County Health Conducts Surprise Inspection At Martinez Refinery

From Contra Costa Health: Contra Costa Health (CCH) today launched an unannounced inspection at Martinez Refining Company – owned and operated by PBF Energy, Inc. (PBF) – to request records and observe its operation with a focus on safety programs, reliability of equipment and to follow up regarding several recent accidents. Given the recent history…

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And A Good Time Was Had By All…

Well, most everyone. And we certainly had a blast – acquiring some new togs, learning a new guitar lick and adding a couple of inches to the Holiday landslide that is our waistline. Found ourselves smiling to ourselves on the ride home, Christmas memories old and new dancing in our little heads. Made it back…

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The News24/680 Christmas Poem – Are You Included?

Gather ’round, Fair Readers, and ye shall hear, Tales of the 24/680 and those we hold dear. Most of you know we do this each December, It’s a fun way for us to re-charge and remember Old Friends, New Friends, Those Who’ve Gone Before Us we believe in exercising the mental Thesaurus. As stories go…

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Photos: “Pre-Christmas LZ”

Red and green aviation lights caught the eye of photographer Sean McDonough Friday as a REACH air ambulance arrived at John Muir Hospital with a crash victim aboard, the passenger severely injured in a head-on crash on Byron Highway.

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Fire Claims Outbuildings On Arends Lane Friday

Fire burned through two outbuildings on Arends Lane in Walnut Creek on Thursday, the blaze drawing a swift response from fire crews who shut down Geary Road in both directions to facilitate movement of firefighting apparatus. The blaze was reported shortly after 10 p.m. and was extinguished in under a half hour.

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Supportive Housing Facility For Homeless To Open In San Pablo

From Contra Costa Health: Homekey Program Brings Innovative Permanent Supportive Housing to Contra Costa County Contra Costa Health (CCH) will open a new permanent supportive housing facility and expand critical housing services in the county, thanks to a $16 million grant from the state’s Homekey program. The facility, located at 2555 El Portal Drive in…

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“Good morning, Thursday…”

On a cool morning, in the hamlets and villages erected in the shadow of the fabled mountain, the villagers stirred, brewed their lattes and started preparations for their annual feast… the smoke from their cooking pots rising into the still air…

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A Heavenly Rorschach – What Do YOU See?

Help us out here, we may be seeing things. This photo was made a couple of days before the sky went gray and we liked it. We also found that the longer we looked at it, the more we saw in it. Now, this could merely be evidence of an over-active imagination or an impending…

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