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After The Fireworks Finales – It’s Back To The Races Again
All in all an exciting Fourth of July with all sorts of activities popping off – some planned, some not. No sooner had the Fireworks Finales come to an end when the first July 5th pursuit kicked off, running along our namesake freeways and back again, photographer Sean McDonough capturing the moment the wanted vehicle…
Read MoreHome Chefs Now Able To Market Their Meals
From County Public Health: Contra Costa residents interested in selling home-cooked food to the public can now get a health permit to do so, an affordable option for entrepreneurs that ensures the safety of their customers. Beginning July 1, Contra Costa Health (CCH) offers a new type of food permit for small-scale, home-based restaurants operated…
Read MoreBurglars Pay Lamorinda A Visit Early Sunday – Cars Rifled, Stolen; Chase Ensues
A quiet Sunday morning in Moraga and Orinda was blown out of the water when bleary-eyed residents looked out their windows to see strangers rifling through their cars – or running through their home – and dialed up police. Moraga residents spotted a masked man dressed in black rifling through a car on Deerfield Drive…
Read MorePower Lineup Unplugged By Power Failure In Concord Saturday
Nice crowd out at the Concord Pavilion tonight, waiting patiently for John Waite, Foreigner and Styx when – fffzzszzip – the power goes out. PG&E says 1,500 are afflicted out in that part of Concord-Clayton but we don’t know if they’re counting the concert goers – who were patiently returning to their cars for the…
Read MoreTales From Our Cities
Tip of the fedora to our fellow Urban Roamer Armistead Maupin and the characters he gave us from our former designated playground as we extend tradition and haunt the East Bay’s greasier alleyways and watering holes in search of stories. We’ve been busy dodging careering getaway cars, aerial mortars and flaming garbage trucks lately –…
Read MorePair Charged With Sabotaging West County 911 System
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed charges on June 25th against two men who cut a utility line that severed 911 service for residents in Pinole, Hercules, and San Pablo. Jesus Francisco Arias-Ayala, 31, of Hayward and 49-year-old Daniel Antonio Mena-Diaz of Richmond were…
Read MoreGarbage Truck Fire Turns I680 Into A Hot Mess
Garbage truck catches fire and burns to the rims on I680 north at Monument Boulevard in Pleasant Hill – pitching area traffic into chaos. Freeway shut down northbound and limited in the opposing direction. The backup is extensive and people are… unhappy. Crews also battled fire spreading into adjacent vegetation.
Read More“Snakes? Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?”
Three businesses damaged by fire in the 2300 block of Concord Boulevard in Concord this morning. Fire, apparently starting in a nail salon, spread to a nearby reptile store and a donut shop. Blaze reported at 3:10 a.m. No injuries reported
Read MoreThieves Break Into Car On Danville Freeway Offramp, Purse Stolen
A woman believed to have been followed onto southbound I680 after a shopping trip to Walnut Creek was robbed by two men who smashed her car window on the El Cerro freeway offramp while she was stopped at the light, one of the pair reaching in to take her purse. The victim was examined and…
Read MorePostal Carrier Robbed Of Keys, Phone In Walnut Creek Friday
A postal carrier was attacked and robbed at Hillside Avenue and Parkside Drive in Walnut Creek on Friday, two men taking the worker’s postal keys and a cell phone. The theft was reported at 3:57 p.m. with police looking for a white Honda sedan with two masked males aboard. The worker was not believed to…
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