Power Lineup Unplugged By Power Failure In Concord Saturday
Nice crowd out at the Concord Pavilion tonight, waiting patiently for John Waite, Foreigner and Styx when – fffzzszzip – the power goes out. PG&E says 1,500 are afflicted out in that part of Concord-Clayton but we don’t know if they’re counting the concert goers – who were patiently returning to their cars for the…
Tales From Our Cities
Tip of the fedora to our fellow Urban Roamer Armistead Maupin and the characters he gave us from our former designated playground as we extend tradition and haunt the East Bay’s greasier alleyways and watering holes in search of stories. We’ve been busy dodging careering getaway cars, aerial mortars and flaming garbage trucks lately –…
Garbage Truck Fire Turns I680 Into A Hot Mess
Garbage truck catches fire and burns to the rims on I680 north at Monument Boulevard in Pleasant Hill – pitching area traffic into chaos. Freeway shut down northbound and limited in the opposing direction. The backup is extensive and people are… unhappy. Crews also battled fire spreading into adjacent vegetation.
“Snakes? Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?”
Three businesses damaged by fire in the 2300 block of Concord Boulevard in Concord this morning. Fire, apparently starting in a nail salon, spread to a nearby reptile store and a donut shop. Blaze reported at 3:10 a.m. No injuries reported
Thieves Break Into Car On Danville Freeway Offramp, Purse Stolen
A woman believed to have been followed onto southbound I680 after a shopping trip to Walnut Creek was robbed by two men who smashed her car window on the El Cerro freeway offramp while she was stopped at the light, one of the pair reaching in to take her purse. The victim was examined and…
Postal Carrier Robbed Of Keys, Phone In Walnut Creek Friday
A postal carrier was attacked and robbed at Hillside Avenue and Parkside Drive in Walnut Creek on Friday, two men taking the worker’s postal keys and a cell phone. The theft was reported at 3:57 p.m. with police looking for a white Honda sedan with two masked males aboard. The worker was not believed to…
Lafayette Crash Leads To Search For Assault Suspect
Lamorinda police flooded the area of Pleasant Hill Road and Old Tunnel Road after a crash involving a car wanted in connection with an earlier assault against a police officer in Concord. The Crash occurred at 4:49p.m. with a man described as a black male in his 20 sprinting from the disabled car and fleeing…
The X-Files – BAAA-RT Goat; Canada Hates Us, Too; And Teenage Coochie Coochie Coo
All in all, a pleasant if somewhat strained week in the 24/680 with life playing out as expected for the most part – with a few exceptions: “O Canada, What’d We Do To You?” Our line of work has left us largely inured to casual expression of dissatisfaction or worse by people who don’t like…
Two-Alarm Fire Damages Orinda Home Sunday
An apparent vehicle fire crept into a 3-story residence on Orinda View Road Sunday, escalating the fire response to 2-alarms and causing significant damage to the structure before the bulk of the blaze was brought under control at 3:13 a.m. The blaze was reported at 2:29 a.m. and quickly escalated to 2-alarms after Moraga-Orinda Fire…
Fire Damages Home In Walnut Creek Friday
An apparently faulty heating system led to an early-morning fire at a home in the 300 block of Dover Drive in Walnut Creek Friday, spreading to the interior and burning into the home’s attic before it was declared under control. The fire was reported by a resident of the address at 4:32 a.m., with firefighters…