Allegation Of Public Corruption In Moraga Proves Unfounded, DA Says – Who Is Behind It?
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Recently, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office became aware of a website allegedly run by “Citizens for a Fair East Bay” with false and misleading information regarding town officials in the Town of Moraga and our Office’s involvement with these officials. (Editor’s Note: In…
The Sunday Scrambler
G’morning all, we hope you’re well on a bright Sunday morning. We’ll just say this newfound air of ours is much appreciated and came just in the nick of time, didn’t it? It has been an interesting week in the 24/680 and Beyond and we believe you’re adequately apprised of the National News in what…
Berkeley PD Concerned By Fireworks, Bonfires On Grizzly Peak Boulevard
From Berkeley PD: Berkeley, California (Tuesday, September 15, 2020) – Over the past few days, there have been concerns about persons igniting fireworks and bonfires along the turnouts of Grizzly Peak Boulevard between Centennial Drive and Claremont Avenue—increasing the danger of fire to our community. To prevent, deter and stop these reckless behaviors, the University of California…
Martian Colonization Experiment Underway In The Bay Area
Those scientists, you know, those nutty folks in white lab coats and spinning propellor beanies who have been warning us for some time about our bad habits and how they would come back to haunt us, are preparing us for our retreat to Mars by substituting that planet’s atmosphere for ours. So far we humanoids…
Whee! 3.4 Magnitude Shaker Rolls Through The 24/680 Sunday
A temblor registering 3.4 Magnitude rumbled through the 24/680 at 11:43 a.m. Sunday, prompting a few anxious glances but no apparent damage. It appears to have been epicentered two miles east southeast of San Leandro.
The Sunday Supplement
How’s everyone doing? No… really, you can tell us. Talk to your Local News Dudes. Us? We’re rocking, thanks for asking. Busy now as more people poke their heads out of their Hidey-Holes, still masked up like highwaymen but moving around. Had a nice moment with an older gent on Friday, us elbowing the door…
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…