The Post-Weekend Fishwrapper
One of the few advantages of this foreshadowing of Global Incineration they’ve been telling us about is how it tends to increase the productivity of a normal workday through anxiety and sleep deprivation. Being San Franciscans, mostly, and used to being coddled in a billowy, white Marine Layer dotted with the lulling boomlets of foghorns…
Police Close Moraga Way In Orinda After Early-Morning Crash Saturday
Lamorinda police closed Moraga Way at Coral Drive in Orinda after a wayward motorist crashed through a power pole and a traffic light at the intersection early Saturday. Police responded to the area at 1:16 a.m. to find the car and widespread damage. The car’s young driver was detained by police for investigation of DUI…
One Killed In Walnut Creek Shooting Thursday
One person was shot and killed in Walnut Creek Thursday, police checking a white car that came to rest on a sidewalk in the area of Ygnacio Valley Road and N. California Boulevard shortly after shots were reported at 10:55 p.m. and discovering a body inside. Initial details were sparse due to the hour but…
CON FIRE Announces Arrest After Fireworks-Related Fire In San Pablo
From Con Fire: CONCORD, CALIF., June 17, 2021 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators made a fireworks-related arrest Tuesday in relation to a fireworks-caused fire on an apartment balcony in the 15000 block of Crestwood Drive, SanPablo. A 16-year-old resident of San Pablo was arrested for Fire…
Sheriff’s Office Using New Scanner To Interdict Jailhouse Contraband
From the Office of the Sheriff: The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Custody Services Bureau has acquired the Tek84 Intercept Full Body Scanner. The Intercept will be used at intake at the Martinez Detention Facility as arrestees are processed and booked into the facility. According to Tek84, the Intercept “detects both metallic and…
Richmond Offering Local Riders A Little Extra “Oomph” With E-Bike Rideshare Program
Richmond, CA, — The City of Richmond, California, is teaming up with Bolt Mobility (Bolt) to launch the city’s first bikeshare program, with an all electric-assist fleet of e-bikes. Starting this week, 250 e-bikes will begin coming online, and continue over the course of the summer, integrating with and enhancing the local transportation system. “Richmond…
Staying Co-Cool In CoCo County This Week
Here are County Employment & Human Services locations in Contra Costa County to cool off during high heat this week: Antioch: 4545 Delta Fair Blvd.Hercules: 151 Linus PaulingMartinez: 40 Douglas DrivePleasant Hill: 400 Ellinwood WayRichmond: 1305 Macdonald EHSD offices are open Wednesday, June 16, through Friday, June 18, from 8 am to 5 pm. See also EHSD Places to Cool (PDF) and Places to Cool in Spanish (PDF).…
Contra Costa Brings Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Service To Businesses, Organizations
Businesses and community organizations in Contra Costa can now request visits from Contra Costa Health Services’ (CCHS) mobile COVID-19 vaccination van to workplaces, community centers and other locations where five or more members of a group want to receive vaccine. The free mobile vaccination service begins Monday. Any business or organization can request a mobile…
And So We Go…
We haven’t done this writing directly thing lately, understanding that not everyone likes our “voice” or cares to listen to us jawjack. If that’s you – feel free to change the channel. But things have been stacking up over the last year, our readers demonstrating a desire to keep in touch by writing us regularly…
Eerie “Twin” Crash Injures Driver In Lafayette Sunday
A little more than a week after a car rolled off eastbound Highway 24 – landing on a dirt access road near 2nd Street and injuring two people – a virtually identical crash happened in much the same place in much the same way early Sunday. Emergency crews converged on the area of 2nd and…