Posts Tagged ‘Contra Costa County’
Letters: North Gate Road Development Segregates Low-Income Families
Subject: Urgent — 1125 North Gate Road Development Segregates Low-Income Families Before Monday’s Vote To the Editor, I’m writing with urgency because the Board votes Monday on the proposed 19-lot development at 1125 North Gate Road, and there’s a detail in this plan that deserves scrutiny before that vote happens: the developer’s site plan places…
Read MoreJacquez Promoted To Assistant Sheriff Role
From the Office of the Sheriff: Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston announces the promotion of Captain Charlene Jacquez to the rank of Assistant Sheriff. Captain Charlene Jacquez began her public safety career in 1999 with the City of Galt Police Department, serving as both a 9-1-1 Dispatcher and Community Service Officer (CSO). In 2001,…
Read MoreInjury Crash In Concord Wednesday; One Believed Dead
Witnesses reported a possible hit-and-run crash with serious injury at Port Chicago Highway and Willow Pass Road in Concord Wednesday night. Bystanders said an apparent wrong-way driver in a blue Toyota struck a red car at the intersection, seriously injuring the two occupants. Several witnesses reported seeing first responders administering life saving measures at the…
Read MoreThe Transparency Around Here Is Killing Us
Before it happened we asked a law enforcement pro what effect encrypting police communications was going to have and without missing a beat he answered: “Erode the public trust.” We’ll admit, we were surprised to hear him say it out loud. At the time there was a raging internal News24/680 debate over why police/cities would…
Read MoreCourt Sentences Pinole Man To 50 Years To Life For Murder
From the Office of the District Attorney Martinez, California — Today, a Contra Costa Superior Court judge sentenced a Pinole man to 50 years to life in prison for murdering a woman just 10 days after she ended their relationship. On May 7th, 2026, a jury found 39-year-old Jeffery Kendall guilty of first-degree murder in…
Read MoreSports Bike “Thunder Runner” Lights Up Highways 242/680/and 24 Wednesday
A rider on a high performance sports bike declined the invitation of police to pull over for a chat Wednesday, leading officers on a high-speed tour of our local freeways before disappearing into the Caldecott tunnel at about 7:45pm. We don’t think he disappeared, actually, but that was where we lost sight of him.
Read MoreTwisty Pursuit Up And Down I-680 Sunday
Readers advised us of a pursuit up and down I-680 on Sunday, the CHP behind a white Mercedes and a driver they wanted to talk with about some traffic infractions, we think. Pursued and pursuers made an abrupt turn off the freeway onto Diablo Road in Danville and we believe the pursuit was terminated.
Read MorePublic Clock Du Jour…
Continuing our tour of local timepieces photo dude “GoGo” Gomez came across this stylishly architectural timekeeper – and discovered that it has a history. We’re into clocks, and architecture, and local history so if you can flesh out the back story on this public fixture – show us what you can do!
Read MoreHappy Semiquincentennial, ‘Merica – We Survived!
The country marked it’s 250th year in grand style – though it was a Fractured Fourth for some to be sure. And, despite some setbacks sent courtesy of Ma Nature, a few cases of OverBloviation and Mish-mashed History, we seem to have come out the other side, some in county lockup, some really, really hungover…
Read MoreCar Misses The Pool, Hits The Building In Concord Wednesday
Residents of the 136-unit Premier Inns at 1581 Concord Avenue scattered Wednesday after a car believed to have been fleeing police entered an interior courtyard, missed the hotel pool and smacked into a building at about 9:25pm. The unidentified driver reportedly attempted to flee from his damaged car but he was quickly detained by police.…
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