The Shopping List – What Local Thieves Are Taking
We’ve written about this so much now it seems redundant and boring and, well, we’re just not so we’ll let the picture tell the story – this being Labor Day and all. Officers in San Ramon stopped a car for a minor traffic infraction Sunday, determined the driver was on active probation and then –…
Smoked Cat, A Little Nervous, But Alive…
If you read us you know we enjoy a good news photo when one presents itself. They are hard to get and take skill to make. Our digital comrades at East County Today snagged this one as a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighter trundled a soggy feline out of a burning home on…
Shot Of Friday’s 3-Alarm Fire In Martinez – Shot From Horseback – Captures Our Attention
We get a lot of reader photos here at NEWS24/680 – some of them funny, some of them dramatic, some with great big thumbs over the camera lens – all of them of interest to us as they’re capturing a moment in our collective timelines. They don’t all have to be perfectly focused and composed.…
Area Flags Come Down To Half Staff As Shasta County Fire Claims Lives
Flags at local fire stations and civic building have been ordered flown at half staff Friday as wildfires burning in Northern California claimed the lives of two firefighters and are showing no sign of slowing down. The Carr Fire in Shasta County has so far burned 44,450 acres of timber and has blown through neighborhoods…
Meet BadA** Bob From Walnut Creek – Snake Hunter
Those of you who have been owned by a cat you allowed outdoors know they are often fond of bringing things back to share with you – sometimes really creepy things. Meet Bob of Walnut Creek. He lives with his human servants on a property at the base of Mt. Diablo and, apparently, the location…
Snapped: Reader Photos Of Street Crime Capturing The Moment
We’ve addressed the issue of petty theft tying up resources and leading to street arrests in the 24/680 recently, with readers offering photos and unintentionally funny accounts of police activity often as it rolls over them. It’s difficult enough to get a focused, well-composed photograph of your cat or favorite potted plant, but street crime…
Martinez Residents Soldier On Without Water Thursday; No Estimate Given For Repair
We first heard of this last night when readers in Martinez wrote that they were without water and repair work continues today, Thursday. A sizable water main break at Alhambra Avenue and John Muir Road has knocked out service to residents living in Muir Oaks, Pleasant Hill Road and Vine Hill Way and it looks…
Hot Town, Summer In The City Back Of My Neck Getting Dirty And Gritty…
Things are heating up in the 24/680, as this reader-submitted photo from Dorene Kirsten will attest. “Small” fire brewed up in the center median of Olympic Boulevard at Alpine Road in Walnut Creek a little after 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, and it took some guys with a really big red truck to put it out.
Rossmoorians Wake Up To New Water Feature At Their Front Gate Saturday
An unplanned meeting between a Prius and a fire hydrant resulted in a new fountain for the overheated community Saturday, the Prius coming out on top. So to speak. NEWS24/680 readers have commented in the past that even our accidents our photogenic and we have to agree. This was kinda pretty and more than a…
Ever Get That Semi-Rural Feeling You’re Being Watched?
We’re told people come to our neck of the woods for a taste of a “semi-rural” lifestyle. Some of our neighbors live in more semi-rural environments than others and we were lucky enough to make the acquaintance of Stacey Frost recently, learning that her property has a decidedly semi-rural feel to it with all kinds…