Very Rare Tornado Warning In Contra Costa County Bay Area ... kind of damage or injuries in Contra Costa County. There was a shelter for residents in the Discovery Bay area where they could head to during the storm. Tornado warning near Discovery Bay lifted In numerous places near Discovery Bay and in Byron motorists pulled over to photograph bright rainbows as the thunderstorm passed. Thre warning was lifeted ... DB crime report released According to a recently released report from the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, vehicle crime in Discovery Bay is down from last year ... California foreclosures drop in December news to troubled buyers and shutting people out of their homes during the holiday season, said the website, which is based in Discovery Bay, Calif. Mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac suspended foreclosures for part of last month through Jan. 3, and Citigroup Inc. also said it would suspend some foreclosures and evictions for part of last month through Jan. 17. “The dramatic drop in foreclosure activity may have been a Christmas gift to homeowners,” Sean O’Toole, chief executive of ForeclosureRadar.com, said in a statement. “Given rising mortgage delinquencies, it is becoming increasingly clear... Singing for Haiti Christopher Arthur, 18, receives a donation while playing his guitar for customers at the Discovery Bay Safeway where he works. At the request of the store ... Supervisors reflect on new year Piepho lives in Discovery Bay and is especially interested in issues that affect communities in the far East County part of her sprawling district. She has actively lobbied for the county's interests at the state level over preservation of the Delta and over the threat she sees in a proposed peripheral canal."My priority will continue to be water," Piepho said. "The state's Delta policy package is poised to devastate the Delta."Piepho has promoted increased safety along Vasco Road and is trying to extend a barrier along a critical stretch to reduce head-on collisions. Piepho wants to cut costs by reducing the county's support for retiree health care and pensions. Other s...

Investors dominate home flipping, auctions The figures, from research firm ForeclosureRadar.com in Discovery Bay, also indicate that at December Bay Area auctions, about 2o percent of the sales went to investors rather than back to foreclosing lenders. In December 2008, that number was 3.2 percent. The data define any property not reclaimed by the bank at an auction to be an investor purchase because auction foreclosure sales require buyers to pay all cash, something most typical home buyers cannot afford, according to Sean O'Toole, CEO of ForeclosureRadar.com. A significant percentage of flippers from the boom times used mortgages to buy and flip homes that were rapidly appreciating, O'Toole said.

Fission Commences Winter Drill Program at Waterbury Lake Drilling will follow-up previous work completed in the East-West trending Corridor, which hosts the Discovery Bay, Disco Bay, Disco Bay West, and Talisker Zones, to the west of Hathor's Roughrider deposit. Primary focus remains at the Discovery Bay Zone. - Follow-up drilling on the eastern triangular claim where mineralization was discovered during the winter 2008 drill program (WAT07-008 0.10% U3O8 over 3.6m) (see news release dated December 7, 2009 and February 27, 2008). - New regional targets will include testing the Oban E-W corridor, situated approximately 3km to the north of the Discovery Bay Zone. - 93 line-km of ground IP and EM surveys to provide resolution...