Fatal Crash In Orinda Tuesday
A 61-year-old Berkeley nurse was killed in a fiery crash at Bear Creek and Happy Valley roads Tuesday. Witnesses reported a 2007 Toyota Prius had gone off the road, down an embankment and into a tree at that location at approximately 3:20 p.m. Both witnesses and rescuers reported that the car, which had lodged against…
Woman Killed Crossing I-680 In San Ramon Early Monday
A woman apparently attempting to cross southbound I-680 at the Bollinger Canyon East onramp was struck and killed by a motorist early Monday. The deceased was identified Wednesday as Judy Airaksinen, 56, of Concord – believed to be living in Danville. Airaksinen was reportedly attempting to cross from the right hand side of the freeway…
Multi-Casualty, Major Injury Crash On Mines Road In Livermore Friday
A Livermore High School student was killed and five other teens injured when the pickup they were riding in rolled off Mines Road and down a 200-foot embankment f. Two of the injured were airlifted to area hospitals while four others were taken for treatment via ambulance, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. A…
Chunky Air Prompts Miramonte High Gridders To Search For Greener Field
Unhealthy air quality forced at least one local school to call off their planned Friday Night Lights and search for more favorable turf tonight – an effort that ultimately proved unsuccessful. When Miramonte High School school officials researched local air quality levels and found Orinda at 180 (not good) they opted to cancel their game…
Stromberg Resigns From Moraga Town Council
Another gap has opened on a local government council with the recent resignation of Moraga Town Council Member David Stromberg, who submitted his resignation letter to town officials on Thursday. In his letter, Stromberg said personal and private circumstances were behind his decision to leave Moraga, adding that he would end his tenure with the…
Alleged Shoplifter Leaves Trail Of Debris, Angry Motorists After Sprint Into Walnut Creek Thursday
A suspected shoplifter fleeing police in a Toyota van allegedly struck several vehicles before attempting to exit I-680 at Ygnacio Valley and crashing at high speed near the Walnut Creek BART station. Witnesses in the area at the time said the van appeared to be “pushing 100 mph” when it crashed at Ygnacio and Oakland…
Health Officials Reaffirm Support For In-Person Schooling
From Contra Costa Health Services: As Bay Area Health Officials, we are excited that more than a million Kindergarten-12thgrade students are returning to school for in-person learning this fall across the wider San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa…
Wei-Tai Kwok Appointed To Lafayette City Council
The Lafayette City Council has appointed Wei-Tai Kwok to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Councilmember Cameron Burks. The City Council selected Kwok at a special meeting on August 24, 2021 by a vote of three to one, and he was sworn in at the online meeting. Kwok will serve on the City Council…
ScreenShots: “Rudderless”
We’ll lead this one off with an outright bias admission: We just finished rolling through Rudderless for the third time and it still gets us in all the right places at all the right times. First time out of the directorial blocks for William H. Macy, who has benefited much from his apparent understanding and…
All Down The Line – Stones Pulsebeat Charlie Watts Dead At 80
Publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today, surrounded by his family.” “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.