Walnut Creek Double Murder Defendant Charged With Additional 2024 Murder
Howard Wang allegedly stabbed his wife and mother-in-law to death in their Walnut Creek home last year – then tried to blame the murders on a mystery intruder when police arrived to investigate. Prosecutors allege Wang committed the murders so he could be with his girlfriend Yan Wang, no relation, who was later arrested for…
Walnut Creek Prepares To Ban Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers April 1
Fans of leaf blowers vow to continue using the gassy machines Walnut Creek city officials have vowed to ban April 1 – a scenario which, if borne out, could make the city the latest civic battleground over a device naysayers have labeled “Satan’s Whistle.” Love ’em or loathe ’em the city says they won’t be…
Boots And Saddles At The Clayton Club Saloon; Shot ‘A Jack And On To The Gavel With A Whiff Of BBQ Smoke
Open years before Custer met his end at the Greasy Grass. Pushed through Prohibition as a “teetotaling” cafe. Serving as Clayton’s home away from home for idle ranchers, road-tripping bikers, power-drinkers and divorcees for years before a bad coke bust brought down the owner and cemented its reputation as a brawling, yet still beloved country…
New Judges Appointed To Contra Costa County Superior Court
Governor Gavin Newsom announced his latest around of appointments to local courts this week, including two new judges for headed for Contra Costa County Superior Court. Hanni Fakhoury has worked as a partner of Moeel Lah Fakhoury since 2021. Fakhoury was an assistant federal public defender for the Northern District of California from 2015 to…
“Good Bones”
Lots of locals stopping by to stare dreamily at the stripped-down Park Theater in Lafayette today, people hanging on the chain link fencing and talking about first movies and first dates there. Construction is underway and with eyes on a 2027 re-opening and folks behind the effort are looking for funding. In the meantime, we…
Contra Costa – And The Nation – Take To The Streets For No Kings III
Everywhere I hear the sound Of marching, charging feet, boy ‘Cause summer’s here and the time is right For marching in the street, boy… Words from a little ditty in 1968, courtesy of Mssrs. Richards and Jagger, which seemed appropriate today.
Parents Charged With Child Abuse In Walnut Creek e-Moto Crash; Enter Not Guilty Pleas
Parents of a teenaged boy making daily rides from their home in Benicia to his high school in Concord entered not guilty pleas via their attorneys after they were charged with child abuse following the boy’s serious crash on Treat Boulevard in Walnut Creek last year. Attorneys for Jeanna Gabellini and Steven Crews pleaded not…
Walgreens Ordered To Pay Six Million Dollars For Business Code Violations
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton and other District Attorneys in the State of California reached a settlement with Walgreen Co. for six million dollars for violations related to expired baby food, drugs, and overcharging customers. The civil case and settlement centered on the company…
Crews Clear Wreckage Of Big Rig Crash On I-580 In Pleasanton
Flash subscribers who heard it said last night’s crash on westbound I-580 at Foothill/San Ramon Road in Pleasanton “sounded like a bomb went off,” the crash trapping one unfortunate motorist under one of the involved semis and tying up traffic for hours before a fuel spill was cleaned up and debris hauled away. Calls about…
Two Walnut Creek Homes Damaged In Early-Morning Fire Wednesday
Fire spread to two homes on Sutcliffe Place in Walnut Creek early Wednesday, creeping into attic spaces of a residence at 425 Sutcliffe and spreading to the adjacent property at 431. The blaze was reported at 1:12am and was eventually upgraded to 2-alarms as crews vented the roof in search of the fire’s origin while…