Foxy Fellow Spotted In San Ramon
Reader Holly Moisa was quick as a… well, very quick to snap a photo of what we believe is a local Red Fox in San Ramon recently. We don’t believe he is of the native Sierra Nevada variety but what do all you experts say out there?
Moraga’s Latest Ski Destination: Rocky Peak
Who needs Mount Diablo with its lone road to the summit, long lift lines, and lack of apres ski scene when you have Rocky Peak right here at home? Lamorindan Michael Marquardt waxed up the planks early this morning and was out scoping the local hills looking for a place to make a few fresh…
Game Camera Captures Image Of Mobile 24/680 Puma
The folks at San Ramon PD were sent this picture of a local mountain lion on the move yesterday – the picture itself snapped by a game camera on Dec. 28 of last year at around 8:30 p.m. in the Thomas Ranch area. Experts believe the male mountain lion weighs in at about 120 pounds.…
Car Burglars Working Double Shifts – Including This Guy In San Ramon
We’re receiving multiple reports of car burglaries throughout the 24/680 in recent days, with multiple thefts taking place in specific parking lots and others in more out of the way locations – trailheads are a favorite ’cause they know you’ll be gone for a bit and away from your car. We’ve written about this and…
What Smoke?
Hazardous air conditions appear to be with us for a while until our grasslands stop burning and those offshore winds crank up again. Local hardware stores report a rush on for masks, respirators, and window sealant as our neighbors search for ways to protect themselves from this nasty air. It’s bad, though we cannot moan…
Chunky Air Quality, Other-Worldly Sunrises: It’s A New Day In Moraga Saturday
Skies, dark and heavy with soot and smoke, have turned daylight to night in the fire zone – and given our air a reddish, Martian tinge the last couple of days. Moragan Greg Fulcher was up and about early and captured this shot of our sunrise, shot from a ridge at 7:05 a.m.
Driver Injured In Pleasant Hill Crash Monday
A driver transitioning from Pleasant Hill Road to northbound Taylor Boulevard lost control and struck a tree in the median a little after 4 p.m. Monday. Emergency responders got the call for help at 4:11 p.m. The driver was trapped in the wreckage and needed to be extricated by firefighters. There was no immediate word…
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.…