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Walnut Creek Looking For A Few Good Men – And Women; Seeks $225K Contract For Recruitment Drive
The Walnut Creek City Council on Tuesday is expected to evaluate a proposal giving the city manager permission to authorize a $225,000 contract agreement with a recruiter tasked to increase staffing at the city’s police department. The Walnut Creek Police Department is banking a service agreement with Epic Recruiting will give the department the recruiting effort it…
Read MoreMoraga Home Damaged By Fire Saturday Night
Two people were evacuated from a home in the 1000 block of Sanders Drive in Moraga on Saturday night after a fast-moving fire swept through the attic space of their home. There were no known injuries but our Flash Network lit up with reports of the blaze as people spotted the glow from the fire…
Read MoreConcord Man – Ex-LAPD Officer – Sentenced In Annoying/Molesting Child Case
A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was sentenced this week to two years in prison after pleading guilty to harassing two middle school girls in a Walnut Creek parking lot, court records show. Miguel Schiappapietra, a registered sex offender and resident of Concord, was sentenced Wednesday in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Schiappapietra plead…
Read MoreFire Reported In Martinez Friday
Tensions are high as a fire burns in the very brittle hills above Pacheco Tonight. Numerous calls of a black smoke column came in about 8:15 PM above Pacheco Blvd near Blum Rd, just above homes, and businesses. The calm wind and cooler temps helped fire crews surround the blaze as it topped 40′ trees,…
Read MoreRattlers, Big Cats, Bio-Bombing And – How ‘Bout Them A’s?
Up with the roosters this morning, our little slice of the 24/680 a bit gray but promising to warm, stories, tips and email trickling in as Friday gets underway. The morning is getting something of a jump start as police and fire department personnel in Danville tend to an individual with a deep stab wound…
Read MoreDispensary Raiders Return For Another Visit To STIIIZY Pacheco
A convoy of armed, masked thieves returned to the ultra hip STIZZY Pacheco cannabis dispensary early Wednesday morning, descending on the business and making off with an undisclosed amount of goods. The 6,283 sq. ft. outlet, the eighth STIZZY location to do business in Northern California, was closed at the time of the burglary –…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Home Which Caught Fire And Burned Tuesday Rekindles, Burning Again Wednesday
Firefighters returned to a now-familiar address on Amesbury Court in Walnut Creek on Wednesday after a blaze which gutted the home’s garage rekindled and spread to the upper floors and roof. Crews are currently (6:25am) working to extinguish flames at the residence in the 1900 block of Amesbury after neighbors called to report the structure…
Read MoreSuspect Detained After Shots Fired In Rossmoor Monday
Our friends in the gated community tell us of some police action in the neighborhood this morning stemming from a welfare check on a resident and the subsequent discharge of a firearm – with at least three shots being fired. Police moved to secure streets in the area of Terra Granada Drive and police drones…
Read More“Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave…” – Fire, Power Outage In Rossmoor Sunday
Crews from multiple local firefighting districts responded to reports of fire burning on a steep hillside at Oakmont Drive and Oakmont Way in Walnut Creek’s Rossmoor on Sunday. Sean McDonough made it to the fire scene, which was also beset by a simultaneous power outage possibly linked to the power lines criss-crossing the area. Crews…
Read MoreOne Dead, Six Wounded In Antioch Shooting Sunday
From the Antioch police department: On 6/11/23, at approximately 12:58 AM, the Antioch Police Department Dispatch Center started receiving numerous 9-1-1 calls reporting multiple gunshots being fired at a residence in the 3300 block of Sunset Lane. As officers were responding, witnesses called to report several victims had been shot. When officers arrived at the…
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