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Scary Moment On Moraga Hillside Triggered By Airsoft Gun Tuesday
Lamorinda police – with a California Highway Patrol Helicopter orbiting overhead – searched a Moraga hillside above Ashbrook Place for a man with a gun Tuesday and found him – but the gun he was carrying turned out to be a realistic-looking Airsoft version. Acting Police Chief Jon King said his department received a call…
Read MoreOrinda Police Caution Residents About Shoplifting/Burglary Crews Using Rental Vans
Like a taxi cab in the city and perhaps the minivan in the suburbs, a U-Haul truck in the neighborhood may not immediately raise suspicions, police said Monday, but recent events have shown that perhaps they should. “We have noticed a couple of times now people renting U-Haul vans and essentially living in them, and twice…
Read MoreDetermined Burglars Raid Lafayette Home Despite Active Police Cordon Tuesday
In a bold game of hide-and-seek with police searching for them with helicopters, canine search teams and squads of officers literally beating the brush for a glimpse of them – two determined burglars stayed within three active police perimeters and ransacked a home while police closed in Tuesday. The pair, part of a three-man crew believed…
Read MoreDaylight Burglars Strike In Danville Tuesday; One Suspect Arrested In Lafayette
A series of incidents kept Danville police busy and residents on edge Tuesday as thieves successfully breached one home and appeared to be casing others. Three separate individuals were arrested, one in Lafayette, after two incidents today in Danville: According to Lt. Allan Shields, the first incident occurred at 2:50 a.m. near the intersection of Morris…
Read MoreDeadly Sunday On I-680: Fairfield Man Dies After Incident In Martinez
A 52-year-old Fairfield man became the second person to die during a rainy, crash-filled Sunday on Interstate 680 after his pickup truck struck the center divider north of Marina Vista in Martinez around 3:10 p.m. California Highway Patrol officers said the motorist was driving south on the freeway when his 1999 GMC pickup veered into the…
Read MoreBig Sinkhole Big News In Little Moraga Sunday
UPDATE: Evacuations underway on Rheem Blvd. as sinkhole ruptures a major gas line. 6:35 p.m. There hasn’t been this much excitement in town since Mrs. McGillicutty found Mr. M cozied up with his secretary in the bar at Rheem Bowl. Yes, it’s really just a hole in the ground but Moraga’s latest landmark was doing a…
Read MoreMoraga Man Dead After Crash-Filled Sunday On I-680
One person was killed in a flurry of isolated crashes – often reported just minutes apart – on I-680 from San Ramon to Alamo Sunday. The fatal accident, still being investigated and cleared as this is written (12:50 p.m.) was reported at 12:18 p.m. on southbound I-680 at the Sycamore Valley Road offramp and was…
Read MoreWet Wednesday Leaves One Dead; Commuters Fuming
A slippery day in the 24/680 led to a number of crashes across Central County – with a Martinez woman killed in a head-on accident early in the day and a series of crashes tying up traffic and elevating tempers as commuters slowed to a crawl California CHP investigators are looking into the cause of…
Read MoreMartinez Woman Killed In Head-On Crash Wednesday
A 27-year-old Martinez woman was killed in a two-car, head-on crash in the intersection of Pacheco Blvd. and Arthur Rd. in Martinez early Wednesday. Tandiwe Myambo was traveling eastbound on Pacheco Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. when her Honda unexpectedly swerved into oncoming westbound traffic, hitting a Dodge pick-up. Myambo, who attended Diablo Valley College, was…
Read More“Single Digit” License Plate Break Leads To Arrests, Tie To Lafayette Burglaries
Lafayette police, looking to solve a flurry of burglaries in their town Monday, were led to a suspect car believed used in the crimes by a citizen who remembered a single digit on a speeding car’s license plate. That lead enabled investigators canvassing the neighborhoods where the crimes occurred to pinpoint home surveillance video of a…
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