A Day Of Remembrance… As Our Calendar Gets Ready To Flip
Big Day in our News Bunker. Not only because of the immense history behind the date, but because there’s a lot going on in the 24/680 – even as most households take time off from school and work and ease into preparations for visiting relatives and family feasting. Reveille arrived bang on the dot as…
Monday On My Mind
Apologies to the Easybeats (RIP) for the lyrics change but we woke up with their song in our head this morning and once that happens, we’re done for the rest of the day. Along with Rock n’ Roll we’re also indulging our Cowboy Side this morning, answering with “Lots of Irons in the Fire” when…
Giving Thanks For All Of You…
This is a big day for us, kicking off a time of year we fancy. We tend to power things down over the Holidays but a couple of brave staffers have volunteered to put off their Thanksgiving in order to keep an eye on things, so we’ll start by saying we’re thankful for having such…
Monday Memo: “So, How Was Your Weekend?”
Merchants and residents in the 24/680 – and beyond – got a taste of what a dystopian state looks like when a sizable number of the populace decides to rise up and indulge its taste for jewelry and expensive handbags over the weekend. Proving that they’re willing to do just about anything to procure these…
Walnut Creek Police Put Police Reserves, Merchants On Alert – Cite Possible Repeat Of Saturday’s Looting Spree
Acting on “intelligence” that the looters who blitzed the downtown Walnut Creek Nordstrom might return for a repeat performance Sunday, city officials advised business owners to close their shops early, called up police reserves and alerted business owners and residents to “be prepared.” No specific intelligence source was cited and no time was given for…
A Marvelous Night For A Moon Dance
Lasting over 3 hours and 28 minutes – making it the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years – persistent cloud cover made grabbing a photo of this morning’s lunar shadowshow a challenge. But Craig Cannon managed to make a picture…
Messy Truck Crash Closes 680 Transition South From SR4 Friday
A hoist truck apparently carrying poles to a construction site at the I680/SR4 transition toppled Friday night, spilling its load, injuring a driver and tying up traffic for several hours as California Highway Patrol officers and freeway workers dealt with a resultant fuel spill and damaged light poles. As you can tell from photographer Craig…
“Like Driving Into A Cotton Ball” – Foggy In The 24/680 Tonight
Night Hawk photographer Craig Cannon is out and about tonight, looking for a picture and not seeing much as billowing folds of fog close in on our bridges and valleys. Cannon shot this photo in Martinez.
On This Night In October – LOTS Happened…
… we just can’t figure it all out. Perhaps it’s our unsettled atmospherics, variations of barometric pressure and a swinging compass as a storm bears down on us that has everyone so jumpy. We don’t know. It’s our only word for it, neighbors arguing with neighbors, seeing things that aren’t there, chasing each other around…
“Saturday Night’s All Right For… A Little Bit Of Everything, It Seems…”
If you were out and about and in the mix Saturday night you know things were as hot as Sir Elton’s lyrics. Our people were out and mingling, too, trying to sneak dinner in between incidents and running from scene to scene. Sadly, this lethal drug thing the county appears to have embarked on touched…