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County Health Putting Grant Money Toward Bicycle, Pedestrian Safety
From Contra Costa Health Contra Costa Health (CCH) announced today that it has received a $202,692 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program. This grant will allow CCH to promote safe practices for pedestrians and bicyclists and provide education about the importance of sharing the…
Read More“Fire On The Mountain…”
Any Dead Heads among us? We shall see. Starting out with a cold, steely dawn which eventually did produce a sunrise but it was chill-E out there this morning, we must say. Veteran readers have noted the arrival of a TON of new names and faces here and we can confirm that, yes, another new…
Read MoreSchool Threats Continue – Latest Today At Lafayette’s Stanley School
The unwelcome rash of anonymous threats against local schools appears to be continuing unabated, with students and parents reeling from the latest hint to “shoot up” a local school in Lafayette. Parents with children at Stanley Middle School received an explanatory letter from Principal Brian Mangold Monday confirming reports that a student had threatened to…
Read MoreLetters: Anti-Theft Measures Changing The Look And Feel Of Local Stores?
To the Editor; On Sunday I went to Safeway on Contra Costa Boulevard and I was so uncomfortable. I felt like I was trapped in a cage. Have you been there, did you feel uncomfortable too? I understand that there is a theft problem, but once I was inside I couldn’t get back out to…
Read MoreMurder Investigation Underway After Janitor Found Dead In Pleasant Hill Park
A 37-year-old Pittsburg man was found dead of stab wounds in Pleasant Hill Park, 147 Gregory Lane, early Saturday morning after his wife grew concerned that he had not returned home from his janitorial shift at the park. Santiago Jacobo, 37, was found unconscious and unresponsive in the park’s main parking lot at approximately 4:50…
Read More“We Feel Unsafe-Uhh… And You’re Making Me Feel Uncomfortable-Uhh.”
Street sociologists that we are we spend a lot of time interacting with others of our species and cocking an ear whenever some new dialect or linguistic affectation springs up. At present we are trying to trace the origins of “Uhhh-Speech,” that strange vocal add-on people seemingly of all ages and stripes are appending to…
Read MoreMoraga Birds Find The TARDIS! Can Dr. Who Be Far Behind?
Fans of birds and British television are getting a kick out of the appearance of an avian ‘TARDIS’ – ‘Time and Relative Dimension in Space’ for the uninitiated – which turned up recently on a signpost at the corner of Shuey and Camino Pablo in MoTown. Local Toshiko Eng made the discovery, noted that local…
Read MoreAlleged Fare Evasion Incident Triggers Melee At Walnut Creek BART Thursday
A scuffle between an outnumbered squad of BART police officers and a group of teenagers suspected of fare evasion quickly grew into a full-blown melee at Walnut Creek BART Thursday as WCPD police officers rushed to provide assistance. Reports that three BART officers were “fighting” with a group of ten teens near the front of…
Read MoreCircuitous Pursuit Of Carjacking Suspects Ends In Alamo Thursday
One of two people taken into custody following a circuitous pursuit from San Ramon to Walnut Creek and then into Alamo this morning. Suspect vehicle eventually corralled and suspects believed to have committed a carjacking out of the county were arrested. No injuries reported, lots of Flashes, emails received as it was happening. Lots of…
Read MoreCHP Pursuit Ends With Foot Chase In Lafayette Wednesday
Photos from scene of arrest in Lafayette following a CHP pursuit of a car used in a felony retail theft Wednesday night. Suspect vehicle either gave out mechanically or crashed with two individuals running into the surrounding neighborhood at Deer Hill and Brown Avenue. Police moved in, captured one individual and then brought in other…
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