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…
Quirky Scene Following Bank Robbery In Downtown Lafayette Wednesday
In the second (known) instance involving a Lamorinda bank Wednesday police descended on the area of Mt. Diablo and Moraga Road in Lafayette following a strong-arm robbery of the BMO bank branch at 3583 Mount Diablo Boulevard. The suspect, preliminarily described as a light-skinned white or Hispanic male wearing a white A’s cap and a…
Shout-Out To Manny And The Boys…
… from Lafayette Public Works for coming out to clean up after an extensive overnight graffiti attack on El Curtola Bridge in Lafayette. Let us be PERFECTLY CLEAR (and to use all caps): This graffiti was NOT left by demonstrators who came out in support of Israeli hostages – and did so without incident –…
Man Expresses Anti-Police/Anti-Fire Department Sentiments In Concord – Runs Into Ellis Lake Thursday
A man apparently not fond of fire and police services used a rock to vandalize Concord police headquarters on Galindo Street Thursday, allegedly hurled a rock at a firetruck and then hurled himself into Ellis Lake after unsuccessfully attempting to scale a tree while running from officers. Police reportedly became aware of a man in…
Retail Raiders Strike In Walnut Creek Sunday
Swift-moving, apparently unrelated retail theft crews struck the Apple store and Labels Luxury Consignment store in Walnut Creek on Sunday, making off with a sizable quantity of electronics from Apple and an undetermined amount of goods from Labels. Police responded quickly and scoured the area for cars believed used in the thefts. It was not…
Balls Fall For Lafayette Lotto Player – $713,143 For… What?
Second home? Apocalypse RV? Half of your children’s college tuition? We don’t know, yet, as the person who purchased a ticket during a visit to the 76 gas station at 3500 Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette on Tuesday has yet to come forward. Probably lining up a good lawyer and financial advisor. Anyway, a tidy…
Twenty Twenty-Four So Far – Some Steps Forward, Some Back
We’re keeping a close eye on our New Year as it unfolds, hoping for signs of progress. So far, we’re off to a fairly rocky start here in the 24/680, with a rapid transit derailment and crime making the news – or not – depending on their jurisdiction and disposition of the victims. Workers at…
Tree Falls, Pulls Some Wires Down With It In Lafayette Wednesday
A falling tree brought some electrical lines down with it in the 3100 block of Camino Diablo in Lafayette on Wednesday – darkening homes and traffic signals in the area until PG&E workers could get customers back online. An estimated 1,400 people were left in the dark when the tree fell into the roadway a…
And A Good Time Was Had By All…
Well, most everyone. And we certainly had a blast – acquiring some new togs, learning a new guitar lick and adding a couple of inches to the Holiday landslide that is our waistline. Found ourselves smiling to ourselves on the ride home, Christmas memories old and new dancing in our little heads. Made it back…