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Lil Critter Finds Shelter With Pittsburg Firefighters When The Booming Started Sunday

We’ve been writing about the impact of noise and explosions on sensitive folks and small creatures unused to the commotion for some time and it was borne out again as the nation and the 24/680 celebrated last night. When the firefighters of Station 84 in Pittsburg weren’t off responding to the night’s fires they found…

The Post-Weekend Fishwrapper

One of the few advantages of this foreshadowing of Global Incineration they’ve been telling us about is how it tends to increase the productivity of a normal workday through anxiety and sleep deprivation. Being San Franciscans, mostly, and used to being coddled in a billowy, white Marine Layer dotted with the lulling boomlets of foghorns…

And So We Go…

We haven’t done this writing directly thing lately, understanding that not everyone likes our “voice” or cares to listen to us jawjack. If that’s you – feel free to change the channel. But things have been stacking up over the last year, our readers demonstrating a desire to keep in touch by writing us regularly…

Pair Found Guilty Of Moraga Home Invasion Robbery

Two men were found guilty for their roles in a chaotic 2019 home invasion-style robbery on Donald Drive in Moraga – an incident apparently prompted when one of the men felt shorted in a marijuana deal made at the residence the evening before. A jury found Azrael Vargas, 20, guilty on five counts and four…

Do People Really Throw Fireworks Into Dry Grass? Apparently – 40 People Displaced On Memorial Day

Arson investigators arrested an Antioch man on suspicion of starting a Memorial Day fire that leveled a portion of a Hargrove Street apartment complex and left 40 people displaced. Fire investigators said James Sossaman, 44, tossed a M-100 into a field behind the complex shortly before fire was reported in the 1700 block of Hargrove…

Boating Season Revs Up; Sheriff Offers Safety Tips

The Memorial Day holiday weekend traditionally marks the start of boating season on the Delta. Significant numbers of boaters are expected to be on the water starting this weekend to go fishing, boating or take part in other recreational activities, like water-skiing. “We want everyone to enjoy themselves on the Delta this holiday weekend and…

Driver Wounded In Car-To-Car Shooting On Highway 24 Pulls Over To Seek Help In Lafayette Wednesday

This afternoon at about 3:35pm, a Contra Costa CHP motorcycle unit was on an enforcement stop on Pleasant Hill Road, just north of Hwy-24, when he was contacted by a female driver in a silver Chevy Malibu who stopped to report she was the victim of a freeway shooting. The driver reported that she had…

Homes, Cars Burning In 2-Alarm Blaze In Martinez Wednesday

Kids playing with fire in the backyard of a home on Arthur Road touched off a 2-alarm blaze that raced through a small housing development in Martinez Wednesday – destroying one home, multiple cars and adjacent fields. Three youths were briefly detained before they were released to the custody of their parents. The fire was…

Dublin PD Announces Arrests In “Lil Yase” Murder Case

Dublin police investigators have announced the arrests of Angel Butler and Jovante Williams, both 28 and both of Dublin, in connection with the homicide of Mark Alexander Antonyyo Jr, who went by the stage name Lil Yase, shot multiple times near the East Dublin BART station on Nov. 28, 2020. Officers located the 26-year-old Northern…

Martinez Police Contain Man Wielding Machetes on Marina Vista Avenue Sunday

Martinez police officers used a combination of a moving cordon, ballistic shields and – eventually – a Taser deployment to contain a man walking down Marina Vista Avenue while swinging two machetes Sunday. The incident was reported at approximately 8:30 a.m. as the man was first spotted walking down the avenue, gesturing and swinging two…