Fund Established For Bay Area Residents Impacted By COVID-19
MARTINEZ — Beyond its devastating health implications, COVID-19 is undermining basic living conditions for tens of thousands of people living in the Bay Area, especially those that are most vulnerable. The Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation (CCRHF) has established a COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, and has been selected as a lead partner organization in the…
If Moraga Cannot Come To The Music, Then The Music Must Go To Moraga…
Moragans love their music. We don’t call this place MoTown for mere grins, after all. And as we are all officially housebound these days and starved for tunes local DJ Ryan O took his itinerant cabaret on the road Saturday – touring a series of neighborhoods in turn and giving an audience of masked locals…
Woman Struck, Killed By Brick Tossed At Car On SR-242 Friday
California Highway Patrol investigators are looking for the person who threw a brick at a passing Volkswagen Jetta on SR-242 in Concord Friday night – striking and killing a 63-year-old female passenger. Officers responded to the SR-242 transition to SR-4 at approximately 9:32 p.m. Friday after being advised of a single-car crash in that area.…
“Eye of Diablo” Beacon Lighting On Easter Sunday – In Response To Global Pandemic
From Save Mount Diablo: WALNUT CREEK, CA—Mount Diablo State Park’s Beacon will be lit after sunset in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Easter Sunday, April 12. Thereafter, until the pandemic crisis is over, the Beacon will be lit every Sunday after sunset and shine brightly until sunrise the next day. Ted Clement, Executive…
County Health Reminds Residents To Practice Their Faith From Home This Weekend
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) reminds the public that county residents should observe their faiths at home while the health officer’s stay-at-home order remains in place, though this month is a time of significant religious activity for many people. The health officer order, a measure to protect our community from the spread of COVID-19, requires…
Senior Care Facilities In Orinda, Pleasant Hill Bearing Brunt Of COVID Cases
Reports of COVID infection among residents and staff members at Bay Area senior care facilities – including two in Orinda and Pleasant Hill – have risen as a vulnerable age demographic and workers who support them appear to be bearing the brunt of the pandemic in Contra Costa. The number of residents and staff members…
What’d I See? Speedy Officer Wins Footrace With Burglar In San Ramon Tuesday
We Flashed our people in San Ramon when we heard of an apparent burglary and an ensuing footrace between police officer and would-be burglar – and wondered who the speedster might be. San Ramon PD provided this photo on their Facebook page and, no, we don’t know if Officer Hamilton will be known as “Speedy”…
DUI Drivers Ram Safeway Truck, Firetruck In Separate Incidents At Same Spot In Lafayette Monday Night
As we first reported via Flash and Facebook Monday evening, California Highway Patrol officers dealt with two separate crashes at the same location on Highway 24 Monday – both apparently caused by DUI driving. At about 9:06pm, Contra Costa CHP units were advised of a collision involving a sedan into the back of a Safeway…
Contra Costa Joins Bay Area Counties In Extending Distance Learning Through End Of School Year
From the Contra Costa County Office of Education: Pleasant Hill, CA– The public health officers and county superintendents in six Bay Area counties have announced they will extend the suspension of in-class instruction through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Francisco County Superintendents in collaboration…
Crashes, Cont’d – In San Ramon And Martinez Sunday
It’s getting so we almost hate to say anything but we wrote about the unusual number and nature of crashes on rain-slicked streets today and that story wasn’t up for more than an hour before two additional, serious crashes with injury popped up. Crow Canyon Road was closed after an SUV apparently struck a hydrant…