Wild Morning In Danville As Traffic Stop Gets Hairy Saturday
A driver Tased by police after declining to comply during a traffic stop near Railroad Avenue allegedly sped away – ramming two Danville police cars and leading officers on a wild chase that ended with the rollover crash of another police car and the crash of the suspect vehicle. Things apparently got underway during a…
Saying Goodbye To Stephen Yee – A Local Man And Loyal Friend
A sad day for us here at News24/680… We’ve just learned of the passing of Orinda native and site pal Stephen Yee, a frequent contributor to our pages and welcome offline neighbor, who died of complications from COVID-19 yesterday, January 22. We would like to extend our condolences to his daughter, Stephanie, and his many…
Concord Quake Registers 3.8 Magnitude Thursday – Inspiring Some Respect, Some Yawns
Termed “a decent little shake” by local quake veterans, a sharp 3.8 Magnitude temblor rolled through the 24/680 Thursday, nearly throwing one perfectly sober journalist off his feet and sparking reaction from thousands. The shaker, epicentered near Buchanan Field in Concord, rolled through the area at 11:18 a.m.
Lafayette Mayor Addresses Ongoing Battle Of The El Curtola Overpass
From the City of Lafayette: The Lafayette City Council and I have closely followed recent events at the El Curtola overpass, which crosses Highway 24 in Lafayette. Our first priority is the safety of our City’s residents and we have been concerned by reports of violence and intimidation on the overpass. The Lafayette Police Department,…
Hard Start On Our Roads Sunday; “Full Turtle” Sighted In Concord
Sunday drivers are finding it tough going out there today, with a series of crashes playing havoc with motorists and traffic patterns disrupted – all before noon. Interstate 680 was particularly hard hit with a fiery, early-morning crash taking at least one life in San Ramon at 3:30 a.m. and a second rollover crash in…
New Year’s First San Ramonian Arrives – Ready To Play
The folks at San Ramon Regional Medical Center documented the city’s First Arrival of the New Year – sharing a photo of Baby Bosco, a six pound bouncing baby boy child who joined the Human Race at 8:29 a.m. Parents Monica and Jude of San Ramon welcomed their baby boy into the world and were…
Nurse Latest Victim Of Highway 242 Rock Throwing Incidents
An East Bay nurse has become the latest person struck by a rock deliberately thrown onto Highway 242 in Concord, a bizarre but apparently fairly commonplace occurrence that has already cost another woman her life. Pam Burnett, a labor and delivery nurse at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, was on her way to work Dec.…
A Newsy Christmas Morning
Christmas preparations on hold a bit this morning as we’ve been watching developments in Nashville and trying to wrap our minds around that incident – thinking that perhaps we’ve reached a new level of… something… in America. It remains to be seen what the perpetrators hoped to gain by this bombing. With that, and as…
Friday Outlook: Cold, With A Chance Of Car Burglary
Good Friday morning on what’s shaping up to be an Amy Winehouse-themed news day in the 24/680. We’re not quite sure how our newsroom jukebox finds its musical way in the mornings, but it’s all about Rehab and Waking Up Alone – in the bunker this morning. Folks are up and about and slamming into…
DNA Testing Links Moraga Coyote To Latest Lafayette Bite Incident
State Fish and Wildlife officials said DNA testing of animal saliva acquired after three recent coyote encounters in Moraga and Lafayette has revealed that a single animal was responsible for all three biting incidents. Lab results proved that a coyote was responsible for a bite delivered to a Diablo Foods store employee in Lafayette the…