Busy Morning: Structure Fire In Orinda; Wrong-Way Pursuit On 24/680
We had the cucumber-base beauty mask on and were working on those under-eye satchels we’ve been carrying around lately when bing bing bing – the alarm bells start going off. Various agencies participated in an early a.m., circuitous pursuit of a local Thunder Runner who decided to make a break for home, leading officers on…
No Pig In A Poke: Popular Photo Turns Out To Have Local Connections
Easily the most viewed photo on our Facebook page this week involved a tender moment between a stressed-out pig and a Berkeley firefighter. The photo was taken at an animal sanctuary in Vacaville, captured after fire had swept through the small ranch and firefighter Chris Van Luen offered a restorative swig of water to an…
Sunday Summation: “But It’s A Dry Heat, Right?”
There’s a quiet pool betting on the next calamity to befall the 24/680, our usually peaceful landscape interrupted by all manner of trial and tribulation in recent weeks – both natural and man made. If it’s not orbiting whirlybirds and probing Night Suns it’s a heavenly sound and light show like the one that rolled…
Flaring At Chevron Refinery Sparking Concern, Questions Friday
Highly visible flaring at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond has attracted widespread attention and some concern as Bay Area residents question the rationale behind the move – on a wind-less, hot, Spare the Air Day Friday. Chevron issued a brief statement about the flaring: “The Chevron Richmond Refinery is currently experiencing flaring activity due to…
Moraga Photographer Captures A Perseid Streaker
Anyone else have a crimpy neck after looking skyward tonight? The Perseids were streaking around and a Moraga resident was out and about and managed to capture this one on film. Nice shot! From the Photographer: “I set up my tripod in my backyard facing NE. Experimenting with my camera with a 25 sec exposure.…
COVID-19 Test Results Delayed; Total Deaths In County At 131
County health services officials are reporting delays in the processing of COVID-19 test results statewide, with California postponing any movement of counties on or off its watch list for enhanced enforcement measures until the issue can be resolved. And while county residents continue to wrangle with the issues associated with the virus, data compiled for…
Possible Coyote Bite Reported In Moraga Thursday
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials are investigating an incident near the restrooms at Moraga Commons Park today, Thursday, after a 2-year-old boy was bitten on the leg by an animal reported to be a coyote. The incident occurred in the park parking lot, according to police. The child, who was with a caregiver,…
Thursday Hunting And Pecking
Slammed again as the News Gods look down upon us and say: “Vacation? No vacation for you, earthbound desk drones.” We were assisting a digital bro with a couple of in-county incidents juuuuusst outside our immediate area of coverage this morning when our own side of the property line started acting up with a nasty…
Life In The Age Of The Great Disconnect
Curiouser and Curiouser. It’s really the only way to sum up what’s happening to us as humanity splinters and surges toward bombast or mediocrity and their own reinforced truths. Keeping ourselves safely out of the mosh pit of opinion baiting, race hating, and tail-gating going on out there at the moment we can only say…
The Battered Batards Of The Digital News Zone
Apologies to any remaining Screaming Eagles for playing with their nom de guerre but it has been hard slogging in the trenches of Digital Journalism lately, with facts proving elusive and sources hard to find. To those who have written to us requesting information on a possible accident involving a piece of Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection…