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🌱Mild Earthquake In Danville + Contra Costa Elections Certified

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Hello, all! Jeri Karges here with your fresh copy of the Concord Daily, full of all the local news you need to know right now, including:

  • A hero helped clean up Pleasant Hill after vandals defaced a 9/11 monument.
  • Beware! Scammers may be using your neighbor's phone numbers to scam you.
  • A huge tree fell in the storm in Pleasant Hill. We've got pictures.

But first, today's weather:

A passing shower or two. High: 58 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories in Concord today:

  1. Hey, did you feel the earthquake?! Yeah, pretty much nobody did. It was a 2.9 temblor that hit near Danville on Saturday afternoon. If you were in Danville, Alamo or Walnut Creek and you were paying attention, you might have felt it. (Claycord.com)
  2. It was a sad sight in Pleasant Hill when vandals defaced a memorial to the lives lost on 9/11. It was sad until a military vet stepped up and, with a little elbow grease, did what he could to clean up the spray paint that covered the memorial. Israel Massallo served in the National Guard for eight years and knows how much these memorials mean to people. Thank you, Israel, for helping your community be a brighter place! (Claycord.com)
  3. News 24/680 has some dramatic pictures of a tree that just couldn't take it anymore after the storms. A huge 80-foot tree came down on a couple of unsuspecting cars and made quite a mess in Pleasant Hill on Saturday. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. (News 24/680)
  4. If you're getting calls from your neighbors asking you for money, you might want to take a deep breath before you lay into them. Apparently, scammers are using local, legitimate numbers to robocall locals and scam them out of money. So, don't get angry with your neighbors. Quietly hang up and report the incident. The authorities will help you figure out if it's a scam or a neighbor who you forgot you owed money. (News 24/680)
  5. The November 8 elections are now fully certified in Contra Costa County. "Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar Debi Cooper certified the results of the November 8, 2022, General Election today, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. The final official report for this election is now posted on the Contra Costa County Elections website at www.contracostavote.gov." (Contra Costa Herald)

Today in Concord:

  • It's Martini Monday at Smith's Landing Seafood Grill in Antioch. Signature cocktails are just $6 all day! (All Day)
  • Violent Night is showing at the Solano Drive-in in Concord. (7:50 PM)
  • "Come Jam with instructor Vince Lay lead guitar/vocals and Joey Nunez acoustic guitar on the new stage and dancefloor @ Vinnie's Open Mic Monday event." (8:30 PM)

From my notebook:

  • "Peek inside the most recently listed homes available now in and near the Concord area." (Concord Patch)
  • Diablo Magazine's December photo contest is online! Do you know where this picture was taken? If so, you could win two tickets to see the Peking Acrobats on January 17 at Lesher Center for the Arts! (Diablo Magazine)
  • The Moraga Town Council is recruiting for a new town manager and is seeking residents' input: "Please take a few moments to respond to our brief survey. The survey is open and ready to access via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q2TQH93"

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Jeri Karges

About me: Jeri Karges has been living in and loving the Sacramento region for over 30 years. Her passion is finding new and unique ways to enjoy the city and surrounding areas. On weekends, you can find her pestering her friends to sample the restaurant that doesn't have silverware, or try their hand at throwing an axe. Jeri also enjoys writing about retirement planning at https://rockinretirement.subst...

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