Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers To Pay $2.5 Million For Environmental Violations
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton announced today (Friday, March 11) that the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, together with 13 other California District Attorneys have agreed to a $2.5 million dollar settlement with Pick-N-Pull over the company’s illegal disposal of hazardous waste…
Mining Those Elusive Nuggets Of Truth
Interesting 24 hours here in the 24/680 as our small squad attempts to nail down stories coming in through our digital transom like Rubles in an oligarch’s money counter. First – and we know some of you dislike our little trips down memory lane but, well, too bad – a transom when not applied in…
Lightning Bolt Suspect In Morning Concord Fire, Outages
News24/680 lensman Craig Cannon – who runs on coffee, adrenaline, and the occasional maple bar – was out and about this morning when a lightning bolt cracked over Concord, a smoke plume went up and PG&E trucks began to roll. An apparently abandoned residence in the 5500 block of Pine Hollow Road caught fire and…
Citizens Rally In Support Of Ukraine In Walnut Creek Sunday
Local residents turned out in a show of support for the people of Ukraine Sunday, gathering in Walnut Creek’s Larkey Park to mobilize efforts in support of the beleaguered country. Several dozen supporters were on hand when photographer Craig Cannon stopped by Sunday. The gathering, organized and hosted by The Polish School in Walnut Creek,…
Chilly – But With A Hot Chase To Warm The Dog Watch Up Wednesday
Hope folks were sheltering against that cold that settled over us this morning, down into the low 30s and driving some of the unsheltered to desperate measures – with tragic results in San Francisco, it appears. Closer to home, things got a bit warmer in Moraga and Orinda as police engaged in a pre-dawn pursuit…
Wax Up! Another Six Inches And We’re Skiing In The 24/680!
A drippy front moved in and met a sympathetic cold spot and the next thing you knew it was hailing in San Ramon and environs Tuesday – the flatlands getting a nice little dusting before things moved along.
Scoop’s Musings: Ukraine Migraine; Nose Miners; Kill Crazy Dudes And Shooting Irons
We know people don’t like us to stray too far beyond the boundaries of the 24/680 but we’ll admit the potential of one nation invading another and the possible ripple effect of that action gives us pause. See, wars and invasions are inherently bad, with explosives and projectiles and stuff in use and proven to…
Hermes Never Had Days Like This
The fleet-footed Greek carried some messages in his day, but we’d wager yesterday would have taxed even his godly abilities. In our trade, honed over decades of labor in police stations and smoke-infused pool rooms, yesterday would go down as a “Code 3 Day” – Lights and Sirens all the way. The grim crop reaped…
Armed Moraga Man Kills Himself After Assault, Neighborhood Standoff Saturday
Police responded to a home in the 300 block of Birchwood Drive Saturday after a confrontation between neighbors turned violent. One person was believed injured, beaten by a neighbor armed with a baseball bat, and a multi-agency police response flooded the normally sedate neighborhood in Moraga’s Rheem Valley Manor shortly after. The incident was reported…
“Work Truck” Thieves Hitting Lamorinda Property Owners Hard
Neighbors in Lamorinda aren’t feeling too kindly toward two men believed to be driving a metallic green work truck – and casually picking off very expensive bicycles and other items from garages and yards as they go. An Orinda family had a very expensive bicycle taken from their garage just Thursday afternoon and others are…