Photos: “Pre-Christmas LZ”
Red and green aviation lights caught the eye of photographer Sean McDonough Friday as a REACH air ambulance arrived at John Muir Hospital with a crash victim aboard, the passenger severely injured in a head-on crash on Byron Highway.
“Good morning, Thursday…”
On a cool morning, in the hamlets and villages erected in the shadow of the fabled mountain, the villagers stirred, brewed their lattes and started preparations for their annual feast… the smoke from their cooking pots rising into the still air…
A Heavenly Rorschach – What Do YOU See?
Help us out here, we may be seeing things. This photo was made a couple of days before the sky went gray and we liked it. We also found that the longer we looked at it, the more we saw in it. Now, this could merely be evidence of an over-active imagination or an impending…
Diablo Is Gone – But That Rainbow Looks Promising!
We seem to have lost our landmark mountain to encroaching clouds but a rainbow presented itself after the latest rain cell rolled through and we’re mounting an expedition.
“Goodnight Moon…”
Looking skyward as the Heavens begin to shift and we test the wind for scent of predicted coming rain. Lensman Sean McDonough took time from photographing earthbound scenes to turn his cameras skyward and produced this image, more haunting when you remember that we were able to send a dozen men there and bring them…
Arrests At Walnut Creek BART Sunday
BART police stopped two men at gunpoint at the Walnut Creek BART station following a theft from the nearby Target store Sunday. Officers alerted to a shoplifting incident in which a Taser was allegedly used or brandished at the store found the men believed responsible and took them into custody at gunpoint.
“And All At Once, Summer Collapsed Into Fall.” — Oscar Wilde
It’s Fall in Moraga, and the Leaf Peepers come from far and wide to glimpse our changing foliage… Our thanks and a tip of the fedora to Mr. Lemaux!
A Devil Mountain Morning In The 24/680
If you don’t know where this is it’s time to hand in your CoCoCounty Resident Card. Brought to you this morning by The Big Guy who makes skies… and Sean McDonough.
Memorial To Victims Of Oct. 7 Terror Attack Stirs Those On Both Sides Of The Conflict
A small but growing grass-roots memorial to the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel is getting attention from passersby in downtown Walnut Creek – and stirring the emotions of locals on both sides of the conflict. Hamas fighters killed an estimated 1,400 Israelis, largely civilians, in a surprise attack on the country that day. An…
Busy Day For Police In Walnut Creek Friday
Friday has been busy for Walnut Creek police so far into their day, with a couple of different suspected robbery crews striking in different parts of town and others allegedly attempting to make off with what they could when they could. One man suspected of a theft from the Target store and allegedly pushing a…