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"Morning Plankers, Here's your Ski Mt. Diablo snow report for Tuesday, December 14...
Generous overnight snowfall making for epic early-morning runs. Beware of rocks and tarantulas and occasional mountain biker... lift lines are short and there's cocoa in the lodge..."
#SkiMtD
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"What do we got on the spacecraft that's good?" - Gene Kranz, Apollo 13
A great line from a really good movie and sort of where we are right now as we deal with COVID spikes, staffing shortages, a stressed health care system and, well, a stressed populace.
#WeWillPushThrough
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Video taken minutes after two
#BART
trains derailed outside
#OrindaStation
today. Minor injuries reported.
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"So, How's 2024 Going So Far?"
(taken at scene of
#BART
car derailment/fire in Orinda, Monday...)
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So, What'd I See?
If you were on Locust Street in
#Walnut
Creek this afternoon you may have noticed a convergence of police vehicles.
Apparently, police wanted to speak with a pair of suspected retail thieves spotted in the area, approaching them as they returned to their car.
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24/680 SnoReport - Mount Diablo
... sure, you can make tracks in
#Orinda
this morning, but if you want a REAL Thrill Run our landmark mountain is your only choice. No lifts... and no Rattlers. Off Piste skiing at your own risk with waivers required.
#SkiLikeTheDevil
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Two men, one reportedly an off-duty police officer, told
#WalnutCreek
police they were robbed by three armed men at the corner of Bonanza Street and N. Main at approximately 7:30 p.m. Tuesday – the police officer/victim telling police his badge was taken by one of the robbers.
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Our visual reward after a long period of rain, which was nice, but... well, you know.
#SomewhereOverThe
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A Futuristic Dome City Emerges...
Residents of
#NewWalnutCreek
enjoy protection from elements with new protective shield. Those power bills are going to be a pain, though...
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#BeniciaFire
UPDATE:
Wharf Fire Upgraded to 4-Alarms, blaze extending into the main dock.
Harbor pilots allowed through police lines to navigate docked ships away from wharf.
Still no injuries, to our knowledge. Believe firefighters prepared for "extended" fight.
#News24680
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BREAKING: woman apparently followed onto southbound I680 from
#WalnutCreek
#Nordstrom
and robbed on I680 El Cerro freeway offramp, thieves breaking car window to steal her purse. Significant loss.
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Photo from
#ElCurtolaBridge
in
#Lafayette
, where a couple used Old Glory and a handy freeway overpass to express their sentiments on the state of the nation Friday...
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Two suspects in custody (one just arrested) after aborted home invasion in
#Orinda
. Search for third suspect ongoing.
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#Danville
Armed Robbery Update:
Suspects: Four heavily armed black males (pistols, possible assault rifle) pistol-whip one victim, possibly fire a shot. NO ONE HIT. Suspects escape in black/blue BMW. Various items taken.
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Successful resolution to a tense situation on the Treat Blvd. overpass in Walnut Creek this morning,
#CHP
and
#WalnutCreek
PD officers working hard to talk a person back from the edge.
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Impressive response at Cal High in San Ramon as police, HAZMAT, WCPD Bomb Squad and BART police bomb dogs turn out for reported bomb threat
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SkiDiablo UPDATE:
Is there any snow left on the mountain? Oh, yes.
Are people heading that way to play? Indeed they are. Bring your crampons and patience - it will be busy!
#SkiLikeTheDevil
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BREAKING: Thieves fleeing robbery of
#Lafayette
#TacoBell
crash headlong into a second car in
#Orinda
. Injuries reported. 2 in custody.
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Shhh... let the unfaithful cling to the belief things're better elsewhere!
Yea, California is unbearable! I might have to relocate 😳🥴😉
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BREAKING:
Police in
#WalnutCreek
intercept two suspected carjackers, believed armed. Both in custody, 200 block of Ygnacio Valley Blvd.
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#BART
police stopped two men at gunpoint at the
#WalnutCreek
BART station following a theft from the nearby Target store Sunday. Officers alerted to a shoplifting incident in which a Taser was allegedly used made the arrests.
