Staying Co-Cool In CoCo County This Week
Here are County Employment & Human Services locations in Contra Costa County to cool off during high heat this week: Antioch: 4545 Delta Fair Blvd.Hercules: 151 Linus PaulingMartinez: 40 Douglas DrivePleasant Hill: 400 Ellinwood WayRichmond: 1305 Macdonald EHSD offices are open Wednesday, June 16, through Friday, June 18, from 8 am to 5 pm. See also EHSD Places to Cool (PDF) and Places to Cool in Spanish (PDF).…
And So We Go…
We haven’t done this writing directly thing lately, understanding that not everyone likes our “voice” or cares to listen to us jawjack. If that’s you – feel free to change the channel. But things have been stacking up over the last year, our readers demonstrating a desire to keep in touch by writing us regularly…
Eerie “Twin” Crash Injures Driver In Lafayette Sunday
A little more than a week after a car rolled off eastbound Highway 24 – landing on a dirt access road near 2nd Street and injuring two people – a virtually identical crash happened in much the same place in much the same way early Sunday. Emergency crews converged on the area of 2nd and…
Police Investigating Gunfire Outside Concord Benihana Saturday
Reports of shots fired at or outside the Concord Benihana restaurant in the 1900 block of Diamond Boulevard brought police on the run at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. No one was believed to have been hit. Witnesses reported officers rushing to the area shortly after least one shot was reportedly heard. At least one shell…
Woman Arrested For Attempted Carjacking In Pleasant Hill Wednesday
Pleasant Hill police responded to a call that a woman had attempted to take a baby from its mother’s arms in the parking lot of the Buy Buy Baby store Wednesday, ultimately arresting the woman on suspicion of attempted carjacking. The incident took place at around 10 a.m. Officers eventually determined that the suspect was…
Tactical Teams Search Stoneridge Mall In Pleasanton After Shots Reportedly Fired At Passing Car
Area police descended on Pleasanton’s Stoneridge Mall Tuesday after a man with a gun reportedly fired several shots at a passing car in Lot “E” outside the mall before running back inside. A police tactical team quickly formed up minutes after the report of shots fired was issued at approximately 2:30 p.m. The team conducted…
Ambling Bruin Cruises East County Neighborhoods – Thrilling Critter Fanciers
Amateur naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts are beside themselves over the recent surveillance video filming of a very brown black bear cruising through neighborhoods in Discovery Bay, Knightsen and Oakley. Several videos of el oso have been posted in recent days, showing a curiously unruffled bruin cruising suburban neighborhoods as if they were, well, his. Local…
One Wounded In Concord Shooting Early Tuesday
A man shot while sitting in his car in the 1700 block of Clayton Road in Concord early Tuesday is recovering at a local hospital today. The unidentified victim was shot by a suspect described only as a bearded white male on a bicycle, the suspect approaching and opening fire with a black handgun shortly…
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Dublin Monday
A pedestrian crossing Dublin Boulevard near Hansen Drive was struck and killed by a passing car Monday, according to Dublin police. The unidentified male victim was struck at 9:10 a.m. while crossing north on the boulevard, investigators said. He was hit by a vehicle turning east onto the boulevard from Hansen Drive, although police declined…
Injury Crash In Lafayette Friday
Two people were injured late Friday evening when their car rolled off eastbound Highway 24 and came to rest in the 1000 block of Second Street. The crash was reported at 11:32 p.m. with area residents guiding firefighters to where the vehicle finally came to rest, two people briefly trapped inside – one of them…