Music & Market Returns To Concord – June 4
The City of Concord has announced that its concert series, Music & Market, will return this summer to Todos Santos Plaza on Thursday, June 4. The four-month free concert series features a lineup of talented local artists representing an array of musical genres. The events also include a vast farmers’ market hosted by the Pacific…
Traffic Signals Getting Smarter In Contra Costa County
From Contra Costa Transportation Authority: Danville – Traffic signals across Contra Costa County are getting smarter. At a groundbreaking event in Danville on Wednesday, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) marked the advancement of its Countywide Smart Signals project, a countywide effort to modernize approximately 365 intersections and give local agencies better real-time tools to…
Orinda 7th Grader Advances To Scripps National Spelling Finals
First there were 247. Then nine. One of them is a dead-serious 13-year-old Danville kid who attends school in Orinda, where he is a seventh-grader at Orinda Intermediate School. Aiden Meng has advanced to the finals in tonight’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, putting both Danville and Orinda on the map in a field represented this…
Concord City Council Approves Financial Agreement With U.S. Navy For CNWS Reuse Project
From the City of Concord: Concord, CA (May 27, 2026) – In an enthusiastic unanimous vote, the Concord City Council approved the U.S. Navy Term Sheet for the Concord Community Reuse Project at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station, marking a major milestone. The Term Sheet is the financial agreement with the U.S. Navy regarding…
Oh Oh – There’s A New Sharpshooter In The County
From the Contra Costa County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures Invasive Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Found on Plants Sold at Multiple County Locations (Martinez, CA) – The Contra Costa County Department of Agriculture / Weights & Measures is issuing an urgent consumer alert after the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) was found on grapevines sold at five Costco…
Our Landmark Mountain Gets Moody – Then Flashes A Hopeful ‘Bo
Mount Diablo went through some moody phases Tuesday afternoon – rolling fog, some light rain, talk of hail – before flashing a hopeful rainbow. Adding to the meteorological happenings was the seismological – with Alamo logging a 2.2 Magnitude ice cube shifter just in time for the cocktail hour. Just keeping things interesting in the…
Crashes, Short Hauls And Burgers – Oh, My!
Bit of a crash at N. Broadway and Carlback in Walnut Creek with folks transported for precautionary exams at the hospital. We’re going to call this one a glancing head-on with force… and a Yard Sale chaser.Keep the station wagon between the lines and stay safe out there this weekend, people. Thanks to everyone sending…
No Official Word Yet On Assault/Arrest Near Concord BART Friday
We’re attempting to follow up on a Flash Alert we issued after receiving word of a possible assault on an elderly person at Concord BART Friday afternoon but so far we haven’t heard anything back from police or BART officials. Witnesses say reports of an assault by a teen on an older man at the…
Remembering The 29 Lost On This Day – 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago today, a school bus carrying a high school choir from Yuba City High School to Orinda for a performance at Miramonte High veered off the Interstate 680 Marina Vista exit and rolled off the ramp – landing on its roof 22 feet below. The impact killed 28 students and a school chaperone.…
Danville Man Admits To Running $9.5 Million Ponzi Scam
OAKLAND — Danville resident Edwin Emmett Lickiss, Jr. pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of a combined $9.5 million over more than 20 years, federal prosectors announced Wednesday. Lickiss, 78, was convicted of one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering for the scheme, which he operated…