Multi-Casualty, Major Injury Crash On Mines Road In Livermore Friday
A Livermore High School student was killed and five other teens injured when the pickup they were riding in rolled off Mines Road and down a 200-foot embankment f. Two of the injured were airlifted to area hospitals while four others were taken for treatment via ambulance, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. A…
Chunky Air Prompts Miramonte High Gridders To Search For Greener Field
Unhealthy air quality forced at least one local school to call off their planned Friday Night Lights and search for more favorable turf tonight – an effort that ultimately proved unsuccessful. When Miramonte High School school officials researched local air quality levels and found Orinda at 180 (not good) they opted to cancel their game…
Stromberg Resigns From Moraga Town Council
Another gap has opened on a local government council with the recent resignation of Moraga Town Council Member David Stromberg, who submitted his resignation letter to town officials on Thursday. In his letter, Stromberg said personal and private circumstances were behind his decision to leave Moraga, adding that he would end his tenure with the…
Alleged Shoplifter Leaves Trail Of Debris, Angry Motorists After Sprint Into Walnut Creek Thursday
A suspected shoplifter fleeing police in a Toyota van allegedly struck several vehicles before attempting to exit I-680 at Ygnacio Valley and crashing at high speed near the Walnut Creek BART station. Witnesses in the area at the time said the van appeared to be “pushing 100 mph” when it crashed at Ygnacio and Oakland…
Health Officials Reaffirm Support For In-Person Schooling
From Contra Costa Health Services: As Bay Area Health Officials, we are excited that more than a million Kindergarten-12thgrade students are returning to school for in-person learning this fall across the wider San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa…
Wei-Tai Kwok Appointed To Lafayette City Council
The Lafayette City Council has appointed Wei-Tai Kwok to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Councilmember Cameron Burks. The City Council selected Kwok at a special meeting on August 24, 2021 by a vote of three to one, and he was sworn in at the online meeting. Kwok will serve on the City Council…
ScreenShots: “Rudderless”
We’ll lead this one off with an outright bias admission: We just finished rolling through Rudderless for the third time and it still gets us in all the right places at all the right times. First time out of the directorial blocks for William H. Macy, who has benefited much from his apparent understanding and…
All Down The Line – Stones Pulsebeat Charlie Watts Dead At 80
Publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today, surrounded by his family.” “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.
Moraga Loses Joseph W. Mullen Jr. , b. 1935 – d. August 10, 2021
Joseph (Joe) William Mullen, Jr died on August 9, 2021 at the age of 86. He was at home, surrounded by his family, as he hoped. Joe always had a plan, and his passing went according to his plan. Joe was born in 1935 in Bronx, New York to Florence (Cleary) and Joseph Mullen. He…
Moraga PD’s Kevin Mooney Dies August 21; He Was 58
The Moraga Police Department is mourning the loss of Corporal Kevin Mooney, who passed away on August 21, 2021 following a brave battle with COVID-19 and related complications. Kevin was 58 years old. Kevin joined the Moraga Police Department in 2013. At the time of his death, he was assigned as the Department’s Detective and had…