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NOTICE: Active Shooter Training At Lafayette Elementary School 8/1 – 8/2
An “active shooter” training drill will take place at Lafayette Elementary School on the mornings of Tuesday, August 1 and Wednesday, August 2. This is only a drill; there is no threat to the community or to the school. While no live ammunition will be used, there will be loud blanks fired, and officers will…
Read MoreInvestigation Into San Ramon Head-On Crash Underway Thursday
San Ramon police officers are investigating a major injury accident at the intersection of Bollinger Canyon Road at Crow Canyon Road. The department advised that the intersection will be closed for at least an hour (2:37pm), if not longer and asked that motorists avoid the area and find alternate routes.
Read MoreBusy Day In Lafayette: Intruder Inside Local Home – Power Out For Much Of City
UPDATE: Suspect rushed and detained after putting down knife inside home. Officers with him, ambulance called for examination. No other injuries reported – 9pm. ORIGINAL: A busy day in Lafayette as residents dealt with a widespread power outage in the city and one homeowner dealt with an intruder who broke into his residence and helped…
Read MoreLafayette PD, CHP Investigating Possible Freeway Shooting Wednesday
A dispute between drivers which one person said resulted in a car-to-car gunfight on the Central Lafayette onramp to Highway 24 brought police on the run and traffic to a slow crawl Wednesday. The incident was reported at approximately 11 a.m. with a witness reporting the occupants of a Lexus sedan and a Chevy Impala…
Read MoreBig Red Truck In Need Of A Smog Check Or Something Else?
Something else, as this crew pulled over to deal with a small but smoky grass fire on the N. Main offramp from I-680 Tuesday afternoon. Easy work for the crew but the blaze was in a tight spot. They made short work of it and went on to the next one…
Read MoreWalnut Creek PD Intercepts, Detains Wrong-Way Evaders Monday
What’s going on in Walnut Creek today? Well, LOTS apparently, according to you guys. Around 4 p.m. our lights dimmed here in the News Bunker and our communications systems started to hum and buzz like an over-charged Crock Pot as, well, too many tips to count began to pour in about some action on N.…
Read MoreSparks A’Flyin’ In Walnut Creek Monday
There are a lot of exotic components in cars today and firefighters came across an ore deposit of some type while trying to put down a fire in the engine compartment and cab of a Ford F-150 at N. Broadway and Pine in Walnut Creek today. No one hurt but that owner is going to…
Read More24/680 Residents Head Over Perfectly Arched Heels For… Barbie
Just when we thought we had the readership figured out. The last couple of days and nights our patrols have reported a declining presence downtown, people eschewing local hotspots and boits to stand in long lines at local movie houses. Cool, we thought, we’ve shaken off the pandemic and decided it’s okay to see a…
Read MoreThe Night Shift: Tequila, High Temps, And AirTags
We’ve learned after many years of investigation that the news doesn’t confine itself to regular hours. Hence, those of us addicted to gathering the curious, sometimes dramatic but more often mundane details of life have taken to prowling our chosen areas of coverage during what Mister Sinatra used to refer to as “The Wee Small…
Read MoreDriver Dies In Sunol Crash Friday Night
A lone motorist was killed when their Toyota crashed into a tree at 11345 Pleasanton-Sunol Road near CalFire Sunol Station 41 in Sunol Friday night. The crash was reported at 9:20 pm when passersby spotted the vehicle and reported the driver unconscious behind the wheel. Emergency personnel arrived at the crash site and determined that…
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