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Applications For District Attorney’s Fall Community Academy Available
Martinez, California – Applications are being accepted for the 2024 Fall Community Academy at the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. The free, 10-week learning experience will be at the District Attorney’s Community Room in downtown Martinez from 6:00-8:30 pm every Wednesday starting on August 28th. “Communication is a cornerstone of a strong community,” District…
Read MoreLetter: So Much Riding On November Election
To The Editor; As children of European immigrants who regarded America as a beacon of hope and light, my husband and I have grown increasingly concerned with the current state of politics in our chosen homeland. For months we have watched what we believe to be a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement return…
Read MoreLafayette Crash Leads To Search For Assault Suspect
Lamorinda police flooded the area of Pleasant Hill Road and Old Tunnel Road after a crash involving a car wanted in connection with an earlier assault against a police officer in Concord. The Crash occurred at 4:49p.m. with a man described as a black male in his 20 sprinting from the disabled car and fleeing…
Read MoreThe X-Files – BAAA-RT Goat; Canada Hates Us, Too; And Teenage Coochie Coochie Coo
All in all, a pleasant if somewhat strained week in the 24/680 with life playing out as expected for the most part – with a few exceptions: “O Canada, What’d We Do To You?” Our line of work has left us largely inured to casual expression of dissatisfaction or worse by people who don’t like…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Fire Damages Orinda Home Sunday
An apparent vehicle fire crept into a 3-story residence on Orinda View Road Sunday, escalating the fire response to 2-alarms and causing significant damage to the structure before the bulk of the blaze was brought under control at 3:13 a.m. The blaze was reported at 2:29 a.m. and quickly escalated to 2-alarms after Moraga-Orinda Fire…
Read MoreMore “Rides”
Photographers out and about collecting all manner of shots of people doing good things and bad. But a shooter’s eye tends to wander and they sometimes settle on things other than bar fights or fires – with photographer Sean McDonough appreciating an artful fender line or creative upholstery. Here’s the latest in a series of…
Read MoreFire Damages Home In Walnut Creek Friday
An apparently faulty heating system led to an early-morning fire at a home in the 300 block of Dover Drive in Walnut Creek Friday, spreading to the interior and burning into the home’s attic before it was declared under control. The fire was reported by a resident of the address at 4:32 a.m., with firefighters…
Read MoreFire Cleanses Everything, Right?
Well, not really, as the debris pile left behind after a recent multi-alarm fire in Concord will attest. Fire brought down much of the multi-level structure at Sunset and East streets in Concord on April 29, firefighters quickly calling for a 2nd Alarm to help combat the flames. The building was reported ablaze at 10:23…
Read MorePolice Escort In Walnut Creek Tuesday
Only, not the good kind as three visitors allegedly tried to make off with some goods from the Walnut Creek Target store this evening… fleeing to the nearby BART station where officers stopped them. The men were believed to be from Honduras.
Read MoreMarket Sunday In Walnut Creek
After a day of initial shock and a week of enduring trauma as two respected members of the local Farmers Market community were treated for major injuries suffered in a hit-and run crash at the very same location last week – people returned to the Walnut Creek Farmers Market. The popular venue was back up…
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