The Sunday Rumination: Homeless Wars; One Bad Guy At Good Guys Car Show, And Californians – The New Unwanted
Hold your ground, Californians! Apparently we’re not wanted anywhere else! We used to be the “Go To” State – the Land of Milk and Honey and the destination of choice for The Joads, Wannabe Surfers, New Yawkers tired of life in their Apple and seekers of all stripes seeking enlightenment in a land valued for…
Airbnb CEO Announces Company-Wide Ban On Party Houses; Promises Strict Enforcement
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced in a succession of tweets Saturday that the company would ban “party houses” and said the company “must do better, and we will” in preventing pop-up party scenarios from occurring in future. Chesky, referring directly to the Halloween Night mass shooting at an Airbnb rental in Orinda which left five people dead,…
All Clear – The 24/680 Dodges A Fast-Moving Bullet – And Takes A Hot Shower To Celebrate
At times, when we were cobbling together our Internet and trying to file a story from the front seat of the Newsmobile while sirens wailed and air tankers roared in to deploy a pretty pink swath of Phos-Chek – we were tempted to say in our best radio baritone: “This… is Lamorinda.” Edward R. might…
Moraga Plays “The Guessing Game” When It Comes To Its Frauds, Fires
Moraga has always liked playing games. Some lesser-known examples of sport have flourished within our boundaries, everything from Disc Golf to Hacky Sack competitions, but the latest game to arrive in MoTown is “The Guessing Game.” If you live here, or even if you do not, you may know that two of this little burg’s…
Marauders At The Gate – They’re Getting Better
Sitting here with our miner’s lamps on, readying ourselves for a grid-down environment populated by latte-crazed Soccer Moms battering down our doors to get at our espresso reserves – we just weren’t in the mood to get, this. Some of you may have gotten one of these in the past and we don’t know what…
What’d I See? Armored Car Called Out After Growers Beat Suspected Pot Raiders
This caught the attention of readers in East County Saturday night and piqued our interest as Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies called for assistance from their SWAT unit as well as aerial assets. The initial call was for at least one person, possibly shot and wounded in a field along 70000 Holland Tract Road in…
Walnut Creek Transit Village Groundbreaking Monday; First-Phase Construction Of 596 New Apartments
A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for today, Monday, Oct. 7 at 11am to mark the start of construction of the Walnut Creek Transit Village. When complete, the project will consist of a 16-acre mixed-use community of 596 apartments and 26,000 square-feet of retail on the former surface parking lots at the Walnut Creek Bay Area…
What’d I See? Police Activity On Wiget Lane In Walnut Creek Wednesday
Thanks to an alert reader we shifted our attention to Wiget Lane and Comista Drive yesterday, Wednesday, upon hearing of a “small army” of police converging on the area. Neighbors and passersby said a man appeared to have been taken into custody and police have confirmed their presence in the neighborhood as well as the…
What’d I See? Carjacking Caper Ends On Solano Way In Concord Wednesday
Readers in the area of Solano Way near Hillside Drive noted a considerable police presence in the area Wednesday, and we Flashed what we could safely say about operations at the time but, as usual, there was more to the story: The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a carjacking with a threat of…
Are Local Drivers Playing Chicken With 18-Wheelers In Canyon?
Folks in the know who don’t mind circuitous back road routes and hairpin turns have been using Pinehurst Road in Canyon as a shortcut from Moraga to Piedmont/Montclair/Oakland for years. On Monday, we received calls from frustrated locals reporting a collision between an inbound 18-wheeler hauling chickens and a small outbound passenger car – the…