The Sunday Scramble: Decision Day; A Brit In Moraga; Rock In The Bunker And Night Moves
Odd times provoking odd reactions here in the 24/680 News Bunker. Our normal go-to when things get strange is to crank the music up and dial in some Mexican food, that combo helping to spackle over the rough spots lately. Like most of the nation we’re counting down the days to The National Decision and…
One Last Shot: Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Glides Past For A Photo Op
Skywatchers focused on that bright spot with the green glow in the night sky swinging by Earth tonight – a mere 44 million miles away. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was first discovered last year after it appeared from the outer reaches of our solar system. Our Skywatcher took to the ridge above Lucas Valley for this snapshot…
Low-Flying Chopper, Slow-Burning Tesla Draw Attention In The 24/680 Tuesday
A low-flying chopper buzzing Lamorinda/Walnut Creek was a charter aircraft and not military/law enforcement rescue craft as many who contacted us initially suspected. The Bell 407 rotorcraft made a couple of unusually low passes over the area and folks living under the rotor wash must be expecting trouble because they lit up our Flash and…
Friday Free Wheelin’: Reddi-Wip Me; Isodontia Incursion, And Dog Days
Our noses are in the wind and there appears to be an air of expectancy up there – like Big Bend residents waiting for Helene to make landfall. Bad news from back in that part of the country as we Californians soldier on in the face of much milder weather, the occasional police pursuit and…
Water Monster Attracts Fans In Walnut Creek Saturday
If life hands you an unexpected water feature, play through even if it’s over your Nikes. In the 500 block of Monarch Ridge Road in Walnut Creek.
Highway 24 Gets Us Comin’ and Goin’ Wednesday
No luck for those using our namesake freeway today with crashes and fires and all kinds of stuff messing with traffic and people’s lives.Where this morning’s paralyzing crash was in the westbound direction early this morning this (pictured) car fire cooked an SUV traveling in the EASTBOUND direction at around 2:50pm and, as you can…
Morning Commute Slows To A Crawl After Highway 24 Crash
Traffic backing up into Orinda and Moraga (shown) with folks looking for alternative routes after a messy truck crash and spill on the west end of the Caldecott Tunnel this morning.Inundated with calls from late, frustrated, pretty dang angry folks trying to keep appointment and their bosses happy, etc.No estimated time given for a re-opening.
The Sattiday Scrawl: Rough Roads; FOP Flop; And “Can We Get Some Justice?”
The practice we love most has been hard for us lately – for a lot of different reasons – but mostly due to preternatural stupidity encountered after we send our words off into the ether. We never expected everyone to like and admire what we had to say all the time, but it appears we’re…
The X Files: Nazis Quieren Taco Bell; “Information, Please” And Hoverboard Blues
Oddly – because we thought uncles Lou, Mike and Joe had settled this problem once and for all back in ’43 and ’44 – we started hearing of men in quasi-matching attire bedecked with swastikas giving the hated Nazi salute to passing motorists on overpasses in Contra Costa Wednesday. They unfurled a sheet with some…
Sunday Revue: Get’cher Mazzy Runnin’, Return Of The Freakazoids; And Kursk AGAIN?
Morning, 24/680 People – and those tuning in from beyond the limits of our intended broadcast – here we are again. Another Sunday is upon us. Time for omelettes and coffee and a review of the week past. Great seeing some of our local cities mentioned on an international stage as the Olympics played on…