Danville Hoarding Condition Leads To Confiscation Of Dozens Of Cats, Dogs
A strike team of animal services workers responded to a Danville property Friday after getting reports of dozens of animals being kept in unsafe, unsanitary conditions. Contra Costa Animal Services workers along with representatives from ARF, East Bay SPCA and Berkeley Humane Society went to the unidentified property to gather and assess the condition of…
“Fill ‘Er Up, Buddy, Willya? Oh… MAMA!”
If you’re out and about in one of those dino-powered gas guzzlers you have our sympathy if the sticker shock is proving to be too much these days. If you have money to burn you may not have batted an eye, but Nighthawk Craig Cannon noted the price tag for petrol at a Chevron in…
Thieves Assault, Rob Man On Homestead Avenue In Walnut Creek Friday
A man walking in the 1000 block of Homestead Avenue in Walnut Creek was pistol-whipped and robbed by two men who escaped in a car last seen heading towards Walnut Boulevard Friday. The robbery was reported at 5:41 p.m., when two men identified as black, wearing full face masks and driving a white Camaro with…
Walnut Creek Man Killed After Ygnacio Valley Road Crash Friday
A 54-year-old Walnut Creek man who crashed his car on Ygnacio Valley Road was hit and killed by a second car after he stepped out of his car and into the roadway Friday. The fatality, first reported just after 7 a.m., shut down the intersection of Ygnacio Valley and Oak Grove roads for hours. Adam…
Blowback – Are We Witnessing The End Of Gas-Powered “Gardening” Gear In California?
You may have heard that California is poised to become the first state in the nation to phase out the use of gas-powered lawn equipment, aka blowers, mowers, and trimmers. Depending on your preferences and threshold for pain, you’re either leaping for joy right now or speed dialing your lawyer to file a blocking lawsuit…
Contra Costa To Lift Masking Requirements In Some Indoor Settings Nov. 1
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations declining, Contra Costa County will lift masking requirements on Nov. 1 in certain indoor settings where everyone is fully vaccinated. Eligible settings are in controlled spaces not open to the general public, including offices, gyms and fitness centers, employee commuter vehicles, indoor college classes and organized gatherings in any other…
Skateboarder Stabbed After Altercation In Pleasant Hill Wednesday
A young man skateboarding in the area of Putnam and Oak Park boulevards was stabbed by the occupants of a passing car Wednesday night after someone in the car threw eggs at the victim and he retaliated. Police are looking for an older model white Toyota Corolla 4-door or possibly similar car with a windshield…
“Ram Raiders” Strike Local Merchants Overnight
Local Ram Raiders – those prone to driving their vehicles into storefronts in order to plunder the contents – were at work in the 24/680 overnight. A van drove into a liquor and food store in the 600 block of Gregory Lane at about 4:50 a.m. this morning, the raiders stuffing the store’s ATM in…
PG&E To Conduct Gas Safety And Reliability Inspection In Unincorporated Walnut Creek
From Contra Costa County Public Works: PG&E to Conduct a Gas Safety and Reliability Inspection in Unincorporated Walnut Creek October 8, 2021, unincorporated Walnut Creek, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works Department has issued a permit to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to conduct a routine gas transmission maintenance inspection along Olympic Boulevard…
Can We Scrub The Planet’s Atmosphere – One Individual Forest At A Time?
We’re looking for land. It’s a thing of ours – all the ancestors were miners and ranchers and farriers and they all had “spreads.” They lived close to the earth and they learned to work it, alongside their crops and animals. We used to visit, before our family succumbed to the Jet Age and moved…