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Crockett Residents Near Wastewater Plant Advised To Exercise Caution; Hydrogen Sulfide Detected

Contra Costa Health (CCH) recommends that anyone near the Crockett Wastewater Treatment Plant take steps to stay safe due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide in the air. Air monitoring conducted near the plant by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) on Friday afternoon detected concentrations of the gas in levels high enough…

Taking Our Pulse: Abortion Rights

A leaked Supreme Court draft decision indicating the court’s apparent readiness to throw out the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide has generated a storm of controversy and protest across the country. While the court confirmed that the text, published late Monday by Politico, was authentic, court spokespeople said it did not…

ScreenShots: “After Life” – Graphic Trailer

Britain’s Ricky Gervais, everyone’s feared “drunk uncle” who shuffles through family reunions or The Oscars with a pint in hand and an unholstered, whiplash wit, has churned out an engaging one-man show about grief and love and life for Netflix. It ran three seasons and we liked it. If you’ve got the time and haven’t…

Is Walnut Creek Going To Pot? City Assesses The Benefits Of A Profitable Business Model

Far from its over-the-top depictions in 1930’s scare reels, marijuana has evolved into a widely accepted and sought after national commodity – with some parts of California given over to its production and once-naysaying cities openly considering adding cannabis storefronts to their business districts. Up for consideration on tonight’s Walnut Creek city council agenda is…

Purse Snatch In Walnut Creek Monday

A woman walking in the area of N. Main and Bonanza Street in Walnut Creek lost her purse to a man who exited a passing car with several men aboard and grabbed her purse Monday. The incident was reported at approximately 9:55 p.m. with witnesses describing the car in question as a white four-door with…

ScreenShots: “Rudderless”

We’ll lead this one off with an outright bias admission: We just finished rolling through Rudderless for the third time and it still gets us in all the right places at all the right times. First time out of the directorial blocks for William H. Macy, who has benefited much from his apparent understanding and…

Sanctioned Fireworks Show Ready To Light Up The Sky In Pleasant Hill Sunday

A Pyro Spectacular pyrotechnician (far right) prepares fireworks as lead pyrotechnician Jim Howe (far left) explains how the fireworks are ignited to a fire inspector and two trainees before the July 4th fireworks at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill. Spectators are encourage to watch the show from the Sunvalley Mall parking lot.

Re-Thinking Policing: Should Officers Handle Priority Calls Only?

NOTE: We like to “what if?” from time to time around News24/680, putting things out there for people smarter than us to weigh in on and, when things go right, perhaps come up with a better way of doing things. We’re hopeful police officers and their commanders will contribute their thoughts, experiences here – Editor.…

Sheriff’s Office/Behavioral Health Services Form Mental Health Evaluation Team

From the Office of the Sheriff: The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and Contra Costa BehavioralHealth Services have partnered to form a Mental Health Evaluation Team (MHET) to provide follow-up health and welfare checks, evaluations, short term case management and services to individuals who have had a recentpsychiatric emergency. Contra Costa Deputy Sheriff…

Scammers Targeting Our Not-So-Smart TV’s

Computer repair. Virus removal. Johnnie’s in jail. We’ve heard them all – and there’s always some breathless dude on the other end of the line or email link waiting for a wire transfer or some gift cards. We think everyone knows by now just how nefarious these scammers can get. But the folks at Danville…