Cue The Choir!
Some cool après-storm light refraction and theatrics for 24/680 People! You get a lot for your money here at News24-680!
Another Theft From Pleasant Hill Dick’s Triggers Chase, Arrest, Discovery Of Firearm
Area thieves apparently like the Dick’s Sporting Goods location in Pleasant Hill, visiting it often and leaving with goods they haven’t paid for. In on such instance Thursday night, Lamont Beamon of Sacramento attracted police attention – fleeing into the Geraldine neighborhood before officers closed in and made the arrest. Retracing the route Beamon had…
“Fire On The Mountain…”
Any Dead Heads among us? We shall see. Starting out with a cold, steely dawn which eventually did produce a sunrise but it was chill-E out there this morning, we must say. Veteran readers have noted the arrival of a TON of new names and faces here and we can confirm that, yes, another new…
“We Feel Unsafe-Uhh… And You’re Making Me Feel Uncomfortable-Uhh.”
Street sociologists that we are we spend a lot of time interacting with others of our species and cocking an ear whenever some new dialect or linguistic affectation springs up. At present we are trying to trace the origins of “Uhhh-Speech,” that strange vocal add-on people seemingly of all ages and stripes are appending to…
Moraga Birds Find The TARDIS! Can Dr. Who Be Far Behind?
Fans of birds and British television are getting a kick out of the appearance of an avian ‘TARDIS’ – ‘Time and Relative Dimension in Space’ for the uninitiated – which turned up recently on a signpost at the corner of Shuey and Camino Pablo in MoTown. Local Toshiko Eng made the discovery, noted that local…
Alleged Fare Evasion Incident Triggers Melee At Walnut Creek BART Thursday
A scuffle between an outnumbered squad of BART police officers and a group of teenagers suspected of fare evasion quickly grew into a full-blown melee at Walnut Creek BART Thursday as WCPD police officers rushed to provide assistance. Reports that three BART officers were “fighting” with a group of ten teens near the front of…
Crews Using Break In Weather To Restore Power To Neighborhoods
A large swath of the 24/680 remains without power Monday as crews continue their work untangling downed power lines and snapped support poles. Utility crews worked through the night to restore power to stricken neighborhoods in Walnut Creek and Danville, with progress being reported but thousands still without power.
Berkeley Man Identified As Pilot Killed In Concord Crash Tuesday
A 75-year-old Berkeley man was at the controls of a single engine Vans RV-6 experimental aircraft which crashed into a busy Concord intersection near Buchanan Field Tuesday. The pilot, Jacek “Jack” Romanski, died when his two seat aircraft appeared to stall following a series of practice “touch ‘n go” landings at the airfield, falling to…
Morning Dispatches
A freshly minted week arrives and it’s good news for many, not so good for some. We were out and about Sunday, taking the pulse along with some photos of the locals in action. Couldn’t help but notice a number of instances where residents lucky enough to grab a holiday in some exotic port of…
Trouble In The Neighborhood: Danville Man Arrested For Assault With A Deadly Weapon Sunday
An apparently escalating series of incidents in a normally quiet Danville neighborhood reached a boiling point over the weekend, the neighborhood’s long driveways, gardens and greenbelt suddenly populated by police officers with dogs, rifles and drones – a neighbor on the run. “Honestly, if it hadn’t been for your alert we wouldn’t have known what…