Contra Costa County Continues To Open Businesses And Activities
From Contra Costa Health Services: Contra Costa Health Services is taking another step toward alignment with the State of California’s guidance on opening businesses and activities at a pace that protects public health and safety. At the same time, CCHS continues to recommend that residents stay home as much as possible and take steps to…
“Hearts Around Hartz” Summer Art Exhibit Goes Downtown
From the Town of Danville: This summer the Town of Danville’s got heart! Following up on last year’s very popular ‘Dogs of Danville’ public art exhibit, the Town is presenting ‘Hearts Around Hartz,’ a fantastic new exhibit featuring 17 uniquely adorned heart sculptures placed all around downtown. The new public art exhibition will run through…
Two 24 Hour Fitness Locations Close In The 24/680
Among the 13 Bay Area fitness clubs San Ramon-based 24 Hour Fitness intends to close as part of its announced filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection are two in Alamo and Walnut Creek. The Ygnacio Center and Alamo Plaza locations are among 100 gyms closing permanently nationwide as a result, corporate officials said, of financial…
Meanderings: Carving Out Our Personal Truths, As Things Get Curiouser And Curiouser
Where once truths were self-evident and identifiable we have found now, in these unsettled times, that people have closely held versions of the truth – the truth as they see it and, apparently, are prepared to defend to the death. It may be the American DNA, the way we’re wired, ready to clamber aboard the…
Wild Chase, Carjacking On Highway 24 In Orinda Saturday
A man believed to have been at the wheel of an allegedly stolen pickup truck led Lamorinda police on a circuitous pursuit along Highway 24 Saturday, ramming a Lafayette police car before carjacking a second vehicle and fleeing the scene of that crash. The suspect, believed to be at the wheel of a second car…
San Ramon’s Chief Stevens Bans Carotid Restraints, Requires Officer Intervention In Sweeping Revision Of Use-Of-Force Tactics
San Ramon Police Chief Craig Stevens issued a point-by-point response to an eight point initiative calling for the immediate revision of police use-of-force tactics in a community letter released Friday night: This past week, I have received many emails from members of our community. Some included words of support towards our police department, while others…
Grass Fire Burning Alongside Highway 24 Near Wilder Thursday
UPDATE: Firefighters gained the upper hand over the fire shortly before midnight, staying on-scene to guard against flare-ups. At its height smoke from the fire prompted several concerned calls about other fires in the area but nothing else was burning, we are happy to say. Firefighters have called for a full vegetation fire response to…
Suspect Arrested In El Sobrante Homicide
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at about 4:05 pm, Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriffs from Bay Station were dispatched to a suspicious circumstance at an apartment building on the 4800 block of Appian Way in El Sobrante. Deputies arrived at the location and discovered a body that was decomposed. The Homicide Unit of the Investigation…
Woman Arrested In Connection With Concord RV Arson
Suspect Arrested June 8 in Port Chicago Highway/Highway 4 Blaze CONCORD, CALIF., JUNE 11, 2020 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) announced today the arrest of a suspect in the recreational vehicle (RV) fire that burned under Highway 4 in Concord earlier this week. The fire in question took place June 8,…
BART Shutdown In Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill; Person Under Train
UPDATE: BART officials confirmed details of this incident and said it was fatal. Pleasant Hill Station has been reopened and service has been restored. A bus bridge has been established from the Walnut Creek BART station to Concord after a person was discovered under a train in Pleasant Hill. BART service has stopped between Walnut…