Level 2 Health Emergency Declared After Fire At Martinez Refining Company Saturday
Fire reported and Level 2 Health Advisory issued to residents near Martinez Refining Company facility, 2000 Marina Vista. Two columns of smoke were immediately seen and muffled “explosions” heard. Refinery reporting a “carbon fire” at the facility. The smoke plume quickly grew in size, prompting health warnings as it drifted eastward. Police closed nearby on-ramps…
Gunfire Keeps Concord Neighborhoods On Edge Saturday
Concord residents contacting this site are expressing concern over what they say is an increased level of gunfire – ostensibly between rival gang factions – taking place in the city over the last 24 hours. Neighbors noted rifle and pistol fire at Cambridge Park on Victory Lane at approximately 9 p.m. Friday, followed by reports…
Mean Old Streets
Don’t tell our photographers but while they were out keeping the lid on things and capturing the fisticuffs, pathos, and whimsical nature of life in the 24/680 (The Numbers) – we were nodding off. Yes, it’s true. The week caught up with us and our cumulative 6.2 hours of slumber proved insufficient as someone crept…
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…