Posts Tagged ‘Local scene’
It’s Friday. We Knew We’d Make It…
The weekend looms and Christmas and Holiday preparations are being made. We’re drawing up our Naughty or Nice List and, so far, things are looking pretty swell. We happen to like this time of year a lot and people seem to be behaving themselves for the most part, aside from some minor transgressions. Quite a…
Read MoreTales From Suburbia: Oddities Du Jour
All in all a bittersweet week in the semi-rural Badlands of the East Bay, with fair weather prevailing, cooks sharing recipes, gardeners comparing tomato harvests, and water mains giving out just as we declare ourselves in drought and in need of every precious drop. It’s all part of the irony of life, we suppose, attempting…
Read MoreFriday Outlook: Cold, With A Chance Of Car Burglary
Good Friday morning on what’s shaping up to be an Amy Winehouse-themed news day in the 24/680. We’re not quite sure how our newsroom jukebox finds its musical way in the mornings, but it’s all about Rehab and Waking Up Alone – in the bunker this morning. Folks are up and about and slamming into…
Read More“O, Not-So-Silent Night…”
The most-often-asked question here at News24/680 behind “Don’t you guys ever sleep?” is our favorite: “I’m in (Pick Your City) – what the (Pick Your Expletive) is happening?” With the answer to the first question “Not nearly enough” and with a growing network of Tipsters and Flashers and Skywatchers, it’s true that we generally hear…
Read MoreThe Sunday Scrambler
G’morning all, we hope you’re well on a bright Sunday morning. We’ll just say this newfound air of ours is much appreciated and came just in the nick of time, didn’t it? It has been an interesting week in the 24/680 and Beyond and we believe you’re adequately apprised of the National News in what…
Read MoreHoliday Leftovers
This happens to be our favorite time of year, as it is for so many of you, and we’re embracing the Warm and Fuzzy feelings generated by the Holidays as descending rain and fog is offset by Christmas trees and a fire in our fireplace. While the story line of our National Politics seems to…
Read MoreSunday Summary: Burglars With Nice Rides; Local Kid Turns One Down; Car Miners Getting Better – And High-Profile Arrests
In an era where we we don’t find ourselves agreeing on very much we think we can agree it was a busy, newsy week for us all here in the 24/680. Local bikers celebrated the opening of a bike lane link between our county (Contra Costa) and Marin this weekend, many pausing to admire the…
Read MoreMarauders At The Gate – They’re Getting Better
Sitting here with our miner’s lamps on, readying ourselves for a grid-down environment populated by latte-crazed Soccer Moms battering down our doors to get at our espresso reserves – we just weren’t in the mood to get, this. Some of you may have gotten one of these in the past and we don’t know what…
Read MoreHeat Making Machines, People Cranky – Gas Sign Having Trouble With Addition
We’re presuming reader Lily Campanile was out looking for a fill-up when she came across this sign in Clayton today, the electronic display apparently suffering from the effects of heat exhaustion. Humans are also falling victim to the heat as temperatures push to and past the century mark throughout the 24/680. We’ve heard of the…
Read MoreChunky 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.
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