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…
Around The 24/680: An Odd Prevailing Quiet
We’re in an aggressive news cycle and many things are happening simultaneously. Change is afoot. Some are handling it better than others. Many among us are digging in, preparing for the long haul. Others have opted out. While maintaining a proper digital distance we’ve been talking with dozens of readers and friends in the last…
Light Rain Leaves Roadways Slick In The 24/680 Saturday
Expected rainfall was welcomed by local gardeners but perhaps cursed by some local drivers Saturday, one local driver capturing the moments after a spinout on the Camino Pablo onramp to westbound Highway 24 this a.m. The incident, one of several reported so far this morning, followed another, fatal crash on southbound I680 at Stone Valley…
The Morning After Report: High-Speed Crash In Moraga; Rude Entries In San Ramon
The question on several folks’ minds in Moraga this morning: If a pickup truck runs from police and crashes into a pole at 90mph, does it make a noise? The answer is: heck, yes, but it’s amazing what some folks can sleep through. An MPD officer on routine patrol on Moraga Road noticed said pickup…