“Lyrics Unsuitable For Today’s Audiences…”

We liked that line. It popped up as we were listening to some Mesozoic Era rock n’ roll, cocking an ear as the documented antics of 60s Rock and Pop Stars were threaded behind a Keith Richards guitar riff, quaint by comparison to some of today’s most egregious artists – whose music has made us…

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Stand Back – He’s Dieting; Critter Care; Lifeboat Drills

Wedged for an uncomfortably long period of time in the deliveries door of the News24/680 Redoubt we resolved to lose some extra bodily baggage – and immediately reaped the benefits that come with switching to half-rations. In lean times, with prices going up for just about everything, cutting back eased immediate pressures on the pocketbook…

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Vallejo Guitar Teacher Arrested For Molesting Minor In San Ramon

A Vallejo guitar instructor and registered sex offender was taken into custody by San Ramon police Thursday after allegations of lewd and lascivious acts committed against a child during a lesson in San Ramon. Rex Lee Bell, 69, was arrested on nine counts of lewd and lascivious acts against a child under the age of…

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Garage Fire Spreads To San Ramon Home Wednesday

Anxious moments for residents of a home on St. Pierre Court in San Ramon Wednesday as fire quickly engulfed their garage and spread into the residence before firefighters could bring it under control. The blaze was reported at approximately 11 a.m. Residents quickly left the home and arriving firefighters and police evacuated nearby residents as…

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“Roadwork May Relieve Traffic” – And Other Ironies

Feeling particularly crabby (please note ‘double b’s’ and not ‘double p’s’) as we inch into another day of record heat and tipsy topsy storylines – many of which are developing so fast no one is able to keep up, leaving us confused and stunned and without that sense of conclusion and reassurance we all seek.…

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24/680 Movie Trivia Answer: “Swim Team!”

And we have a winner… sort of! “St. Elsewhere Fan,” (why you folks don’t use your actual names baffles us but what the hey…) swims up to the answer of our local movie trivia question and backs into it. It is, of course, the universally acclaimed 1979 film epic “Swim Team,” a chip off the…

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Jury Reaches Verdict Against North Richmond Gang Members

From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, a Contra Costa County jury found Defendants 24-year-old Marrico Williams and 23-year-old Torion Young, guilty of multiple charges for their roles in a prolific crime spree committed by members of the North Richmond criminal street gang known as the “Swerve…

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Dublin, Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies Mourn Loss Of One Of Their Own

Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies are mourning the loss of Deputy Sheriff Aubrey Phillips, who collapsed from onset of a sudden and acute medical event shortly after making an arrest early Saturday morning, Febr. 12. Worried colleagues who reached out to this site over the weekend had suspected an event triggered by a possible fentanyl contact,…

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