We’re Cracking A Little…
When you think of it, with most of the country locked down and steering clear of others, we’ve been doing a pretty great job. That effort is starting to have a positive impact on our overall hospitalization rates – something for which we are endlessly grateful – even as we mourn those we have lost.…
If Moraga Cannot Come To The Music, Then The Music Must Go To Moraga…
Moragans love their music. We don’t call this place MoTown for mere grins, after all. And as we are all officially housebound these days and starved for tunes local DJ Ryan O took his itinerant cabaret on the road Saturday – touring a series of neighborhoods in turn and giving an audience of masked locals…
Senior Care Facilities In Orinda, Pleasant Hill Bearing Brunt Of COVID Cases
Reports of COVID infection among residents and staff members at Bay Area senior care facilities – including two in Orinda and Pleasant Hill – have risen as a vulnerable age demographic and workers who support them appear to be bearing the brunt of the pandemic in Contra Costa. The number of residents and staff members…
COVID-19, Cabin Fever, Crashes And Occasional Chaos In The 24/680
Today’s offering took a different turn than originally intended. We were headed in an entirely different direction when we realized all you folks were also out there – and also headed in different directions. We’re not commuting but we’ve heard from folks who still do that road speed, quieted immediately after issuance of the Shelter…
COVID Coffee Diaries: An Appeal For Normalcy In The Year Of Our “Lawd!… What’s Happening Now?!?”
We’ve just completed our second DeCon of the morning, convinced the postal carrier (who seems to come every second or third day now) had this suspicious little cough when they dropped off the weekly quota of cruise ship brochures – and we’ve fallen back on our Old Friend, Mister Latte, in a search for comfort…
Coyote Bites Child At Dublin Hills Regional Park
East Bay Regional Park District officials said a 5-year-old girl was approached and bitten by a coyote at Dublin Hills Regional Park in Dublin Wednesday. A district spokesman said the girl was transported to Oakland Children’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after she was bitten at 2:22 p.m. Officers are on scene and coordinating with…
Life Under Lockdown: Solitary Survival For Some; Enforced Togetherness For Others
Day 4 of the Statewide Directive – The Housebound Dig In. “Most seemed to have heeded the order, issued by He of the Slicked-Back Hair, and fitted their shelters with all manner of ingenious devices meant to stave off infection and, perhaps worse, boredom. Board games, stacks of bound paper known to the ancient ones…
Lafayette’s Leaders Clarify “Essential Business” Definitions
Due to concerns expressed by Lafayette residents, Lafayette Mayor Mike Anderson, working with Lafayette Police Chief Ben Alldritt and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jay Lifson, wishes to clarify which businesses are allowed to remain open in the City of Lafayette during the duration of the Public Health Order issued by Country Costa County on March 16.…
Hunkered In The Bunker: Day One
Day 1 of Quarantine: “We see people, wandering in the rain, drawn and haggard, a hardscrabble shuffle and defeated look on their faces – on the hunt for canned chili, Purell, and breakfast waffles. Sometimes, they stop, and through our binoculars we watch as they raise their bony finger to our air vent and we…
Bare Store Shelves, Looming School Closures, Slick Roads Keep Things Interesting In The 24/680 Saturday
We hope you got your shopping done and you’re off the roads today because some panic buying, coupled with the first real rain in some time, have made for a wet and wild day in the 24/680. Parents preparing to work from home braced themselves for doing so with the kids on hand as more…