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Aaaaand We're Off - In
#WalnutCreek
and
#Lafayette
Tonight With the Boys and Girls in Blue Chasing Folks Making Bad Decisions.
Major search underway at Highway 24 and Pleasant Hill Road/Quandt in Lafayette with chopper orbiting. Updates via our usual channels. 4 people at large
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Sorry, we know we shouldn't... but we just HAD to...
"The foreigners come to our country and kill our animals"
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Ask, and ye shall receive... Doubters among ye requested photos/video of last night's Couch Surfers in
#WalnutCreek
. Dan came through like a champ!
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Protest Underway in
#WalnutCreek
Tonight
A small but growing group of protestors turned out at Civic Park to make their feelings known...
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Cue the Choir!
Some cool après-storm light refraction and theatrics for 24/680 People!
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BREAKING:
Air and ground search underway for last of 3 suspects who broke and ran from a crashed car pursued by
#CHP
south on I680 before crashing in
#Lafayette
.
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BREAKING:
Significant police response to westbound Highway 780 at Military in
#Benicia
after suspect(s) unknown reportedly open fire on officers. CHP chopper overhead. Obviously, avoid area.
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Tires, Tempers Overheat In
#WalnutCreek
Friday
What started out as a deceptively quiet Friday night in the city turned into isolated tableaus of chaos as sideshow activity and fistfights prevailed.
No number of arrests - if any - was given at press time.
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Remember the Donners - Don't make them name a pass after you, posthumously.
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BREAKING: Reports of 2 BART cars derailed, on fire with passengers disembarking - between Central Orinda and St. Stephens. Initial reports of NO INJURIES.
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If you don't know where this is it's time to hand in your
#CoCoCounty
Resident Card.
Brought to you this morning by The Big Guy who makes skies... and Sean McDonough.
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BREAKING: Full HazMat assist required, two police officers being evaluated for Fentanyl exposure after drug found during car search at
#SanRamon
Safeway location. Area being sealed off.
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#ShelteredCumLaude
- some 312 Miramonte high school seniors living throughout
#Lamorinda
will wake up to find these signs planted in their front yards tomorrow. Parents trying to mark graduation during difficult times...
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Re-Thinking Our Decision to Take the Traffic Balloon Out for a Trial Run Today...
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#CleopatraDrive
UPDATE:
Negotiations continue with occupant of home in
#PleasantHill
. Sources tell
#NEWS24680
that he is a former police officer and Marine Corps veteran and that he has access to a cache of weapons inside the home.
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We'll just say that we told anyone who would listen that we would get to this day back in 2016. That message was not always well received and many still refuse to believe it.
At this stage... that obstinance and sense of loyalty to a con man is on you.
"Donald Trump is not fit not only to be...president of this country, but even to be in this country. The picture today was a third-rate dictator somewhere else. That's the way justice departments and presidents in foreign countries behave" -
@neal_katyal
w/
@NicolleDWallace
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"We're at the summit of our fabled mountain this morning, folks, and... yes, wait... there is something big and shiny rising out of the East! It is VERY big, and WARM, and... we apologize... the rangers are crying and dropping to their knees, but we can confirm - It's the Sun!"
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Siege at 227 Cleopatra in
#PleasantHill
(Calif.) ends with arrest of former policeman Chunliam Nai Saechao.
Although Saechao opened fire on police tactical vehicles early Saturday, no one was hurt and he was taken into custody this morning.
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NEWS24/680 Pleasant Hill (8:39am) CLEOPATRA DRIVE INCIDENT OVER - subject Saechao in custody after firing on armored cars with rifle and shotgun earlier this morning.
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Here's an entry from
#WalnutCreek
(Sean McDonough Photo) but that has triggered an avalanche of additional photos from around the area on our Facebook page!
We're socked in with clouds and fog here in
#Monterey
. Who's got Aurora pictures to share with us?
#cawx
#NorthernLights
#Auroraborealis
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A police pursuit of a subject believed to have explosives or an explosive device in his possession left San Francisco and blazed into Contra Costa County Sunday, ending on Imhoff Road near Martinez with a person in custody and explosives experts summoned to check his car.
