Staying Co-Cool In CoCo County This Week
Here are County Employment & Human Services locations in Contra Costa County to cool off during high heat this week: Antioch: 4545 Delta Fair Blvd.Hercules: 151 Linus PaulingMartinez: 40 Douglas DrivePleasant Hill: 400 Ellinwood WayRichmond: 1305 Macdonald EHSD offices are open Wednesday, June 16, through Friday, June 18, from 8 am to 5 pm. See also EHSD Places to Cool (PDF) and Places to Cool in Spanish (PDF).…
And So We Go…
We haven’t done this writing directly thing lately, understanding that not everyone likes our “voice” or cares to listen to us jawjack. If that’s you – feel free to change the channel. But things have been stacking up over the last year, our readers demonstrating a desire to keep in touch by writing us regularly…
Ambling Bruin Cruises East County Neighborhoods – Thrilling Critter Fanciers
Amateur naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts are beside themselves over the recent surveillance video filming of a very brown black bear cruising through neighborhoods in Discovery Bay, Knightsen and Oakley. Several videos of el oso have been posted in recent days, showing a curiously unruffled bruin cruising suburban neighborhoods as if they were, well, his. Local…
Memorial Day, 2021
Tough day in the The News Bunker. Lots of choices. Fly the World War I-issue Memorial Day Flag, its World War II counterpart or the Korean War (Conflict) banner? All have a lot of family significance and… memories. Which, in essence, is the point behind this day, right? Right. We started looking for an appropriate…
Pleasant Hill Driver Arrested For Diving Under The Influence
A driver in Pleasant Hill got into a little hot water after plunging his SUV into a lot of cold water at a city pond early Saturday. Not a lot was stirring at 5:30 a.m. – luckily – so there were no casualties except to the driver’s pride and probably his insurance premiums. He was…
It’s Official: We’re In A Drought Year
From EBMUD: OAKLAND – The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board of Directors voted to declare a Stage 1 drought shortage at its April 27, 2021 meeting based on projections that water runoff will fall below what is needed to refill EBMUD reservoirs this year. The Board also voted to purchase supplemental water supplies…
Public Works To Begin Alhambra Valley Road Realignment Project
From Contra Costa County Public Works: April 22, 2021, Martinez Area, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works will begin construction of the Alhambra Valley Road Realignment Project starting on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 through Friday, June 25, 2021. Work will occur between 8:30 am-4:00 pm, Monday-Friday, with restrictions to minimize impacts during commute hours. Drivers should…
“I’m Still Here” – Our MIAs Re-Surface After Months In Lockdown
This COVID pandemic has been tough on all of us, no doubt. We’ve lost some good people, had others drop off the map while they Battled the Bug or just hunkered down, and we can’t help but feel that all our lives have been changed forever. We’re lucky to have an engaged community of readers…
Pilot Makes Unscheduled Landing On EBMUD Property Friday
The pilot of a small plane dropped in for a skillful landing in the rolling hills between Campolindo and the Lafayette Reservoir Friday, apparently searching out the unlikely landing area after experiencing engine problems. There were no injuries. No word on how they plan to get it out of there just yet.
Saint Mary’s College Removes Bronze By Nazi-Era Sculptor After Students Protest
A well-known German sculptor favored by the Nazis during World War II has been denounced by students at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga who discovered one of his bronzes on campus – and who launched a petition drive to have the work removed. Fritz von Graevenitz’s “Falcon Boy,” a slim-figured bronze of a youth –…