Family Of Missing Pittsburg Youth Find Him Alongside Highway 4 In Concord Saturday
The family of a missing Pittsburg man found his body alongside Highway 4 Saturday. The body of Damond Lazenby Jr., 19, was found in an area that had been searched by police and volunteers earlier in the week, according to Concord police. In a release issued through their Facebook page investigators said they do not have…
A New Day – And A Wet Weekend – Is Upon Us
PG&E’s Mount Diablo Cam captures dawning of a new day: What will it bring? Rain, we’re told, which is both good for us and bad. We’re out and about, check in when you can… if you can.
Lafayette Declares Storm Emergency
From the City of Lafayette: Lafayette has proclaimed a Local State of Emergency due to severe storms expected this week, following flooding and mudslides just days ago during the storm on December 31. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected from this afternoon (Wednesday, January 4) through Thursday morning. Flooding is likely in some parts…
COVID-Positive Inmate Dies In Jail Quarantine Tuesday
From the Office of the Sheriff: In-Custody Death Investigation The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the Contra Costa DA’s Office are currently investigating an in-custody death that occurred at the Martinez Detention Facility this afternoon. The 31-year-old, who is not being identified at this time, was arrested on December 31, 2022, by…
Thieves Use Rock To Smash Danville Bank Customer’s Car Window; Take Computer, Purse, Cash
An unnerving string of robberies at Bay Area banking locations resumed Tuesday after a brazen assault on a driver at the Wells Fargo branch in Danville. Thieves, described preliminarily as two black males and a black female in their early 20s, targeted a car at 3402 Camino Tassajara and apparently smashed the car window with…
24/680 Locals Using Tuesday To Prep For Expected Storm
Residents in our service area are using a break between storms to shore up their hillsides, patch their roofs and fill sandbags in advance of a predicted and potentially destructive storm forecast to slam into us on Wednesday. Hit hard by a storm that arrived and lingered over the New Year’s weekend residents battled widespread…
2023 Arrives In The 24/680 – With Bangs And Sirens
Our brand spanking New Year arrived, rain-washed and crystalline – but not completely untarnished as we humans set about doing what we do: screwing up, mightily. We broke tradition and did not party until our heads pounded, eschewing even our traditional birthday toast to our New Year’s Eve-born ancestor, and ended up working through it…
Mudding, Flooding, Running Creeks And Evacuations – A Helluva Day In The 24/680
Unceasing rainfall pushed local creeks to their limits and beyond, sank more than one SUV and prompted road closures and evacuations as water levels crept into local homes and businesses. Mudslides were reported in Orinda and Danville, flooding caused road closures and admonitions from local officials warning residents not to risk driving and to stay…
Booms, Bad Boys, And Bomb Squads
Getting harder and harder to get any sleep around here as jangled journalists embrace insomnia as a life-long condition and find themselves chasing things that go “bloop” in the night. Lensmen Sean McDonough, Eric Blume and Craig Cannon were out and about in the wet these past few nights, seeing the things photographers see that…
For The Fallen…
No end of the year wrap-up would be complete without a deep scrub of the photo archives and a selection of those images which have touched us in one way or another as we chronicled our 365 days together in the 24/680. This small sampling of the dozens of images we’ve collected of splintered power…