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…
Poet’s Corner Residents Say They Beat Back Daylight Kick-In Robbery In Pleasant Hill Tuesday
NOTE: Accompanying video of previous, recent daylight burglary attempt in Pleasanton Occupants of a Poet’s Corner home in Pleasant Hill say they received an abrupt and meaningful lesson in the breadth of local crime Tuesday when their front door was kicked in and they were rushed by four men who stole unspecified items before they…
If A Cow Rams A Deputy During A Flo-Speed Chase, Can We Call It A Grazing Wound?
You have to ponder these things in this business sometimes, and last night was one of those times. In one of those quiet, cold nights built for Flash Alerts we took note of bursts of activity up and down the 24/680 Corridor and tried to keep up as anxious residents, nighthawk limousine operators and other…
Whistling In The Newsroom
Every profession has its basic tenets. In journalism, they are: Never go on vacation; No whistling in the newsroom, and – perhaps most important – never, ever say “Boy, it sure is quiet out there...” We received the latter comment from a reader early Sunday morning. Our reaction, driven home by far too many years…
Skimming Device Gives Moraga Wells Fargo Customers Headaches Last Week
An electronic debit card skimming device surreptitiously embedded on the Moraga Wells Fargo ATM machines may have briefly enriched its builder – netting them everything from sneakers to porn site subscriptions – but it was nothing but a headache for bank staff and the customers it victimized. “We definitely have a case being investigated as…
Pen Pals
We wrangle words for a living here at News24/680. No matter how you look at it we’re constantly pecking out short Flash Blasts, Tweeter Things, Facebook Friendly posts and the longer-form stuff that makes the site – like this – in order to reach The Masses. Every so often we manage to wrangle the words…