Whoopsie Moment Ends With Head-Scratcher Crash In Orinda Thursday
Photos from the scene in Orinda after a car with two aboard flipped rode a fence line separating businesses at 2 Camino Sobrante, tipped off the fence and wedged itself between a line of parked cars and the concrete abutment. Took a bit for crews to free the occupants, who were shaken but okay. Appears…
Preliminary – 3.8 Shaker Rolls Near Concord
An earthquake registering 3.8 Magnitude (preliminary) has just rolled through the area 1 kilometer from Concord. Scientists are still evaluating this shaker. No immediate reports of damage.
Thursday Catch-Up – Back On The Beat
And we’re back after a pleasant Holiday interlude. And just in time, too, judging from the look of things. With the world all teetery and tipping on its axis – our plot of Paradise here in “The Numbers” has not been without its share of weirdness and travail. SWAT operators suited up to take a…
2-Alarm House Fire In Orinda; Vehicle Fire In Bore 1 Of Caldecott Tunnel Monday
Still in our News Jam Jams but brought up short by active fires in Orinda – with a 2-alarm residential fire burning on Las Palomas in Orinda and a vehicle fire engulfing a mini-van in Bore 1 of the Caldecott. Occupants of the home on Las Palomas were located safe and well after firefighters descended…
Tornado Warnings, Empty Parking Spots, Drone Squadron, And Happy Endings
If you’re still under the covers – and, frankly, who among us doesn’t wish we were there, too? – you may not know that the 24/680 is washing away. The insomniacs, early risers among us were greeted by Flood Watch advisories, reports of rising water creeping into homes and, yay, a Tornado Alert for San…
The Saturday Debrief
HooBoy – get us the name of the guy who said the ‘burbs were boring. No Earth Shakers to report this morning, at least, so that’s a good thing. If you ride with us you know it has been busy in our leafy little parcel of suburban bliss – and our merry crew is puffing…
Flurry Of Jewelry Switch/Snatch Thefts Continues In San Ramon
An alarming uptick in the number of ongoing jewelry “swap” cases – in which a suspect invades a person’s space and adroitly switches bad jewelry for good – continued this week with at least two new cases despite a hopeful pronouncement of cessation by San Ramon PD. We’ve been following similar cases since they first…
7.0 Temblor Rattles North Coast, Triggers Tsunami Warning – No Wave Expected
An offshore 6.6 temblor triggered a tsunami warning for the North Coast at 10:44 a.m. this morning. So far, we’ve not heard of any damage or if any wave made it ashore but we’re hoping farflung friends from up that way will check in if they’re able. Various government sources who watch these things issued…
Livermore Man Among 3 Climbers Missing On New Zealand Peak
Police searching New Zealand’s highest peak have confirmed that one of three men missing after attempting to summit Aoraki Mount Cook is Livermore climber/guide Carlos “Kique” Romero. New Zealand police announced the climbers’ disappearance on Monday – after the trio failed to make a return flight and an initial search proved unsuccessful. “The climbers were…
Multi-Car, Rollover Crash In Walnut Creek Sunday
A multi-vehicle, rollover crash with injuries was reported at 1:01 a.m. at 2112 N. Main in Walnut Creek, with at least one person treated for a serious injury at the scene. Additional pictures posted to our Facebook, Bluesky pages.