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County Health Advising TB Testing For Workers, Visitors To Pacheco Casino
From Contra Costa Health: Contra Costa Health (CCH) recommends that anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 consider a tuberculosis (TB) test, after recent genetic testing revealed several related cases among staff and customers over the past five years. Of the 11 confirmed TB cases, 10 are genetically linked…
Read MoreRaw Video: Canyon Fire Destroys Residence; No Injuries
Fire Engulfs Redwood Highway Home In Canyon Wednesday
A fast-moving fire consumed a home in the 200 block of Redwood Highway in Canyon on Wednesday night, the owners away from the residence at the time of the blaze. The blaze was reported at 10:25 p.m. with neighbors in Canyon and Moraga reporting the smell of smoke and then spotting flames from the residence.…
Read MoreThere’s Just Something About Halloween…
The office togs come off, that thin veneer of PTA respectability falls away and it’s time to paaaaarrrty like Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids. Lots of saucy Barbies and Naughty Nurses and devilish Witches out and about tonight. Hope everyone had a good time and that the hangovers don’t burrow in too deep tomorrow.
Read MoreThief Robs Danville Wells Fargo Tuesday; Escapes
As we notified many of you via The Flash shortly after noon Tuesday, a lone robber entered the Wells Fargo Bank branch at 3402 Camino Tassajara, presented a note demanding money from a teller and left the bank on foot. The robbery was reported at 12:29 p.m., with Danville police and officers from neighboring jurisdictions…
Read MoreSay Hello To Halloween!
Lots of little people running around in various costumes this morning… something is afoot!
Read MoreConcord Man Named As San Francisco Pipe Bomb Suspect; Home Searched Monday
A Concord man named as the suspect in a bizarre attempted theft and police chase during which he allegedly threw pipe bombs at pursuing San Francisco police cars has a history of explosives use and a car bombing conviction in his past, police said Monday. Daniel Richard Garcia, 42, was taken into custody Sunday night…
Read MoreRAW VIDEO: End Of S.F. To Martinez Pursuit Sunday; Suspect Arrested
Raw video from Martinez and the scene of tonight’s pursuit and arrest after a man reportedly fleeing from San Francisco police was believed to have thrown explosive devices at officers.
Read MoreExtensive Police Pursuit From San Francisco To Martinez; One Detained, EOD Team Summoned
A sizable police pursuit of a subject believed to have explosives or an explosive device in his possession left San Francisco and blazed into Contra Costa County Sunday, ending on Imhoff Road near Martinez with a person in custody and explosives experts summoned to check the car. San Francisco police responded to Saints Peter and…
Read MoreIo, Io – It’s Into Space We Go
When he’s not shooting earthly news, photographer Sean McDonough turns his lens skyward – capturing our full moon along with Jupiter and ITS moons Saturday evening. Some folks were trying to pin our earthly shenanigans (stolen car and pursuit down I680 included) on the outwardly innocent full moon, but we’re not so sure – a…
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