“So, What’d I See?” – In Pleasant Hill Saturday Night…

We put out these alerts, see, and a lot of you get them and react to them and they’re real-time and informative and – apparently – often helpful for people. But, since we don’t carry badges or actually type out the reports we can’t put a period on these newsy little snippets of life until…

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Busy Morning: Structure Fire In Orinda; Wrong-Way Pursuit On 24/680

We had the cucumber-base beauty mask on and were working on those under-eye satchels we’ve been carrying around lately when bing bing bing – the alarm bells start going off. Various agencies participated in an early a.m., circuitous pursuit of a local Thunder Runner who decided to make a break for home, leading officers on…

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Free And Reduced-Price School Meals Available To Qualifying AUHSD Families

Acalanes Union High School District, including Acalanes High School, Campolindo High School, Las Lomas High School and Miramonte High School, announces its policy to serve nutritious meals every school dayunder the National School Lunch Program. Effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals if the household income…

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Sunday Summation: “But It’s A Dry Heat, Right?”

There’s a quiet pool betting on the next calamity to befall the 24/680, our usually peaceful landscape interrupted by all manner of trial and tribulation in recent weeks – both natural and man made. If it’s not orbiting whirlybirds and probing Night Suns it’s a heavenly sound and light show like the one that rolled…

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Fire Displaces 11 In San Ramon Sunday

Fire burned through a block of apartments at The Seasons apartment complex on Cedar Point Loop Sunday, displacing a number of residents and growing to three alarms before it could be brought under control. Red Cross officials were attempting to find shelter for 11 residents forced to flee the building when fire was spotted at…

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Arson Arrest Made Following Rossmoor Blaze

A 37-year-old transient was arrested following a fast-moving blaze which briefly threatened the Rossmoor Shopping Center and partially damaged the Rossmoor Diner Friday. Firefighters were busy fighting the fire as it neared structures in the area of Tice Valley Boulevard near Rolling Hills Drive at around 8:15 p.m., a witness telling crews on the scene…

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Dublin Arrest Shines Light On Refund Fraud Scam

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Corning woman was arrested in Dublin Thursday for a refund‑fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The warrant was issued last week after a federal grand jury returned a 14-count superseding indictment against Sabrina Raylene Toilolo, 26, and her previously charged co-defendant Johnathon Ward, charging…

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Danville Revises Weekend Hartz Closure Plan After Business Input

From the Town of Danville:  At a special meeting on July 29, 2020 on Zoom, the Danville Town Council voted to modify the area of the weekend closure of Hartz Avenue in the downtown area. Council members received a briefing from Economic Development Manager Jill Bergman on how the closures are being received by the…

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County Advising Residents Not To Touch, Plant Mailed Chinese Seed Pods

(Martinez, CA) – The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has recently become aware of a number of reports regarding unsolicited seeds from China being received by homeowners throughout the US, including Contra Costa County. CDFA is communicating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to determine any necessary actions for shipments received in California.…

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