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BREAKING: Reports, so far unconfirmed by our people or firsthand witnesses, that mobile crews may be striking at various locations in the
#EastBay
, blitzing area stores and making off with goods. We'll post more info when we get it.
#WalnutCreek
#Nordstrom
hit.
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BREAKING: Hit-and-Run crash at scene of
#WalnutCreek
FarmersMarket with at least one critically injured and a driver, in security sweatshirt, arrested. Market closed today...
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Posted it when it happened. Couldn't have been fun, we're sure...
Warning: Be Aware! I was tracked, followed & victimized. Masked man attempted to steal my handbag from the front seat of my car at a red light in
#Danville
. I’m okay, but it was terrifying.
Happened within seconds!
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#OldSchoolFire
UPDATE - Crews working into the night on this fire, which appears to have crawled up a ridge and then stalled. Air operations have ceased, of course. Getting dozens of inquiries about this blaze but it doesn't appear to be threatening anything at this time.
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How hot was that refuse disposal truck fire on I680 today? Pretty dang hot per this picture from Rex, passenger in a car piloted by his mum before all you armchair driving instructors chime in. No violations of California Highway Safety regulations!
Thanks, Rex! (And mum).
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And it's over in
#WalnutCreek
:
Distraught individual turns himself over to police. Off for a medical evaluation, eastbound Highway 24 should be opening soon...
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Lightning In The Air?
News24/680 lensman Craig Cannon was on the job this morning when a flash of lightning caught his eye - followed by the smell of smoke:
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Nice...
This is incredible!
Hundreds of people gathered in South Lake Tahoe to thank and say goodbye to all the firefighters who helped save their city!
This happened as many firefighters were leaving town to go home after the
#CaldorFire
so they were very surprised ❤️
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Dramatic Skies, Lotsa Buzz Tonight... Are You Folks Seeing Anything Amiss? If so, you know who to call, right?
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And Our "Creeks" Turn Into Rivers!
Reader Jeremy Quinn sent us this video of Brookwood Rd creek in
#Orinda
. (Thanks, Jeremy!)
Evacuations by Kayak underway in
#Danville
. Just a few homes and no one attempting the
#EskimoRoll
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"Prepare to Dive... er, Drive."
Videographer Craig Cannon out and about in The Wet today... he caught this seascape in
#Martinez
. .
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"Back From the Edge"
Final shot in photographer Sean McDonough's photo set of a tense situation on the Treat Boulevard overpass in
#WalnutCreek
on Monday. Happy to report the person is down and safe. Nice work
#CHP
and
#WCPD
.
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Firmly convinced that despite Fires, Power Outages, and Spare the Air Days - the Leaf Blower Guy would survive Nuclear War to continue his assigned task: Spewing Fumes.
#DudeTakeABreak
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News24/680 Orinda 10:12am FIRE - in the eastbound bore of the Caldecott. Truck burning with Oakland Fire inside and putting water on it.
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BREAKING: (3:35pm) CARJACKING - in Lafayette, 3 armed males, Olympic and Pleasant Hill Rd. More to come.
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"Hey, hon, let's drive the kids down to the ocean and teach them about big waves!"
WIPEOUT! Kids watching the waves in Santa Cruz were tossed when a big one crashed into the rocks.
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Not Everyone Got The "Turn Around, Don't Drown" Memo...
Firefighters had to extend a helping hand in
#Hercules
tonight.
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Bit more to the tail... tale: News24/680 Orinda 4:17pm LOOSE COWS - just to complete our day, errant cows have managed to shut down eastbound 24 east of Orinda. PD attempting to wrangle.
This is one way to beat California traffic! Video shows a woman on horseback, trotting alongside stopped vehicles on Highway 24 Monday.
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BREAKING: Body Recovery Underway in
#TildenPark
Law enforcement currently on scene of an apparent body dump - the victim wrapped in plastic - near the
#SteamTrain
on Grizzly Peak Rd.
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Heavenly Light Show underway in the 24/680 and much of the
#BayArea
with some fire starts in the eastern parts of
#ContraCostaCounty
. This rainfall sure feels good!
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Couch Surfers: Police called on to check out teenagers reportedly "driving" a couch on
#Locust
at
#MtDiablo
in
#WalnutCreek
. Yep, we're back...
