Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Walnut Creek Home Friday
Firefighters were met by smoke and flame upon arrival at a home in the 200 block of Tamarisk Drive in Walnut Creek early Friday, declaring a second-alarm when their initial check determined the garage area of the home was fully engulfed in flame. The fire was discovered burning at the two-story residence at 3:12 a.m.,…
Pacheco Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter In Connection With Death Of Lafayette Resident
A suspect allegedly involved in an apparent vehicular homicide that claimed the life of a Lafayette woman near Buchanan Field Airport early Saturday was formally charged Thursday with gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. The Contra Costa County D.A.’s Office brought charges against 26-year-old Anthony Johnathan Buscemi of Pacheco in connection with the…
Moraga-Orinda Fire Restricts All Open Flame Burning For Remainder Of Fire Season
Due to Red Flag Warnings and Extreme Fire Danger, ALL forms of open flames within the Fire District will be restricted for the remainder of fire season. There is an increased threat of wildfire when open burning and recreational fires are allowed during times of high fire danger. Improperly extinguished recreational fires and open burning…
Martian Colonization Experiment Underway In The Bay Area
Those scientists, you know, those nutty folks in white lab coats and spinning propellor beanies who have been warning us for some time about our bad habits and how they would come back to haunt us, are preparing us for our retreat to Mars by substituting that planet’s atmosphere for ours. So far we humanoids…
Whee! 3.4 Magnitude Shaker Rolls Through The 24/680 Sunday
A temblor registering 3.4 Magnitude rumbled through the 24/680 at 11:43 a.m. Sunday, prompting a few anxious glances but no apparent damage. It appears to have been epicentered two miles east southeast of San Leandro.
“So, What’d I See?” – In Pleasant Hill Saturday Night…
We put out these alerts, see, and a lot of you get them and react to them and they’re real-time and informative and – apparently – often helpful for people. But, since we don’t carry badges or actually type out the reports we can’t put a period on these newsy little snippets of life until…
Lafayette Woman Killed In Concord Vehicular Homicide
As we reported early this morning, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched to a report of a body found at the 5000 block of Marsh Road in an unincorporated area north of Buchanan Field Airport. Upon arrival at approximately 1:14 a.m., deputies and CHP Officers located a deceased female on the road.…
One Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Martinez Swim Center Saturday
Fire investigators are sifting through wreckage at the Rankin Aquatic Center, 100 Buckley Street, in Martinez Saturday after an early morning fire briefly trapped one person in an attic store room before it could be brought under control. The unidentified victim was rescued by firefighters and airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment of smoke…
(Political) Signs Of The Times – Orinda Offers Guidelines
Election Day looms and temporary political signage is sprouting like Moraga Daffodils again as we get closer to picking our future leaders. Orinda City Manager Steve Salomon gently reminded residents and potential sign-planters within his purview to be mindful of their placement – please – as well as considerations the city has made to make…
Additional Businesses Opening In Contra Costa County
The California Department of Public Health on Friday announced new statewide guidelines to make regulations and community re-openings more standardized throughout the state. Contra Costa and most other counties are now in the purple (most restrictive) tier. According to these new state rules, hair salons and barber shops can now operate indoors in Contra Costa…