Monday Musings From 4,000… 3,600 Feet: Dump Trucks And A Window Popping?
Good morrrrrrniiinggg, Ground Huggers! It’s me, Trixie, behind the stick of the famous NEWS24/680 Sopwith and in the air again where I belong! I know it has been a long time. Directly over the junction of our two freeways and on the lookout for traffic jams and Thunder Runners dodging those newfangled license plate reading…
Local Men Race To Rescue San Ramon Resident From Submerged Car Tuesday
Two local men heard that Highland Road crash we mentioned on our Facebook page yesterday, and they knew it was time to act. Dan Rich and Clayton Wiedemann arrived at the scene of the crash on Highland Road near Collier Canyon Road in Livermore and spotted the car upside down in a murky and swiftly-moving creek.…
Fore-Feet Deep! Blackhawk Golf Course Water Hazard Is A Doozy!
Reader Brent Bowen kindly sent in this photo of the broadening water hazard at Blackhawk today, Tuesday, getting a little help from Ma Nature. Hackers may want to choke up on their swings and play this one waaaay left!
It’s The Beav! Ailing Critter Heals At Lindsay Wildlife, Enjoys Tail-Slapping Welcome Home
The good folks at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek took in a storm-battered, plastic-ingesting beaver found a little the worse for wear at Joe Henderson Elementary in Benicia earlier this month, nursed him back to health and celebrated his return to his lodge Thursday. The 50-pound critter was released back into the open space…
Thousands Gather For Women’s March In Walnut Creek Saturday
Thousands of women from as far away as Sacramento joined others in cities and towns across the country in a nationwide demonstration of dissatisfaction with the nation’s pick for its president – filling Walnut Creek’s Civic Park. A few medical incidents were reported, with people in the crowd helping those afflicted until first responders could reach…
Orindans Help Florida Beating Victim Return Home
Almost a year after he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a fight outside an Orinda house party, Michael Jerrido has returned to his home in Largo, Fla. – largely due to donations from residents of the town where he was injured. Jerrido, a football player attending Chabot College in Hayward, was part of a…
Calm Before The Storm – NEWS24/680 Aviatrix Trixie Goodheart Gets In A Little Air Time
Greetings and Salutations Groundhogs! It’s me, Trixie, at the stick of the NEWS24/680 Sopwith and doing a little open cockpit flying over the former ranch land where our two major freeways link up before the skies close in and go dark on us yet again. It’s gorgeous up here. I’m at 4,000 ftAGL (that’s Above…
Infamous “Sinkhole Junction” Claims Another Victim In Moraga Monday
The NEWS24/680 Jungle Drums really started pounding Monday after a tractor-trailer failed to make a the turn at Rheem Boulevard and Moraga Road tonight, high centering on the median in front of Autohaus and clipping a streetlight. The truck was traveling south on Moraga Road when it tried to make a right-hand turn at Rheem…
“Who? Me?” Wile E. ‘Yote Spotted In Walnut Creek Wednesday
Readers know we appreciate getting Critter Cam photos here at NEWS24/680. This one came from Walnut Creek resident Julie Hulin after a tiptoeing Coyote tripped the shutter of a surveillance camera. Julie says this Wile E. was spotted on Homestead Avenue around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday. Kind of a classic “What was that?” pose for these…
Lamorinda’s Phantom Landscaper Moves South – Eluding Investigators And Angry Customers
A notoriously mobile landscaper/contractor named to the Contractors State License Board’s “Most Wanted” list in the wake of crimes committed here in Lamorinda and elsewhere in Contra Costa has resurfaced – under yet another name – this time in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. “I can’t believe he’s still getting away with this,” said San Jose resident…