Three Dead, Five Wounded At Richmond Party Sunday
Three people were killed and five others wounded at an overnight shooting in Richmond Sunday. Witnesses said the shooting occurred at a traditional Guatemalan music and dance party held on Father’s Day, with possibly two gunmen opening fire on a houseful of about 100 celebrants in the 2100 block of Dunn Avenue just before 11…
The Post-Weekend Fishwrapper
One of the few advantages of this foreshadowing of Global Incineration they’ve been telling us about is how it tends to increase the productivity of a normal workday through anxiety and sleep deprivation. Being San Franciscans, mostly, and used to being coddled in a billowy, white Marine Layer dotted with the lulling boomlets of foghorns…
Police Close Moraga Way In Orinda After Early-Morning Crash Saturday
Lamorinda police closed Moraga Way at Coral Drive in Orinda after a wayward motorist crashed through a power pole and a traffic light at the intersection early Saturday. Police responded to the area at 1:16 a.m. to find the car and widespread damage. The car’s young driver was detained by police for investigation of DUI…
One Killed In Walnut Creek Shooting Thursday
One person was shot and killed in Walnut Creek Thursday, police checking a white car that came to rest on a sidewalk in the area of Ygnacio Valley Road and N. California Boulevard shortly after shots were reported at 10:55 p.m. and discovering a body inside. Initial details were sparse due to the hour but…
CON FIRE Announces Arrest After Fireworks-Related Fire In San Pablo
From Con Fire: CONCORD, CALIF., June 17, 2021 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators made a fireworks-related arrest Tuesday in relation to a fireworks-caused fire on an apartment balcony in the 15000 block of Crestwood Drive, SanPablo. A 16-year-old resident of San Pablo was arrested for Fire…
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…