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Summer In The Suburbs: Lafayette Horses Demand Drive-Thru Lane

First they muscled their way into the Roundup Saloon, now the local horses want a dedicated drive-thru lane at the local eatery. The Bobtail had a Big Mac and the Grey opted for a Bacon Ranch Grilled Chicken Salad because she’s been getting a little hippy lately.

Summer In The Suburbs: Moraga

Overheard in Moraga today as youngsters debated chalking a message on a town sidewalk: “I don’t think we better, they might have security cameras.”

The Sunday Brumble

Chasing a few leads this morning. Trying to brighten the mood here in The News Bunker with something cheery but we haven’t found a really good FeelGood story – and we’re getting tips on the other kind of story, so we’re just going with the flow to see where things take us. Several of you…

Woman Found Dead At Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Saturday

BART police were called to Pleasanton/Dublin station early Saturday after an unidentified woman was found unconscious and unresponsive near the passenger pick-up/drop-off area at the station shortly after 5:30 a.m. The death, noted on the BART Crimes website, has been listed as an unattended death – the third such death of its kind at area…

Pre-Dawn Blaze Guts Martinez Home Saturday; Resident Treated For Burns

Firefighters pounced on a pre-dawn fire at a home under renovation in Martinez early Saturday, forced to fight the fire from outside due to the possibility of collapse. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital with moderate burn injuries, according to a ConFire spokesman, as firefighters fought to save the home on Via de…

Pleasant Hill May Get A Library, A Park And Ballfields – And New Homes

From the City of Pleasant Hill: Pleasant Hill, CA – The City of Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County and the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District have approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for proposed future development of two properties, currently owned by Contra Costa County, along Oak Park Blvd. and…

Summer Stuff To Do: Agents Of Discovery Go Exploring In Danville

Looking for a great way to get your youngsters outside this summer? The Town of Danville has a new app that lets them be secret agents, investigating our local parks. As part of Parks Make Life Better Month, the Town of Danville has partnered with educational technology platform Agents of Discovery to launch a free app…

Attempted Catalytic Converter Theft Leads To “Old Switcheroo” And Arrest At Cal Shakes Thursday

An inquisitive Orinda police officer touched off a stranger-than-usual confrontation with two suspected catalytic converter thieves Thursday – one of the suspects sacrificing his pal in order to get away. Officer Devyn Hom was on routine patrol at Cal Shakes, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way in Orinda around 11:30 a.m. when he spotted a person underneath…

Flash 101: Getting The Most Out Of Our News Alerts

Bit of a breather here in The News Bunker as things ease a bit except for friends, neighbors, firefighters out along Marsh Creek Road today. We’re hoping you all catch a break out there today. We believe in keeping you abreast of developments and innovations here at NEWS24/680 and since a whole bunch of you…

Despite Arrests, Phone Fraud Continues To Spike With Americans Proving To Be Easy Pickings

It appears we are a wealthy and gullible nation. And those bent on exploiting our gullibility in order to get sizable chunks of that wealth are still doing a land-office business despite our rising rancor and some global law enforcement. Having been around a little and come up in the analog world we have seen…