Category Archives: Concord

Now that the holidays are almost complete, let’s see if we help simplify your life. How about having all your utilities broken down on one page with links for paying bills online, stopping or starting services, making appointments, getting directions, or  obtaining other useful information? Check out our Utilities Page, from From Air Cloud Wireless to Waste Management the Diablo Reporter has got you covered.

Got Mail? Visit our all in one Mail Center! Here you will find information on Filing a change of address form, applying for a passport, track and confirm packages, schedule a pick up, or check out current postage rates. You can use the USPS price calculator to find out postage or the U.S. zip code look up to get those letters off easier. Also included is directions, hours and contact information for all local mail services.

There is a Frost Advisory Warning for Contra Costa residents tonight! While frost are not usually life threatening it could be to your garden. It’s recommended that you bring in or cover sensitive plants or landscaping.

The Diablo Reporter has worked hard to bring you all the charts, graphs, maps, images and information on all Weather data for the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond! We have two extensive 7 day forecasts, local weather temperatures from various local weather stations, precipitation maps, weather maps, live bay area fog maps, weather radars, doppler radar, cloud temperature maps, wind directions and speeds, satellite weather images and up-to-date weather warnings. For more Live Weather Information click here!

Let the Diablo Reporter help make your commute a little easier! Get the latest traffic information and live traffic map of the San Francisco Bay Area. Our Real Time Traffic Map including current vehicle accidents, traffic reporters, directions, and road conditions within the San Francisco Bay Area.

According to the US Dept. of Consumer Affairs an estimated 8.9 percent of an average family’s income goes to gas. Start saving today by checking out Diablo Reporter’s Cheap Gas Locator and find local gas prices & gas stations with the best fuel prices for regular gas, mid-grade, premium and diesel.

Diablo Reporter is adding new features and tools from now until our fabulous launch date:  January 1, 2013! Listen live online to various police departments including Concord Police, Walnut Creek Police, Martinez Police, Contra Costa Sheriffs and much more by checking out our Live Police Audio Page!

Find out about real-time DUI checkpoint dates and locations on our DUI Checkpoint Page. Also included is DUI checkpoint’s most often asked questions and help keep us up-to-date by using our simple form to report DUI checkpoint or speed trap in your area.

Our Speed Trap & Red Light Camera Page has locations of all the area’s red light cameras, speed cameras and speed traps so you should never get an unexpected ticket in the mail.

Apps like Escort Live and Trapster have millions of users report live real-time speed trap locations and best of all, they are free!

With all these useful tools, the Diablo Reporter hopes to make your commute a little easier with less delays and unexpected tickets.

Hooray! We are so excited to announce the Diablo Reporter is fully locked and engaged on some of the hottest social networking sites around! That’s right, we’ve decided to GO BIG OR GO HOME!

We’ve got the insatiable Official Diablo Reporter Facebook Fan Page which hosts events, announcements and our latest status updates. Our volunteers had been busy establishing and tweeting on our own Diablo Reporter Twitter stream. Pictures and texts are not the only thing that Diablo Reporter has to offer. We would like to present our Official Diablo Reporter Youtube Channel to bring you all the fabulous local footage!

For special events, we will be broadcasting LIVE on the Diablo Reporter UStream Channel and to add personality and flavor to the mixed we will be hosting LIVE Video Chats on our Diablo Reporter BlogTV Channel. We will be establishing and trying out various media and social networking outlets to bring you the best coverage and features.

Please have patience with us while we try to offer the best experience for you and invite you to join the Diablo Reporter community!

CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve found us!

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our NEW fantastic website, the Diablo Reporter! We will be launching live on New Year’s at Midnight! We are so excited and counting down the days until Diablo Reporter is FULLY launched!

There will be plenty of great news coverage, local information, and entertainment in Contra Costa County! Along with our new look we have included some features that we hope will make visiting the site a quicker, easier and create a more interactive experience. We hope you enjoy our new website and would love to hear what you think about it. We invite you to write your own articles, send your own stories, pics and video to post on our site.

We have a great community here surrounding Mt Diablo and the Diablo Reporter is looking forward to sharing it all with you!

Until next time, this is the Diablo Reporter signing off!