Overnight Fire At Slow Hand Barbecue In Pleasant Hill Rekindles Monday
As we reported last night, fire at the Slow Hand BBQ location on Oak Park Boulevard in Pleasant Hill did extensive damage to the business Sunday night – only to re-kindle and burn again Monday morning. Several ConFire units are on scene – responding to reports that the fire had started again at 7:12a.m. This…
Thieves Raid Moraga’s Golden Palace
Moraga police received a report of a possible burglary at the Golden Palace restaurant on Monday afternoon at about 5 p.m., Chief Jon King confirmed Friday. King said officers responded to the restaurant, 581 Moraga Road, and found that one of the glass entrance doors had been smashed and the business ransacked. Officers determined that…
Quake Swarm Continues In San Ramon Monday
A series of earthquakes, some mere minutes apart and the highest registering 4.2 Magnitude, rolled through the Lower 24/680 Monday morning – prompting officials to invoke an earthquake protocol for emergency services and nervous residents to share their experiences on our Facebook Page!
Walnut Creek Fire Displaces At Least One Sunday
At least one resident was displaced by an early-morning blaze at the Ygnacio Gardens Apartments, 1919 Ygnacio Valley Road on Sunday. Heavy damage to the affected unit with possible intrusion to another. Red Cross officials were working to secure shelter for the resident, who was not injured. The fire was reported at 5:30a.m.
Concord To Benicia Pursuit Shakes Up The Freeway Thursday
Spirited chase from Concord to Benicia drew a lot of police and some air support as the operator of a white pickup truck made a break for the border Thursday night – with police hot on his tail. White knuckle speeds, a spike-stripping, a foot bail and eventual arrest in Benicia – we think for…
A Little Bit Strummer, A Little Bit Sedani – Searching For Hope And Truth
We’re bingeing on Joe Strummer and Italian food after a helpful recommendation launched us down Stanley Tucci’s culinary voyage to the Old Country, fighting off snarky pundits and subsequent calorie infusion as the country seeks its moral compass and we seek the perfect Carbonara. Heckuva past coupla weeks, wouldn’t you agree? We’re decompressing in our…
“Wallflowers”
The City of Lafayette hosted a gathering recognizing completion of the first mural in the city’s Downtown Mural Program on Monday. Lafayette native and artist Rachel Perls kicked off the downtown art project with her interpretation of the native Matilija poppy, currently growing on the west-facing wall of Zahra Boutique Salon, 3578 Mt. Diablo Boulevard.…
Officer-Involved Shooting On I-80 In Hercules Thursday
A confrontation on I-80 in Hercules led to an officer-involved shooting with a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds and an officer injured early Thursday morning. Details remain scarce but things seemed to have kicked off at about 7:15a.m. with reports of a man hitting passing cars with some sort of a metal object on westbound…
Shooting Case Starts In Oakley, Ends In Orinda Monday
A shooting reported just after 1am Monday in the area of Rubens Way and Cypress Road in Oakley early Monday snowballed into a high-speed chase out SR4 and onto Highway 24 that ultimately ended with two arrests in Orinda. One teen was reportedly treated for a gunshot “graze” wound to the head. Two suspects, also…
Sheriff Investigating Latest In-Custody Death At Martinez Detention Facility
From the Office of the Sheriff: The county-wide law enforcement involved fatal incident protocol has been invoked for an in-custody death at the Martinez Detention Facility this afternoon. At about 5:08 PM, a deputy sheriff found an inmate unresponsive in his cell on B module. He immediately requested Contra Costa Health jail medical staff respond,…