Coyote Bites Child At Dublin Hills Regional Park
East Bay Regional Park District officials said a 5-year-old girl was approached and bitten by a coyote at Dublin Hills Regional Park in Dublin Wednesday. A district spokesman said the girl was transported to Oakland Children’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after she was bitten at 2:22 p.m. Officers are on scene and coordinating with…
County Health Official Sketches “Worst Case” COVID-19 Death Rate: Says 14,000 Could Perish In Contra Costa
At Tuesday’s Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors meeting, Contra Costa Health Services Officer Chris Farnitano reported that – worst case -as many as 14,000 county residents could die as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Farnitano and other Bay Area health officials have said that the next two to three weeks would be a…
One Dead In I-680 Motorcycle Crash In Danville Sunday
Police and firefighters responded to the scene of a fatal collision involving a motorcycle on northbound I-680 just north of El Cerro Boulevard a little after 8 p.m. Sunday. Officers said the unidentified male rider of a red 2004 Honda CBR motorcycle was located in the roadway and declared deceased at the scene. A CHP…
Two Detained After Wrong-Way Pursuit On Highway 24 In Lafayette Sunday Morning
Two men were detained after a wrong-way chase on Highway 24 early Sunday morning, police backing off but keeping their car in sight until it was stopped at Pleasant Hill and Deer Hill roads at 1 a.m. The two occupants were detained at gunpoint as police converged on the area. No injuries were reported. The…
Bay Area School Districts Extend Closures Through May 1
San Jose, CA – Seven Bay Area County Health Officers, in collaboration with their six County Superintendents of Schools have made a unified, regional decision to extend school closures and student dismissals from regular school attendance through May 1, 2020, to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible. The safety and wellness…
Passenger Killed In Clayton Crash Tuesday; Driver Booked On Suspicion Of DUI
Police in Clayton responded to a report of a crash in the 5400 block of Clayton Road Tuesday, arriving to find that a vehicle had crashed into an unoccupied, parked work truck at that location. Officers rendered aid to the occupants of the car, finding a male passenger deceased and the female driver with minor…
Three Contra Costa County Firefighters Test Positive For COVID-19
Three Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) and are at home under self-quarantine, a district spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Steve Hill said that 8 district employees people have been tested for COVID-19 with 3 testing positive, 3 testing negatively and 2 others awaiting results. Hill said the positive tests…
One Dead In I680 Crash In San Ramon Tuesday
A San Ramon man was killed when his car left the road and overturned on southbound I680 north of Bollinger Canyon Tuesday. Firefighters following up on reports of a car off the road at that location located the wreckage and found the driver deceased inside at 6:51 a.m. The driver was later identified as Matthew…
Life Under Lockdown: Solitary Survival For Some; Enforced Togetherness For Others
Day 4 of the Statewide Directive – The Housebound Dig In. “Most seemed to have heeded the order, issued by He of the Slicked-Back Hair, and fitted their shelters with all manner of ingenious devices meant to stave off infection and, perhaps worse, boredom. Board games, stacks of bound paper known to the ancient ones…
DeSaulnier’s Condition Worsens; Currently In Critical Condition
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, hospitalized after falling and fracturing a rib while jogging more than a week ago, is in critical condition and battling complications of pneumonia, his office reported Saturday. The California Democrat, 67, has been tested for coronavirus but subsequently proved negative for the virus, a spokesman said. His condition, however, worsened over the course…