Serious Injury Auto Vs. Motorcycle Crash In Martinez Thursday
Two riders are down with serious injuries after their motorcycle collided with a vehicle at Pacheco Boulevard and Vine Avenue in Martinez on Thursday. The crash, in the 1300 block of Vine Avenue, was reported at 11:12 a.m. Witnesses said the motorcycle was southbound on Pacheco heading towards Howe Road when the vehicle at fault…
Everyone Feeling Okay?
We’ve heard of the uptick in Covid cases in the county and our healthcare people say it’s true. More folks seem to be reporting symptoms and new mask/no mask vaccinate/no vaccinate arguments are springing up again because that – apparently – is what we do. For our part we’re staying removed from people in general…
Robbery Near Rossmoor Safeway Tuesday
A Jeep-load of thieves confronted and robbed a man of his wallet and other belongings near the Rossmoor Safeway Tuesday, reportedly also attempting to make off with the victim’s car but unable to operate a stick shift. An ambulance was summoned to the location of the robbery, reported at about 9:50pm, but it was not…
Frazzled Danville Residents Get A Chance To Talk With A PG&E Human
Town Council presentation addresses recent, ongoing power outages. Pacific Gas & Electric Company representatives are expected to be on hand at tonight’s Danville Town Council Meeting following a request from town officials asking for insight into frequent, neighborhood-darkening power outages in the area. Danville residents are by no means alone in the sentiment they are…
Rossmoorians Sound Off (Silently) Against Acts Of Bigotry And Hatred
Citing the recent murder of three African-American citizens by a gunman in a predominantly black neighborhood of Jacksonville, Fla., residents of Rossmoor in Walnut Creek turned out in a silent vigil against hatred and bigotry Sunday. Residents turned out to condemn the shootings and hatred behind them, expressing their sorrow with an hour of silence…
Soggy Man; Running Man; Swollen Man; And Petty Theft, Succulents
Photo Caption: A fender-grinder in the parking lot outside Retro Junkie on N. Main Street in Walnut Creek on Saturday night resulted in damage to both vehicles, a DUI charge for the driver of the Challenger and a repair bill for the owner of the food truck. Another small drama unfolding in the Big City.…
Crash On Westbound 24 In Lafayette Following CHP Pursuit Wednesday
California Highway Patrol officers were behind a Ford F350 pickup truck wanted as a stolen vehicle Wednesday morning, the vehicle fleeing down I680 and onto westbound Highway 24 where it crashed just west of Pleasant Hill Road. Motorists report that a person fled from the crash site on foot but was detained shortly afterward. Two…
“Hello? Is This NEWS24/680/80/580?”
We’re defined by our own company name, which is – for the record – NEWS24/680. We chose the name because our bisecting highways have served as ready identifiers for our area of coverage. None of that seemed to matter yesterday as we were flooded by incoming calls about a developing incident at a theatre complex…
Walnut Creek PD Investigating Morning Shots Fired Call; Victim Located
Walnut Creek police are on the scene of a suspected shooting incident reported in the 100 block of Sierra Drive early Saturday. A police response to the scene located a victim suffering from unspecified wounds not far away. That person has been transferred to John Muir Hospital. The suspect’s custody status was not immediately known.…
Building-Ramming Trend Continues – This Time It’s A Walnut Creek Post Office
Hopefully not a portent of things to come but a second vehicle made its way into a local building Friday morning, hours after an Orinda police SUV lodged itself in the local Wells Fargo Bank branch. This time, a Jeep driver pushed through the front doors of the postal branch at 2244 Oak Grove Road,…