With Our New Reality, New Suspicions
Our subscribers are aware of recent, local skullduggeries, chronicled as they happen and intended to inform – not paralyze everyone with fear. We’re certainly not fearful, meeting very cool, very intelligent folks around the 24/680 every day. But stuff is happening we feel compelled to write about, as we believe forewarned is forearmed. Cervantes was…
Deep Thoughts, A Code 3 Night, And The Last Sleep
Tuesday unfolding like a Geisha’s fan, revealing itself to us a pleat at a time after a cycle of police pursuits and crashes. We’ll admit, we succumbed to yesterday’s temperature, sunshine and our musical playlist – pondering deep questions like: “who added cowbell to rock songs?” and: “what’s the better lyric – ‘my brain is…
Are Car Burglars/Cat Converter Thieves Escalating The Local Arms Race?
We’ve mentioned an apparent shift in the local crime scene, with car burglars, jackers, and Catalytic Converter rustlers increasingly well-armed while plying their chosen trade. We do have a photo of one crew at work, a member under a car and working on the converter while another member provides “security” – covering the front door…
Monday, Monday – Can’t Trust That Day
Hoping the Mamas and Dudes would allow us a spartan titular use of their lyrics (even though our younger readers are scratching their heads, again, and wondering what we’re “babbling about” this time). So, GOOGLE REFERENCE: Mamas & the Papas Origins: Los Angeles, by way of other Hippie Hotspots History: Four people who released five…
“All Cars” Call In Walnut Creek; “Don’t Hit The Bunny” And Vandals At Work
NEWS24/680 crew members shook off the mildew and mold accrued over the last month and took to the streets Saturday in search of a good story and an exotic cocktail with one of those little parasol umbrellas sticking out of it. The team was feeling all warm and convivial (two of our number home catching…
Comes The Dawn – Finally
Those of you up with us in the “Wheeee! Hours” are up or catching up with the night’s events. Our Flash Master was sending out Flash Alerts in record number after a man allegedly broke into a home on Roxanne Lane in Lafayette and confronted one or more persons inside, arming himself with a kitchen…
Alamo Home Burgled Wednesday – Firearms Reportedly Taken
NEWS24/680 is attempting to confirm multiple reports of a residential burglary on Alamo Country Circle in Alamo on Wednesday, an apparently successful crime which netted the thief or thieves a number of firearms of undetermined type. Attempts to confirm our information through official sources failed to yield any substantive details though residents and neighbors reported…
Cars Catching Fire In A Deluge? Hey, It Happens…
Along with cars slipping and rolling off our roadways a few were catching fire despite the rainfall Wednesday. Sean McDonough found the smoky remains of this car in the 3000 block of Oak Road in Walnut Creek and a few of the firefighters recognized him from their last fire together – a garbage truck. So,…
Careful Out There, Folks – The Roadways Are Unforgiving
Our roadways are slick and little things – too much speed in the turns, a misjudged rise – are turning into big things, as it did for these folks on eastbound Marsh Creek Road moments ago. Numerous spinouts and crashes so far today and with more rain predicted, there’s sure to be more of the…
Weather Clear – With A Probability Of Burglary
Beautiful days in the 24/680 as we hang out the laundry between storms and pluck the mushrooms from our pockets, bracing for the next wave of precipitation and prepping ahead of the storm. Our (cherished) readers have been deluging us with photos of the deluge and we’re using the best ones, of course, though after…