“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…
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…
Bay Area Health Officers Issue Criteria For Lifting Indoor Masking Requirements
From County Health Services: As decisions to vaccinate and wear face coverings indoors drive down COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations, health officers for the nine Bay Area jurisdictions that require face coverings in most indoor public spaces today reached consensus on criteria to lift those health orders. These health officers continue to work together across…
Berkeley PD Arrests Five Juveniles – Ages 11 To 15 – For Crime Spree Including Walnut Creek Purse Snatch
Five youths believed to have committed a violent purse snatch in Walnut Creek as well as other crimes were arrested by Berkeley police after a vehicle pursuit and crash in that city Tuesday. The youths, at least two of whom reportedly have extensive criminal histories despite their age, have been linked to Monday’s assault on…