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This Isn't Going To Be a Regular Thing, Is It?
For the second day in a row police in
#Lamorinda
pounce on a suspected burglar who leads them on a merry chase along Highway 24 and into the neighborhoods. Suspect in custody... but he made a mess.
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#Lafayette
PURSUIT UPDATE:
All suspects in custody. Second man detained in downtown Lafayette.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
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Samsonite introduces its latest line of rolling commuter luggage: Blue Thunder!
More storage space! Hefty raccoon-proof lid for added security! Odor diffuser! Heavy-duty wheels for getting over curbs and other barriers...
Yours for just, well, when no one is looking!
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Jumpin' Jehosophat, What was Thaaat?
3.4 Magnitude (preliminary) shaker rolls through the 24/680 with locals reporting morning quakiness from
#Lamorinda
to
#Clayton
with epicenter in
#Alamo
.
Folks in
#Alamo
, already dealing with power outages, saying: "What have we done?"
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We guess Rudy will be dropping in a lot less often...
BREAKING- Donald Trump was told today, by the state of New Jersey, that his liquor licenses at his NJ golf courses will not be renewed due to his felony convictions.
Your thoughts?
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Tongues are wagging in the 24/680 tonight after reports of a trio of party buses cruising up and down the I680 and on into
#Blackhawk
began to circulate.
We're thinking, political figure. One comes to mind, but we'll see if someone wants to talk. So far, very hush hush.
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One of the most beautiful - and also the most poignant - places we have ever visited. We thank the French people for taking care of our people so well over so many years...
On this
#MemorialDay
I love to share this video.
French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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Apparently, the People's Convoy wasn't popular with all the people...
Members of ‘People’s Convoy’ drove across country from MD to the Bay Area in CA. They went to the home of Dem Assembly member Buffy Wicks where they honked horns and used bullhorns against her support of abortion rights. After leaving, they were pelted by eggs by young residents.
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UPDATE:
#Antioch
#AutoCenterDrive
Shooting - One firefighter hit by gunfire in the foot; ambulance crew-member hit in the leg. Search on for suspect with pistol equipped with extended magazine.
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Someone else playing our "Cloud Game." But that's a rocking bear!
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Overview of Crash Scene,
#WalnutCreek
Calif.
Crews work to extricate, assist occupants of car believed to have hit Truck 1 at scene of earlier crash on southbound I680 this morning. Traffic severely impacted after freeway closed...
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We've been bombarded... no, wait, bad word... inundated, yes, better... we've been inundated by calls about jets over the East Bay.
Sean McDonough's magical camera and cat-like reflexes caught these tangos from Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2) aka, the "Bounty Hunters."
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When he's not shooting earthly news, photographer Sean McDonough turns his lens skyward - capturing our full moon along with Jupiter and ITS moons.
We can only remember Io, Callisto, Europa and ... Ganymeade? There are more.
Anyway, nice shot. Not exactly LOCAL but, hey...
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Thank you, People of France, for giving so many of our boys such a beautiful, final resting place... and for keeping them in your hearts as we do.
This has to be the longest standing ovation for anyone or anything I have ever witnessed.
4000 high school students in Normandy, France standing to honor our World War II veterans.
This area in northern France has not forgotten the events of 80 years ago.
Honored and humbled
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"Oh, Hell..."
Gent trying to make it home south on Highway 680 early Sunday morning - leaving a debris trail from
#WalnutCreek
to
#Alamo
. Lost a couple of tires and a bumper and some other bits and pieces but eventually crashed at a roundabout in
#Alamo
. No injuries.
#JustJail
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Hmm. Any Bets On How Long This Will Last?
Alert readers in
#Lafayette
found several of these signs freshly affixed to the fencing on both sides of the often contentious
#ElCurtolaBridge
this morning.
Scene of past protests, demonstrations, small skirmishes.
#WeShallSee
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BREAKING: Attempted Robbery/Carjacking in
#AlamoDanville
:
Shots fired during reported attempted carjacking at Hartz and Danville Blvd. One involved car reported to be black sedan with heavy window tint. Unknown if anyone hit/injured.
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