Weather Outlook In Contra Costa County: Preparatory
Dramatic skies making for some nice photos and friendly tow truck operators sending in photos of yesterday’s casualties. Hopefully we do a bit better today…
The Monday Meanderings
Fresh back from the Morning Walkabout and listening to the joints crackle and pop like that breakfast cereal. Not exactly Force 10 winds out there but so cold our garden plants held their limbs up like needy children when we made it back – begging to be taken inside. We’d suggest getting those folks unfortunate…
Moonrise Over The 24/680
Out and about and appreciating the beauty of our area at night. If you’re on the road, take it easy out there – everyone makes it home safely tonight!
Watching Our Seasons Change And Easing Into A Fresh News Cycle
The 24/680 is transitioning from an Autumnal mode into full-blown Winter as our trees begin to put on their yearly show and snow pelts the Sierras. We get that folks are sitting back a little and taking time away from their keyboards and that’s cool. This is our favorite time of year and we’re trying…
A Little Trouble At Modern China… Fire On Saranap… And, Oh, A Presidential Election
Bit of a riff off the 1986 film but a report of an armed man brought police on the run to the N. Main Street location Sunday night and the long hardware came out. Not sure if anyone was detained/arrested ’cause the police don’t alway inform us of these things but the response got our…
Stolen Lexus Tours Lamorinda, Walnut Creek Sunday
This car apparently attracted the attention of Flock cameras and then police as it cruised through Moraga, Lafayette and on into Walnut Creek a few moments ago (5:25pm). Police were trailing the vehicle back out Highway 24 through the Caldecott (please refrain from posting those ever-ready Tunnel comments, please) before they lost it in Oakland-Berkeley.…
Early A.M. Car Vs. Pole Crash Prompts Total Closure Of Highway 24 Through Lafayette
Highway24 through Lafayette reopening gradually this morning after early a.m. crash into a power pole prompted closure of the vital route. Hundreds forced onto city streets. Several people making airport runs VERY unhappy…
Busy Night In Lamorinda Wednesday
Our much ballyhooed Flash Alert System came into play again Wednesday night after a couple of high-profile incidents kicked off in Moraga and Lafayette. What turned out to be the most-photographed crash scene in our little valley was documented after a Tesla got away from its operator and plowed through the Loard’s ice cream outlet…
Senior Housing Tiny Homes Begin Arriving On Tice Valley Boulevard Tuesday
The vanguard of a series of six micro homes built to serve homeless senior citizens arrived at Grace Presbyterian Church on Tice Valley Boulevard Tuesday, with plans for other structures to arrive and be set in place in the days ahead. When completed, the tiny home structures and one office/laundry unit will be available to…