Shoplifting Crews At Work In The 24/680 Friday
ADVISORY: Video clip bears a few Scottish F-Bombs and drug references. Do not open if this offends you. A beautiful morning dawns in the 24/680 and we entertained the idea of playing a little hooky but it seems the local or – dare we say it? – visiting shoplifting crews are hard at work. One…
The Monday Fumble – Stuff We Know, And Things We Don’t
Our title today alludes to the resumption of football season and associated interest in all things football – which is America’s sport after all, isn’t it? Or is it? We don’t watch much anymore and had to be informed that the San Franci… Santa Clara Forty Niners (we can’t keep up) had clawed their way…
Bay Area Pacific Union Realtors Killed In Santa Ana Plane Crash Sunday
Five people killed in a plane crash Sunday afternoon in Santa Ana were Bay Area realtors and consultants headed to a conference in Southern California when their Cessna lost power and crashed into a Santa Ana parking lot. Associates and friends have identified all five victims as Pacific Union agents bound for a Tom Ferry…
The Sunday Rumble
It has only been a few days since we heard of the public caning of gay men in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and – while we believe we have enough issues to remedy right here at home – we also could not help but note that the very region mentioned was rocked by a thunderous 7.0…
Summer In The Suburbs: Lafayette Horses Demand Drive-Thru Lane
First they muscled their way into the Roundup Saloon, now the local horses want a dedicated drive-thru lane at the local eatery. The Bobtail had a Big Mac and the Grey opted for a Bacon Ranch Grilled Chicken Salad because she’s been getting a little hippy lately.
Summer In The Suburbs: Moraga
Overheard in Moraga today as youngsters debated chalking a message on a town sidewalk: “I don’t think we better, they might have security cameras.”
The Sunday Brumble
Chasing a few leads this morning. Trying to brighten the mood here in The News Bunker with something cheery but we haven’t found a really good FeelGood story – and we’re getting tips on the other kind of story, so we’re just going with the flow to see where things take us. Several of you…
Summer Stuff To Do: Agents Of Discovery Go Exploring In Danville
Looking for a great way to get your youngsters outside this summer? The Town of Danville has a new app that lets them be secret agents, investigating our local parks. As part of Parks Make Life Better Month, the Town of Danville has partnered with educational technology platform Agents of Discovery to launch a free app…
Mini-“Carmaggedon” On Pleasant Hill Road In Lafayette Thursday As Semi Stalls
UPDATE: The northbound lanes of Pleasant Hill Road were reopened at 4:50 p.m. ORIGINAL POST: Lafayette police – with some help supplied from neighboring jurisdictions – are fighting to untangle a massive traffic jam on Pleasant Hill Road at Rancho View after a truck stalled there blocking lanes in both directions. Several officers are on…
Despite Arrests, Phone Fraud Continues To Spike With Americans Proving To Be Easy Pickings
It appears we are a wealthy and gullible nation. And those bent on exploiting our gullibility in order to get sizable chunks of that wealth are still doing a land-office business despite our rising rancor and some global law enforcement. Having been around a little and come up in the analog world we have seen…