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Orindans Help Florida Beating Victim Return Home

Almost a year after he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a fight outside an Orinda house party, Michael Jerrido has returned to his home in Largo, Fla. – largely due to donations from residents of the town where he was injured. Jerrido, a football player attending Chabot College in Hayward, was part of a…

Danville Man Dies After Pleasant Hill Freeway Crash

A Danville man died after his pickup truck left Highway 680 at around 8:58 a.m. Tuesday, striking two other cars before eventually coming to rest partially inside an unoccupied home. The 77-year-old victim was unconscious and unresponsive inside his white Ford F-250 when bystanders and first responders reached him, according to the CHP. In the initial…

Friends, Students Mourn Loss Of Lafayette Teacher Killed In Berkeley Double Stabbing

Friends of Lafayette’s Sienna Ranch were reeling Sunday night with the news that a popular local teacher had been killed during an apparent knife attack in Berkeley Friday. Berkeley police have yet to officially identify the young woman found dead in an Ashby Avenue home but a notice issued by Sienna Ranch over the weekend confirmed that…

Woman Killed By Falling Tree At Canyon Lakes Golf Course Saturday

A 56-year-old woman severely injured when she was struck on the head by a falling tree limb at the Canyon Lakes Golf Course Saturday morning has died of her injuries, according to police. The incident was reported at approximately 10:50 a.m. on the 7th hole of the golf course, the woman’s husband reporting that his…

Walnut Creek PD, U.S. Postal Inspectors Arrest Three Pittsburg Residents – Multiple Charges

Walnut Creek Police and U.S. Postal Inspectors are investigating the recent activity of three Pittsburg residents arrested Thursday as they were seen leaving a residence under surveillance by officers. Walnut Creek Police Officers were surveilling a residence in the 200 block of West Buchanan Road at approximately 4:20 p.m. in an attempt to serve an…

Thief Robs San Ramon Bank Of The West Branch Thursday; Escapes In Prius – Yes, A Prius

NEWS24/680 was able to provide the play-by-play account of a morning bank robbery and ensuing chase down I-680 Thursday, an incident marked by apparent public disbelief in the suspect’s choice of getaway car – a Toyota Prius. Despite the lightheartedness, it was all business for San Ramon police when news that the Bank of the West branch in the…

Calm Before The Storm – NEWS24/680 Aviatrix Trixie Goodheart Gets In A Little Air Time

Greetings and Salutations Groundhogs! It’s me, Trixie, at the stick of the NEWS24/680 Sopwith and doing a little open cockpit flying over the former ranch land where our two major freeways link up before the skies close in and go dark on us yet again. It’s gorgeous up here. I’m at 4,000 ftAGL (that’s Above…

Burglars Attempt Last-Minute Christmas Shopping In Lafayette Friday

Police in Lafayette advise that at least one suspected burglar may have attempted to get in some last-minute shopping Friday, approaching a home in the 800 block of Mountain View Drive. Police said that a 9:04 a.m. a maroon colored 4-door sedan parked in the driveway of the residence, a black male exiting the passenger…

Tense Moments For Orinda PD Officers Thursday – Two Guns Recovered In Separate Incidents

While most of us were out blissfully enjoying our day today, police in Orinda were on the job and, apparently, very busy – confiscating two guns during two incidents in the course of their day. Police Chief Mark Nagel reports that his officers stopped a car with paper plates early in the afternoon Thursday and…

Lamorinda PD Rebuff Return Visit By Suspected Housebreaking Crew Tuesday

This site noted a police action in Orinda Tuesday morning and was only able to put all the pieces of that action together after contact with Lafayette police later in the day. Apparently a car believed to have been used in a burglary on Reliez Valley Road in Lafayette on Dec. 14 made a return…