Daylight Slips Away – Friday Night Kicks Off In The 24/680
We’ll see what evening brings. Lots of questions, tips, photos coming in tonight as the readership gets off work and, perhaps, switches into “play” mode. Check in if you see something amiss, find a good place for dinner or see a good movie.
Crashes Continue Into Friday In The 24/680
Reader submitted photo of a crash on I680 north near the Treat Boulevard exit in Pleasant Hill this morning after what turned out to be a bad day on our roads. Photo taken a little after 1 a.m. No word on injuries though ambulances were on scene.
Walnut Creek Puts Up Defensive Shield As Storm Continues To Batter Residents
Okay, all kidding aside, this is an uncommon double-rainbow sighted by one of our team over the sodden city of Walnut Creek. Apparently there’s more on the way so we may see a white flag go up if things get rough.
Saturday Shapes Up… In Pictures
A normal Saturday shaping up in the News Bunker with the coffee maker pumping out lattes and omelettes floating out of the pan, our team of photographers out and about and chasing news and clouds and things that interest them. Bless ’em all – we like photographers. Highway 24 unraveled a little bit and “the…
Photographers Roam The 24/680
We like photography and photographers here at News24/680 and have been pleased by the contacts we’ve developed with artists who see things others may miss. If you’re a committed shutter-clicker with a penchant for roaming The Numbers and capturing things you see that others don’t, send your photos in for others to peruse.
“Yer Really Gonna Want That Undercoatin’ Package, Ma’am.”
(Said in our best Bill Macy “Fargo” car salesman accent…) Photo from the scene of an unusual crash at 1250 Walker Avenue in Walnut Creek Sunday evening. A trail of banged-up recycling bins led our man to this scene at around 8:30p.m. Minor injuries for the driver…
Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes I680 In Walnut Creek Saturday
Messy multi-vehicle crash on southbound I680 at N. Main in Walnut Creek sent two people to the hospital and tied up traffic for more than an hour after it was reported at 7:28p.m. tonight. A pup riding in one of the involved cars escaped unscathed. California Highway Patrol officers eventually cleared the stretch of highway…
“Contemplation”
The photographer asks: “If you could sit with someone, anyone, from the past… who would it be and why?”
We’ve Never Seen An Ambulance Crew Make A Traffic Stop Before
… but that’s what happened Friday night when a ConFire wagon crew noticed that the driver of a Prius was having some difficulty navigating southbound I680. The Bus paced the Prius at about 20 mph as it made it’s way onto westbound Highway 24 and the medics called for police to help with a traffic…
Crashes Continue Despite Temporary Storm Interlude
Well, that’s not what you want to see so early in the ‘morn. Flash Photo from the scene of that leaner off Moraga Way by the Country Club this morning and we understand the driver has been extricated. The crash was reported at 7:10am. Swift response by MOFD crews who were, of course, close by…