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“Hello Lazy Fox… Controls Are Gone, Ship In Peril – Need Landing Instructions…”
If you’re like us you may be strapped in and watching the stellar Hanks/Spielberg effort “Masters of the Air,” currently streaming on Apple TV. This isn’t a series review so we’ll just say it’s really good. Watch it if you know anything about the air war in Europe during World War II or want to…
Read MoreMass Shooting Suspect Convicted Of Mistaken Identity Attack
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, CA – Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton today announced the conviction of Enrique Ramirez-Calmo on three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder, along with gang and other special circumstances enhancements. On June 20, 2021, Ramirez-Calmo and a fellow gang member opened fire…
Read MoreRolling Bike Party Rolls Through Walnut Creek Thursday
The two-wheeled Rolling Bike Party hit the streets of Walnut Creek Thursday night, participants bringing their own music for the ride and surrounding photographer Sean McDonough for a “group picture.”
Read More“Goodnight Moon…”
Walnut Creek’s Backpedaling Two-Wheeled Space Cowboy
I’m a space cowboy Bet you weren’t ready for that I’m a space cowboy I’m sure you know where it’s at Yep, he’s in downtown Walnut Creek – and you can’t miss him, even with the camouflage pants. Wheeling around town backwards, helmet aglow, texting as he goes and steering with his hindquarters he navigates…
Read MoreFormer Deputy Sheriff Pleads No Contest To Weapons Offenses
From the Office of the District Attorney: Matthew Buckley Pleads No Contest to Illegal Gun Possession, Filing False Police Report, and Preparing False Documents Martinez, California – Today, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office reached a negotiated plea against 42-year-old Matthew Allen Buckley for offenses that occurred when he was a deputy with the…
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Launches Profane, Anti-Semitic Tirade During Walnut Creek Council Meeting Tuesday
Hard as it may be to imagine in 2024 a man in a “white power” t-shirt launched a profane, anti-semitic tirade during public comments at Tuesday’s meeting of the Walnut Creek City Council, ending his speech with a stiff-arm Nazi salute. The man, wearing sunglasses, a trucker’s cap and swastika-emblazoned white power t-shirt uttered a…
Read MoreCue The Choir!
Some cool après-storm light refraction and theatrics for 24/680 People! You get a lot for your money here at News24-680!
Read MoreCHP Cruiser Crashes, Burns During Eastbound Highway 24 Pursuit Sunday
A California Highway Patrol officer was treated for a head wound after his car crashed and caught fire during a high-speed chase on eastbound Highway 24 near Wilder Sunday morning. The officer was in pursuit of a vehicle wanted for traffic violations when the crash occurred at approximately 2:15 a.m. All eastbound lanes of the…
Read MoreLafayette 7Eleven Robbed Saturday
Two men entered the Lafayette 7Eleven on Mt. Diablo Boulevard Saturday – one purchasing an item to get the clerk to open the till with a second man coming in and stealing an undetermined amount of cash at gunpoint. The suspects, believed to be two black males in hoodies, may have parked at a nearby…
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