Quake Swarm Continues In San Ramon Monday
A series of earthquakes, some mere minutes apart and the highest registering 4.2 Magnitude, rolled through the Lower 24/680 Monday morning – prompting officials to invoke an earthquake protocol for emergency services and nervous residents to share their experiences on our Facebook Page!
A Little Bit Strummer, A Little Bit Sedani – Searching For Hope And Truth
We’re bingeing on Joe Strummer and Italian food after a helpful recommendation launched us down Stanley Tucci’s culinary voyage to the Old Country, fighting off snarky pundits and subsequent calorie infusion as the country seeks its moral compass and we seek the perfect Carbonara. Heckuva past coupla weeks, wouldn’t you agree? We’re decompressing in our…
“Wallflowers”
The City of Lafayette hosted a gathering recognizing completion of the first mural in the city’s Downtown Mural Program on Monday. Lafayette native and artist Rachel Perls kicked off the downtown art project with her interpretation of the native Matilija poppy, currently growing on the west-facing wall of Zahra Boutique Salon, 3578 Mt. Diablo Boulevard.…
Orinda-Concord BART Service Disruption Wednesday; No Mention Of Fire At Lafayette Substation
BART service stopped early Wednesday morning between Concord and Orinda because of what the agency described as a “trackside” power issue for about 90 minutes, forcing hundreds of commuters onto established bus bridges to bypass the affected stations. Around 5:10 a.m., the agency announced that service had been halted on the Yellow Line between the…
e-WildOnes Try To Outrun Moraga/Lafayette PD Tuesday; One e-Arrested
Most of you know by now that our Flash System lit up last night with word of a police pursuit of sorts pushing from Moraga into Lafayette with officers behind a group of teens on electric motorcycles. Here’s a bit more of that story, from Moraga PD: At approximately 5:15 PM, a Moraga Police officer…
Deep Thoughts: King Tides; Social MEdia, And Soldier Of Fortune Fanboys
Sloshing around, re-shaping the world in our heads. We don’t know why the rest of the world doesn’t think as we do, it’s clear to us we’re one of the globe’s last great thinkers. Instead, we apply our immense cranial power to more mundane problems – like how to keep the home barista steam nozzle…
Wet And Wild 24 Hours On 24/680; MOFD Truck Struck By Hit-Run Driver
The area’s recent rainstorms turned long stretches of our local freeways into debris fields as cars spun out, overturned and, in one instance, ran into the back of a massive Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District firetruck. Crashes almost too numerous to cite were reported through Friday night into Saturday morning with frequent trouble spots emerging on…
Two Dead, One Arrested After Apparent Family Disturbance In Concord Wednesday
Two people were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds following a call of a family disturbance at a home in the 3900 block of Walnut Avenue Wednesday. A third person in the residence at the time was subsequently arrested on unspecified charges. The identities of the deceased were not released, nor was the name of…
Moragan – Or Maybe A Visitor – Lines Up Lotto Numbers To Win $401,000 Windfall
Of course, they don’t get all of that, as the tax man is waiting with his hand out, but it’s still a nice, round number to think about for now. Some lucky player (they have yet to come forward) picked five of five winning numbers in the Tuesday night draw, purchasing the ducat at the…
Stakeout Leads To Crashes, Arrests In San Ramon Monday
The San Ramon Police Department Investigations Division conducted a surveillance operation related to suspects believed to be connected to multiple vehicle burglaries and stolen vehicles in San Ramon and surrounding jurisdictions. Detectives had received information indicating the suspects were likely to return to the Kyler Court and Kyler Lane area in San Ramon, where a…