Posts Tagged ‘Lamorinda’
Lafayette Loses Money – Not Quite A Native Son, But Close
His given name was Edward Joseph Mahoney but he was known professionally as Eddie Money and he rocked hard in the 1970s and 80s, logging a string of Top 40 cookers and platinum albums. A few Lamorindans remember that he landed here and stayed for some time, appearing occasionally and contributing to the local lore…
Read MorePre-Dawn Pursuit Wends Its Way Through 24/680, Lamorinda, Ends In Canyon
A seemingly innocuous contact with police turned into a high-speed Thunder Run through the 24/680 early Sunday, picking up officers from Lafayette and Moraga before ending near the Upper San Leandro Reservoir in Canyon. Lafayette Police Chief Ben Alldritt said his officers attempted to stop the vehicle, a 2006 750 series BMW, due to its high…
Read MoreNOTHING Burning In Contra Costa – 24/680 Covered In Smoke From Northern Fires
We think we’re getting the word out about all that smoke you folks are seeing in the 24/680 – please be assured it is NOT coming from anything burning here. All of this smoke has been attributed to a 2-alarm fire in Solano County and another a bit further north. Again, we’re good on the…
Read MoreSuspect In Custody After Police Chase From Lafayette To Orinda’s CalShakes Thursday
An apparent attempt to contact an individual in his car in Lafayette at around 6:35 a.m. Thursday sparked an apparently aggressive, high-speed chase that eventually went to ground when the suspect abandoned his Nissan on Highway 24 near the CalShakes Theater in Orinda and fled into the area on foot. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel…
Read More‘Morindans Battling The Bottle, Each Other, Police
We were going to lift up that big rug stuff gets swept under in Lamorinda and pass over the mega-hangovers some locals seem committed to lately, thinking that if you choose to indulge in demon rum and knock yourself silly in the process – that’s your business as long as you’re not hurting anyone else,…
Read MoreStories That Go “Poof”: Chasing The Who, The What, And The Ever-Elusive Why
People who practice our trade know all too well that despite public impression none of the hundred or so tales that come to us over the course of a month ever arrive whole and in a neatly tied bow. Stories, we have all been told in English 101, have a beginning, a middle, and an…
Read MoreShoplifting Crews At Work In The 24/680 Friday
ADVISORY: Video clip bears a few Scottish F-Bombs and drug references. Do not open if this offends you. A beautiful morning dawns in the 24/680 and we entertained the idea of playing a little hooky but it seems the local or – dare we say it? – visiting shoplifting crews are hard at work. One…
Read MoreThe Sunday Rumble
It has only been a few days since we heard of the public caning of gay men in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and – while we believe we have enough issues to remedy right here at home – we also could not help but note that the very region mentioned was rocked by a thunderous 7.0…
Read MoreShort Police Pursuit Of Suspected Package Thieves Ends In Moraga Way Crash; Search In Canyon
Police believed to be on the trail of suspected package thieves fell in behind a car on Moraga Way Friday, the driver of that car speeding off, nicking cars on Moraga Way and balancing an apparently freshly stolen push stroller on its roof as stunned motorists looked on. Lamorinda police swarmed into downtown Moraga and…
Read MorePolice Pursuit Ends In Fiery, Fatal Crash On Highway 24 In Orinda; Freeway Closed
Police have shut down the westbound lanes of Highway 24 at Camino Pablo in Orinda after a police pursuit initiated by an OPD officer ended in a grinding crash and fire shortly after 9 a.m. A written release from the Sheriff’s Office, which contracts police services to several local towns and cities, stated that at…
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