Nomination Period For Lafayette City Council Election Opens July 15
Lafayette, CA: The City of Lafayette has announced the nomination period for four seats on the City Council will open on Monday, July 15, 2024. The election will be consolidated with the statewide election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, and will include the following Officers: Three (3) City Councilmembers for the full term of 4…
Nomination Period For Danville Town Council Election Opens July 15
Three Town Council seats to be decided in municipal election. DANVILLE, Calif. (July 11, 2024): The Town of Danville will open the candidate nomination period Monday, July 15 for three open positions on the Town Council. Residents interested in running for the Town Council in the November 5 General Municipal Election may take out nomination…
Retail Theft Suppression Unit Arrests Seven In Five Hours At Ulta Concord
An ad hoc team of uniformed and plainclothes Concord PD officers cobbled together to address the retail theft problem sweeping the city and businesses Bay Area-wide found the work rewarding at a local Ulta Beauty outlet recently – arresting 7 people allegedly stealing from the store in just 5 hours. Details of the operation posted…
Continued Pyro Use Leading To More Aggro For Fire-Weary Locals
Independence Day has passed but people are still shooting red-hot missiles into tinder-dry fields, apparently. This time in San Ramon. Flash Reader photos from a fire on Promontory Circle in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. If you’re thinking of touching off some pyrotechnics near a field or homes in your neighborhood, you may want…
Pleasant Hill House On Bonnie Lane Burns Saturday
A call from a neighbor brought Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters to the 2900 block of Bonnie Lane early Saturday, firefighters arriving to find the home engulfed in flame. Crews reached the scene at 3:24 a.m. and were met by heavy smoke and flame from the structure. The scene was further complicated by…
After The Fireworks Finales – It’s Back To The Races Again
All in all an exciting Fourth of July with all sorts of activities popping off – some planned, some not. No sooner had the Fireworks Finales come to an end when the first July 5th pursuit kicked off, running along our namesake freeways and back again, photographer Sean McDonough capturing the moment the wanted vehicle…
Burglars Pay Lamorinda A Visit Early Sunday – Cars Rifled, Stolen; Chase Ensues
A quiet Sunday morning in Moraga and Orinda was blown out of the water when bleary-eyed residents looked out their windows to see strangers rifling through their cars – or running through their home – and dialed up police. Moraga residents spotted a masked man dressed in black rifling through a car on Deerfield Drive…
Tales From Our Cities
Tip of the fedora to our fellow Urban Roamer Armistead Maupin and the characters he gave us from our former designated playground as we extend tradition and haunt the East Bay’s greasier alleyways and watering holes in search of stories. We’ve been busy dodging careering getaway cars, aerial mortars and flaming garbage trucks lately –…
Garbage Truck Fire Turns I680 Into A Hot Mess
Garbage truck catches fire and burns to the rims on I680 north at Monument Boulevard in Pleasant Hill – pitching area traffic into chaos. Freeway shut down northbound and limited in the opposing direction. The backup is extensive and people are… unhappy. Crews also battled fire spreading into adjacent vegetation.
“Snakes? Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?”
Three businesses damaged by fire in the 2300 block of Concord Boulevard in Concord this morning. Fire, apparently starting in a nail salon, spread to a nearby reptile store and a donut shop. Blaze reported at 3:10 a.m. No injuries reported