Early Morning Fire Guts Lin’s Buffet Building Monday
Fire ravaged the Lin’s Buffet restaurant at Willow Pass Road and Waterworld Parkway in Concord early Monday morning, prompting road closures and drawing onlookers despite the hour. It was not immediately known what started the blaze, reported at 2:39 a.m. Crews responding to the blaze found themselves on the defensive as heavy fire continued to…
Search For Missing Swimmer At Livermore’s Lake Del Valle Called Off Due To Darkness
Rescue crews have launched boats and are searching the waters near the dam at Lake Del Valle in Livermore for a man who reportedly entered the water from a boat in the area and did not surface. Rescue divers and craft from the Alameda County Fire Water Rescue unit were searching the area where the…
Search For Missing Pleasanton Runner Stretches Into Fourth Day
The search for a 37-year-old Berkeley man who set off into midday heat for a run in the hills near Moller Ranch staging area in Pleasanton stretched into its third day Monday with no trace of the missing man being found. So far, the search for Philip Kreycik has turned up no evidence of the…
Repeat DUI Driver Crashes In Danville Friday; Five Injured
A 53-year-old San Ramon man on probation for an earlier DUI and with multiple DUI convictions in his past was arrested after a destructive crash which left five people injured and debris strewn across Camino Tassajara near Tassajara Lane Friday night. Police and fire personnel responded to a report of a collision in the area…
Friday: A “Come To Jesus” Morning Caps A Tumultuous Week
If there was ever a week to come along and remind us all we’re living in the Great Golden State it was this one with egg-broiling heat, Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em seismic events and some human stories coming together in engaging, often very sad ways. Some among us go before their Earthly Judges today, some…
“Our Bella’s Back And We’re All Cel-a-bratin’… A Ya, A Ya, Our Bella’s Back!”
Little Bella’s humans let her out for a pee break on the Fourth and when the booming started at around 7:30 p.m. Bella took off, headed for the hills and leaving her Parkside neighborhood far behind. It turned out she sought refuge at Station 84 on Railroad Avenue in Pittsburg – where a photo was…
Moraga Man Dead After Apparent Fall In El Dorado County
Officials in El Dorado County have confirmed that a Moraga resident was found dead at the base of a cliff in Lake Tahoe earlier this month. A sheriff’s office spokesman said Bryan J. Temple, 67, was found dead near Eagle Falls on July 3 after officials received calls from concerned citizens reporting a possible body…
The Party’s Over… ‘Til Next Year
Americans celebrated Independence Day in typically American fashion up and down the 24/680 Sunday, sealing off cul de sacs and sending up personal pyrotechnics with varying effect and number of complaints. Local fire departments were kept busy responding to reports of things afire though, when all was said and done, our local fire district reported…
Police Investigate Beating Death In Concord Friday
A section of Willow Pass Road was shut down Friday after a man was found beaten to death near 1505 Willow Pass. Witnesses first reported seeing the man down in the area, rocks near his head, at approximately 4:50 p.m. Officers dispatched to the scene located the victim and hurried to stop a man seen…
Con Fire Sets Up Phone Line To Report Illegal Fireworks
CONCORD, CALIF., July 2, 2021 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced the availability of a toll-free phone number for use by residents to immediately reach their local law enforcement non-emergency phone lines to report illegal fireworks use in their areas. The illegal fireworks reporting phone number is 1-833-885-2021. The phone…