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High-Speed Pursuit From Moraga, Through Orinda Monday
Locals may have noticed another high-speed pursuit from Moraga out Moraga Way through Orinda Monday afternoon, Moraga PD on the tail of individuals in a car spotted at the Moraga Service Center. The incident, reported at approximately 1:22 p.m., kicked off when officers spotted a black Ford Taurus with a mismatched license plate. The car…
Read MoreWilson Inquest Ends With “Death At The Hands Of Another” Finding
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a man shot and killed by a Danville police officer in March 2021 found unanimously that Tyrell Wilson’s death came “at the hands of another person other than by accident.” Friday’s unanimous decision by a jury hearing witness testimony on the lethal confrontation between Wilson, 32, and currently…
Read MoreArrests Made In Basel Jilani Murder Case; Murder Tied To Area Rolex Robberies
From the Office of the Sheriff: On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at about 10:45 AM, Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriffs served arrest warrants at a home on the 4800 block of Vinewood Way in Antioch. They arrested, without incident, 19-year-old Don-Juan Watson of Antioch/San Francisco and 20-year-old Jalin Washington of San Francisco. The two are…
Read MoreOne Dead In Orinda Crash Wednesday
A male driver died after apparently losing control of his SUV and crashing off eastbound Highway 24 in Orinda, firefighters finding the vehicle had come off the freeway and collided head-on with a tree. The crash was reported at 6:04 p.m. off the eastbound lanes between Camino Pablo and the St. Stephens offramp. Our condolences…
Read MoreLivermore Murder Suspect Arrested In Lathrop Wednesday
Livermore police said a police SWAT team arrested the man they say is responsible for a deadly shooting at a bowling alley last weekend after he was traced to a home in Lathrop. Police said Roger Aleman Garcia, 27, was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. after detectives developed information about his location. He was taken…
Read MoreRolex Robbers Strike Again – Watch And Phone Taken In Walnut Creek Monday
Two people returning to their Grover Lane home in Walnut Creek Monday were accosted by two armed men and robbed of personal items, including a Rolex watch and a phone. An ambulance was summoned to the scene shortly after the incident was reported at 10:01 p.m. but the exact nature of the injuries suffered and…
Read MoreFelony Sweep Nets Drugs, Guns And 23 Alleged Offenders
From the Antioch Police Department: ANTIOCH, CA. On 7/11/2022, the Antioch Police Department hosted the U.S. Marshals Service-Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force for a week-long warrant sweep to help reduce the rise in violence in the City of Antioch and surrounding areas. Through additional partnerships with Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), Drug Enforcement Agency…
Read MoreEmerging From The Abyss, Or Sliding Further Into The Fever Dream…
… we mean, that’s the question before us as investigative committees meet, court dates loom, and what we thought were basic human rights are stripped away by people we thought were working for us. Asked for a decision on where we stand as a nation and a people facing an evolving virus, infrequent mail delivery,…
Read More“You Can’t See Me, I’m Camouflaged!”
Reflective vest. Clipboard. Gardening or construction implement – all as common in Suburbia as kids in soccer togs and bikes left on the front lawn. In Pleasanton last weekend some locals observed a man in one of those vests trundling a backpack sprayer around the neighborhood – occasionally sawing at a padlock on a nearby…
Read MoreShots Fired At Livermore’s Granada Bowl Saturday; Three Hit – One Dead
Three people were shot and one killed after a fight broke out at Livermore’s Granada Bowl Saturday, a patron drawing a weapon and firing several rounds into a group of bystanders. Police said a 28-year-old man was wounded and died later at a local hospital. Two other victims were listed in stable condition at a…
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