Cue The Choir!
Some cool après-storm light refraction and theatrics for 24/680 People! You get a lot for your money here at News24-680!
CHP Cruiser Crashes, Burns During Eastbound Highway 24 Pursuit Sunday
A California Highway Patrol officer was treated for a head wound after his car crashed and caught fire during a high-speed chase on eastbound Highway 24 near Wilder Sunday morning. The officer was in pursuit of a vehicle wanted for traffic violations when the crash occurred at approximately 2:15 a.m. All eastbound lanes of the…
Lafayette 7Eleven Robbed Saturday
Two men entered the Lafayette 7Eleven on Mt. Diablo Boulevard Saturday – one purchasing an item to get the clerk to open the till with a second man coming in and stealing an undetermined amount of cash at gunpoint. The suspects, believed to be two black males in hoodies, may have parked at a nearby…
Another Theft From Pleasant Hill Dick’s Triggers Chase, Arrest, Discovery Of Firearm
Area thieves apparently like the Dick’s Sporting Goods location in Pleasant Hill, visiting it often and leaving with goods they haven’t paid for. In on such instance Thursday night, Lamont Beamon of Sacramento attracted police attention – fleeing into the Geraldine neighborhood before officers closed in and made the arrest. Retracing the route Beamon had…
Suspects In Walnut Creek Robbery Arrested Outside Lafayette BART Wednesday
Two men suspected of robbing a man – ostensibly for his shoes – in Walnut Creek’s Civic Park were apprehended at gunpoint outside the Lafayette BART station Wednesday night. Lafayette police officers and BART officers, alerted to the presence of two men wanted in connection with the earlier robbery, swarmed them at Happy Valley Road…
County Health Putting Grant Money Toward Bicycle, Pedestrian Safety
From Contra Costa Health Contra Costa Health (CCH) announced today that it has received a $202,692 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program. This grant will allow CCH to promote safe practices for pedestrians and bicyclists and provide education about the importance of sharing the…
“Fire On The Mountain…”
Any Dead Heads among us? We shall see. Starting out with a cold, steely dawn which eventually did produce a sunrise but it was chill-E out there this morning, we must say. Veteran readers have noted the arrival of a TON of new names and faces here and we can confirm that, yes, another new…
School Threats Continue – Latest Today At Lafayette’s Stanley School
The unwelcome rash of anonymous threats against local schools appears to be continuing unabated, with students and parents reeling from the latest hint to “shoot up” a local school in Lafayette. Parents with children at Stanley Middle School received an explanatory letter from Principal Brian Mangold Monday confirming reports that a student had threatened to…
Murder Investigation Underway After Janitor Found Dead In Pleasant Hill Park
A 37-year-old Pittsburg man was found dead of stab wounds in Pleasant Hill Park, 147 Gregory Lane, early Saturday morning after his wife grew concerned that he had not returned home from his janitorial shift at the park. Santiago Jacobo, 37, was found unconscious and unresponsive in the park’s main parking lot at approximately 4:50…
“We Feel Unsafe-Uhh… And You’re Making Me Feel Uncomfortable-Uhh.”
Street sociologists that we are we spend a lot of time interacting with others of our species and cocking an ear whenever some new dialect or linguistic affectation springs up. At present we are trying to trace the origins of “Uhhh-Speech,” that strange vocal add-on people seemingly of all ages and stripes are appending to…