening.

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Contra Costa Board Of Supervisors Expands Industrial Safety Ordinance

Contra Costa County will soon regulate additional industrial facilities under an expansion of its Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO), approved today by the Board of Supervisors. The Board amended the ordinance to include facilities that store at least 10,000 pounds of flammable liquids, such as petroleum products, in at least one tank with a capacity of…

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