Posts by NEWS24-680
“Flash Photo” From Lafayette Subscriber Monday
Scene captured outside our Lafayette Safeway store tonight as local coppers detained at least one person suspected of shoplifting from the store. And, yes, that is still going on despite recent changes to the law. We call this a “Flash Photo” because Paul very kindly sent it in via our Flash Alert system, which thousands…
Read MoreMusic And Meditation – Jan. 30
Date/Time Date(s) – 01/30/2025 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Location Oak View Room – Walnut Creek Library Bring a yoga mat and join California Symphony percussionist Allen Biggs for a FREE guided meditation at the Walnut Creek Library on Thursday, January 30 at 6:00 PM. Allen practices meditation daily as a way to center himself…
Read MoreMean Old Streets
Don’t tell our photographers but while they were out keeping the lid on things and capturing the fisticuffs, pathos, and whimsical nature of life in the 24/680 (The Numbers) – we were nodding off. Yes, it’s true. The week caught up with us and our cumulative 6.2 hours of slumber proved insufficient as someone crept…
Read MoreWhoopsie Moment Ends With Head-Scratcher Crash In Orinda Thursday
Photos from the scene in Orinda after a car with two aboard flipped rode a fence line separating businesses at 2 Camino Sobrante, tipped off the fence and wedged itself between a line of parked cars and the concrete abutment. Took a bit for crews to free the occupants, who were shaken but okay. Appears…
Read MoreArmed Robbery Crew Strikes In Martinez Wednesday; Rolex, Electronics Taken
Five heavily armed men robbed a resident on Center Avenue in Martinez on Wednesday, making off with a Rolex watch, phones and other items before escaping onto Highway 4. The incident was reported at approximately 10 p.m. The carload of suspects were preliminarily described as black males – each masked, wearing hoodies and armed with…
Read MoreScreenShots: “The Queen’s Gambit” Makes All The Right Moves
In our search for great story lines and characters we rediscovered Beth Harmon and a glorious gallery of mental gymnasts with minds like computers and raging compulsion issues – served up courtesy of Netflix’s captivating series “The Queen’s Gambit.” Our very patient literary agent once told us: “Find a female character, write her well, put…
Read MoreShopper Punched, Robbed In Walnut Creek Sunday – Passersby Pitch In To Help
A woman was punched and her bag snatched by a teen who ran up behind her outside the Broadway Plaza parking garage at 715 S. Broadway Sunday – witnesses reacting quickly to recover the bag though the juvenile suspect was able to get away. The shopper was making her way back to her car when…
Read MorePreliminary – 3.8 Shaker Rolls Near Concord
An earthquake registering 3.8 Magnitude (preliminary) has just rolled through the area 1 kilometer from Concord. Scientists are still evaluating this shaker. No immediate reports of damage.
Read MoreLetters: That Santayana Fella Had A Point
To the Editor; As the nation buries one president recognized as ahead of his time but reviled by many as “weak” we are left to deal with the national decision to return a convicted felon to a second tenure as the most powerful man in America if not the world. This contradiction is hard to…
Read MoreDA Declines To Charge Orinda Shooting Suspect
An Orinda man confronted and punched during a road rage incident on a suburban street ended with his firing a fatal shot at his assailant will not face charges in connection with the incident, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. The fatal encounter occurred September 12, 2024 at a bend in the…
Read More