Mean Old Streets
Don’t tell our photographers but while they were out keeping the lid on things and capturing the fisticuffs, pathos, and whimsical nature of life in the 24/680 (The Numbers) – we were nodding off. Yes, it’s true. The week caught up with us and our cumulative 6.2 hours of slumber proved insufficient as someone crept…
Whoopsie Moment Ends With Head-Scratcher Crash In Orinda Thursday
Photos from the scene in Orinda after a car with two aboard flipped rode a fence line separating businesses at 2 Camino Sobrante, tipped off the fence and wedged itself between a line of parked cars and the concrete abutment. Took a bit for crews to free the occupants, who were shaken but okay. Appears…
Armed Robbery Crew Strikes In Martinez Wednesday; Rolex, Electronics Taken
Five heavily armed men robbed a resident on Center Avenue in Martinez on Wednesday, making off with a Rolex watch, phones and other items before escaping onto Highway 4. The incident was reported at approximately 10 p.m. The carload of suspects were preliminarily described as black males – each masked, wearing hoodies and armed with…
ScreenShots: “The Queen’s Gambit” Makes All The Right Moves
In our search for great story lines and characters we rediscovered Beth Harmon and a glorious gallery of mental gymnasts with minds like computers and raging compulsion issues – served up courtesy of Netflix’s captivating series “The Queen’s Gambit.” Our very patient literary agent once told us: “Find a female character, write her well, put…
Shopper Punched, Robbed In Walnut Creek Sunday – Passersby Pitch In To Help
A woman was punched and her bag snatched by a teen who ran up behind her outside the Broadway Plaza parking garage at 715 S. Broadway Sunday – witnesses reacting quickly to recover the bag though the juvenile suspect was able to get away. The shopper was making her way back to her car when…
Preliminary – 3.8 Shaker Rolls Near Concord
An earthquake registering 3.8 Magnitude (preliminary) has just rolled through the area 1 kilometer from Concord. Scientists are still evaluating this shaker. No immediate reports of damage.
Tesla Found On Fire In Martinez Sunday; Possible Arson
Passersby reported a Model S Tesla smoking and apparently on fire in the Martinez WalMart parking lot Sunday, firefighters arriving quickly to extinguish a blaze in the passenger compartment while investigators tracked reports of someone possibly setting the fire intentionally. The vehicle was reported burning at 2:58 p.m., moments after investigators were notified that a…
One Dead In Del Valle Regional Park Crash Saturday
A 17-year-old male died when their BMW 535i struck a tree near the entrance to Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore Saturday, the vehicle catching fire after impact. California Highway Patrol officers responded to reports of a solo-vehicle crash involving a driver speeding on Del Valle Road south of Mendenhall Road in unincorporated Livermore at…
Thursday Catch-Up – Back On The Beat
And we’re back after a pleasant Holiday interlude. And just in time, too, judging from the look of things. With the world all teetery and tipping on its axis – our plot of Paradise here in “The Numbers” has not been without its share of weirdness and travail. SWAT operators suited up to take a…
Spectacular Crash Marks Arrival Of New Year In Pacheco
A driver left Pacheco Boulevard at high speed as 2025 approached, sheared a high pressure hydrant, flew at least 300 feet through the air and landed more than 30 feet down in The Grayson Creek Flood Control Channel overnight. Firefighters rescued the driver – in critical condition but alive – and an investigation into the…