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Contra Costa County Health Releases Updated Public Guidance For Face Coverings
Contra Costa County today updated its health order about when and where members of the public should wear face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic to align it with current state guidance. Local data indicate that COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Contra Costa County. The county is currently on the California Department of Public Health’s monitoring…
Read MoreCar Plunges Onto 18th Hole At Tilden Golf Course; Occupants Flee Scene
Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District firefighters were called to the 18th hole at the Tilden Park Golf Course Thursday after a car rolled off the adjacent roadway and fell onto the course. The incident was reported at 2:21 p.m. as witnesses reported a car crashing off Golf Course Drive and onto the golf course, three occupants…
Read MoreWater Main Break Douses A Business On Howe Road; Forces Road Closure In Martinez
Some mornings, it seems, you’re better off just staying in bed. Homes and businesses in the 100 block of Howe Road in Martinez may have felt that this morning after it was discovered that a broken water was flooding businesses and cutting off water supply to homes in the area. Howe Road has been closed.…
Read MoreWrong-Way Driver Kills Two On I680 In Danville Sunday; Faces DUI And Vehicular Manslaughter Charges
A 27-year-old Concord woman was arrested on suspicion of felony Driving While Intoxicated and Vehicular Manslaughter after the car she was allegedly driving the wrong way down I680 struck a northbound vehicle – killing the two people inside. Sunday’s crash in the northbound lanes of I680 near El Pintado killed Nettie Perkett, 46, and Taurean…
Read MoreOrinda Businesses Slammed By Opportunistic Burglars
As we’ve reported, opportunistic burglary crews following chaos caused by some local mass demonstrations have taken advantage of dwindling police resources and weary business owners to strike – hitting at least two businesses in Orinda hard on Monday night. Computer Software and Hardware, a small, family-run firm on Orinda Way, had its front door and…
Read MorePolice Shift Resources In Anticipation Of More Demonstrations Saturday
Police in the Bay Area moved to head off a repeat of yesterday’s protests and resultant rioting in Oakland and San Jose, mobilizing off-duty officers and sending them to areas likely to be the scene of any new demonstration. Reader Kim Miller was on Highway 24 in Orinda Saturday when her car was passed by…
Read MoreSearch Continues For Missing Delta Boater
From the Office of the Sheriff: A search for a missing boater is continuing this morning, Friday, by the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Marine Patrol Unit. On Thursday, May 28, 2020, at about 10:30 in the morning, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing boater who had gone into the…
Read MoreOne Killed In San Ramon Crash Saturday
One person has been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on southbound I680 at the Bollinger Canyon offramp, the crash so forceful it spilled onto adjacent San Ramon Valley Boulevard. The crash was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday with witnesses informing responding officers that one person appeared trapped in the wreckage of one of the…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Parking Lot Shootout Captured On Camera; Victim Arrested After Returning Fire
Walnut Creek police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects involved in yesterday’s shooting outside a Newell Avenue liquor store and said that an apparent robbery victim had been arrested for returning gunfire during the incident. As we reported Thursday, the shooting took place at about 6:23 p.m. in the parking lot…
Read MoreDeveloper Unholsters Possibility Of Legal Action; Pushes Lafayette’s Terraces Project Forward
The threat of a lawsuit, a scary prospect for cities and towns unable to afford any prolonged legal skirmish with monied litigants, is once again being raised in leafy Lamorinda – this time by the developer behind the Terraces of Lafayette project. An attorney for developer O’Brien Homes of Menlo Park, which has been trying to…
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