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Bumpy Saturday In The 24/680 – Will Sunday Fare Better?

Saturday was a busy one for newshounds, first responders, tow truck operators and emergency room personnel called upon to patch up the injured. And there were injured to be patched. A review of our Flash Alert logs (don’t know what that is, yet? Check out the link at the top of our page.) was a…

Tesla Involved In Fatal Crash Into Firetruck On Autopilot – NHTSA

Investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say the 2014 Tesla Model S that crashed into a ConFire ladder truck at a crash site in Walnut Creek on Feb. 18 was on Autopilot at the time – marking the latest in a series of crashes involving the popular vehicles with stationary objects. The crash…

Booms, Bad Boys, And Bomb Squads

Getting harder and harder to get any sleep around here as jangled journalists embrace insomnia as a life-long condition and find themselves chasing things that go “bloop” in the night. Lensmen Sean McDonough, Eric Blume and Craig Cannon were out and about in the wet these past few nights, seeing the things photographers see that…

“They’ll Never Spot Us… This Is Lo-Vis Canary Yellow.”

We’ve been getting reports of a “Banana Yellow Dodge Challenger” with “phased” racing stripes spotted leaving the scene of recent thefts/holdups. Thanks to some good work by the San Pablo police department the car was stopped, two occupants arrested and we were able to learn what “phased” racing stripes look like after an armed robbery…

The ABCs Of ADUs

Editor; I wonder if I could presume upon your readers to help our family with a quandary. We are considering adding an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to our property in Brentwood and we would like to know if anyone has gone through this and what they have learned from the process. We’re considering both a…

Ranchers, “Doc Quack,” Others Nurse “Eaglet With A ‘Tude” Back To Health

From the East Bay Regional Park District: Oakland, CA – The dramatic rescue of an injured bald eagle fledgling from the debris of a fallen nest on ranch land adjacent to Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore had those involved in the effort all aflutter for the last half of June. Thanks to a collaboration…

Bathtub Death Under Investigation By San Ramon Police

The death of a woman found in the bathtub of a Crestfield Drive apartment Tuesday has been cautiously deemed “suspicious” and remains under investigation by San Ramon police. Investigators were awaiting results of an autopsy scheduled after the decedent, whose name has not yet been released by authorities, was discovered shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday,…

Emerging From The Abyss, Or Sliding Further Into The Fever Dream…

… we mean, that’s the question before us as investigative committees meet, court dates loom, and what we thought were basic human rights are stripped away by people we thought were working for us. Asked for a decision on where we stand as a nation and a people facing an evolving virus, infrequent mail delivery,…