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…
It’s 2020 – Locals Ring In The New Year With Restraint
The arrival of Double Twenty was greeted with a sort of quiet restraint, as far as we can tell, though there were one or two ragers out there with some dedicated partying. It’s quiet out there for the most part, we’ve been roaming around, “You Belong To The City” running on our own personal soundtrack…
Holiday Leftovers
This happens to be our favorite time of year, as it is for so many of you, and we’re embracing the Warm and Fuzzy feelings generated by the Holidays as descending rain and fog is offset by Christmas trees and a fire in our fireplace. While the story line of our National Politics seems to…
Busy Night In The 24/680 Friday: Whirlies Whirling; Burglars Come Calling; Laptop Snatching
Hopes for a quiet Friday evening in the 24/680 (“The Numbers”) were dashed early on as our antique switchboard began to light up with calls from people unfortunate enough to run afoul of ne’er do wells at work. Things got underway early with an air and ground search for a man wanted for an outstanding…
Sunday Summary: Burglars With Nice Rides; Local Kid Turns One Down; Car Miners Getting Better – And High-Profile Arrests
In an era where we we don’t find ourselves agreeing on very much we think we can agree it was a busy, newsy week for us all here in the 24/680. Local bikers celebrated the opening of a bike lane link between our county (Contra Costa) and Marin this weekend, many pausing to admire the…
“What’d I See?” – Foot Races And Air Show In Concord Saturday Night
Veteran readers reacted to our post on some police activity in Concord Saturday night, with things getting increasingly – busy – until we stopped posting updates to keep our info from falling into the wrong hands. It turns out officers from Concord’s Special Enforcement Team saw a silver Jeep speeding on Cowell Rd. but weren’t…