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…
Crisis Negotiations Close Walnut Creek Overpass Early Monday
Police responded to the Treat and Buskirk overpass in Walnut Creek early Monday after a person climbed through a fence at the location and threatened to jump. Northbound I-680 and traffic across the Treat Boulevard overpass was closed briefly in both directions as California Highway Patrol and Walnut Creek police moved in to seal off…
Scoop Says: “It’s Feelin’ Prowly Out There…”
Scoop, being a man of letters delivered at warp speed, knows all too well that “prowly” is not a recognized word. He hopes readers and former grammar teachers out there will be forgiving, as he is attempting to convey a prevalent mood in our beloved 24/680. For we are getting creepy-crawled and burglarized, our cars…
Rattlers, Big Cats, Bio-Bombing And – How ‘Bout Them A’s?
Up with the roosters this morning, our little slice of the 24/680 a bit gray but promising to warm, stories, tips and email trickling in as Friday gets underway. The morning is getting something of a jump start as police and fire department personnel in Danville tend to an individual with a deep stab wound…
Right Wing Callers Troll Walnut Creek Council Meeting; Leave Signage In Lafayette Thursday
Within hours of a troubling telephonic trolling of a Walnut Creek City Council meeting, signage ostensibly left by a California skinhead group and referencing former mayor Kevin Wilk appeared on a Lafayette overpass. Two bedsheet banners, one pointedly addressing Wilk and challenging the Walnut Creek council member to take down the messaging, the other referencing…
Sunday In The Numbers
“Yes, ma’am, you’re in tune with radio station 24/680 – The Numbers – 24680 on your dial where it’s just about 10:30am and time for The Devil Mountain Hay Ride, brought to you this week by Verta-Grow!”
“Someday, Kid, Your Name’ll Be In Lights…”
… and it looks like today’s the day. Born to stardom – and to some friends of ours. Congrats!
Bumpy Saturday In The 24/680 – Will Sunday Fare Better?
Saturday was a busy one for newshounds, first responders, tow truck operators and emergency room personnel called upon to patch up the injured. And there were injured to be patched. A review of our Flash Alert logs (don’t know what that is, yet? Check out the link at the top of our page.) was a…