Berkeley PD Concerned By Fireworks, Bonfires On Grizzly Peak Boulevard
From Berkeley PD: Berkeley, California (Tuesday, September 15, 2020) – Over the past few days, there have been concerns about persons igniting fireworks and bonfires along the turnouts of Grizzly Peak Boulevard between Centennial Drive and Claremont Avenue—increasing the danger of fire to our community. To prevent, deter and stop these reckless behaviors, the University of California…
Second Fire In Three Days At Walnut Creek Home Believed To Have Been Set
Firefighters returned to a home in the 200 block of Tamarisk Drive in Walnut Creek Sunday – days after an earlier fire at the residence gutted the garage and damaged the upper floor. Last night’s blaze was reported at approximately 9:30 p.m. and was believed to have started after someone threw or set a combustible…
Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Walnut Creek Home Friday
Firefighters were met by smoke and flame upon arrival at a home in the 200 block of Tamarisk Drive in Walnut Creek early Friday, declaring a second-alarm when their initial check determined the garage area of the home was fully engulfed in flame. The fire was discovered burning at the two-story residence at 3:12 a.m.,…
Pacheco Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter In Connection With Death Of Lafayette Resident
A suspect allegedly involved in an apparent vehicular homicide that claimed the life of a Lafayette woman near Buchanan Field Airport early Saturday was formally charged Thursday with gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. The Contra Costa County D.A.’s Office brought charges against 26-year-old Anthony Johnathan Buscemi of Pacheco in connection with the…
Martian Colonization Experiment Underway In The Bay Area
Those scientists, you know, those nutty folks in white lab coats and spinning propellor beanies who have been warning us for some time about our bad habits and how they would come back to haunt us, are preparing us for our retreat to Mars by substituting that planet’s atmosphere for ours. So far we humanoids…
Whee! 3.4 Magnitude Shaker Rolls Through The 24/680 Sunday
A temblor registering 3.4 Magnitude rumbled through the 24/680 at 11:43 a.m. Sunday, prompting a few anxious glances but no apparent damage. It appears to have been epicentered two miles east southeast of San Leandro.
“So, What’d I See?” – In Pleasant Hill Saturday Night…
We put out these alerts, see, and a lot of you get them and react to them and they’re real-time and informative and – apparently – often helpful for people. But, since we don’t carry badges or actually type out the reports we can’t put a period on these newsy little snippets of life until…
Lafayette Woman Killed In Concord Vehicular Homicide
As we reported early this morning, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched to a report of a body found at the 5000 block of Marsh Road in an unincorporated area north of Buchanan Field Airport. Upon arrival at approximately 1:14 a.m., deputies and CHP Officers located a deceased female on the road.…
One Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Martinez Swim Center Saturday
Fire investigators are sifting through wreckage at the Rankin Aquatic Center, 100 Buckley Street, in Martinez Saturday after an early morning fire briefly trapped one person in an attic store room before it could be brought under control. The unidentified victim was rescued by firefighters and airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment of smoke…
(Political) Signs Of The Times – Orinda Offers Guidelines
Election Day looms and temporary political signage is sprouting like Moraga Daffodils again as we get closer to picking our future leaders. Orinda City Manager Steve Salomon gently reminded residents and potential sign-planters within his purview to be mindful of their placement – please – as well as considerations the city has made to make…