Orinda Neighbors Look Up “EOD” After Military Ordnance Turns Up In Local Home
Eyebrows lifted skyward in Orinda Monday when a truck carrying a military bomb disposal squad and with EOD painted on its side rolled up to take possession of a rusty old missile located in a local home. No one in an official capacity was willing to talk on the record but to our untrained eye…
Poking Our Heads Above The Parapet
One of the many hard-earned lessons we’ve learned in this business is that people are perfectly happy urging someone else (us) to leave the safety of the trench and tackle a difficult subject they won’t. This dovetails neatly into another hard-learned lesson: that the person who leaves said trench (us) is usually the first trooper…
“Good Morning, Glory! Now Slow The @$% Down!”
As cautionary messaging goes this one is nicer than most, combining a little natural splendor with some sage advice. This flowery invitation to slow down and smell the ros… flowers stands in the 24/680 and caught the eye of one of our local lensmen, shell-shocked after a busy couple of days in the ‘hoods. Know…
24/680 Residents Head Over Perfectly Arched Heels For… Barbie
Just when we thought we had the readership figured out. The last couple of days and nights our patrols have reported a declining presence downtown, people eschewing local hotspots and boits to stand in long lines at local movie houses. Cool, we thought, we’ve shaken off the pandemic and decided it’s okay to see a…
The Night Shift: Tequila, High Temps, And AirTags
We’ve learned after many years of investigation that the news doesn’t confine itself to regular hours. Hence, those of us addicted to gathering the curious, sometimes dramatic but more often mundane details of life have taken to prowling our chosen areas of coverage during what Mister Sinatra used to refer to as “The Wee Small…
After A Busy Monday Night – Ferreting Out The Details
Monday night in the 24/680 was particularly bad, with folks hitting each other, walls, and their own personal limits with the rapidity of a triggered chain of dominoes. Our people were out and on the scene, returning with the glazed, dead-eyed expression of the shell-shocked, shaking their heads when colleagues asked what they’d seen. We…
“We Do Our Best Work In The Dark…”
Something tripped the grid last night and much of Walnut Creek found out what it was like to live back in 1845 – with some folks either running, screaming out into the darkness or calmly sitting down and finishing their meals in a suddenly very romantic setting. The Sages have told us we find out…
Power Outage Sets The Mood In Downtown Walnut Creek Sunday!
An apparently weather-related power outage turned out the lights to approximately 3,500 Walnut Creek residents Sunday, putting a sharp end to dinner plans and the latest Mission Impossible release. Several theater-goers contacted this site about the premature ending when the lights went out shortly after 8 p.m., darkening a wide swath of the city and…
If You Can’t Stand The Heat – Go Steal A Car
We’re staggering a bit, because we’re even more short-handed than usual as well as from lack of sleep, and we’re banking on Mister Breville and David Bowie to give us the jump-start we need. If you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know about the predicted heat wave you may want to stay under…