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Another Suburban Bank Mugging – This Time In Danville
A Chase Bank patron was robbed of her purse, phone and wallet by a hold-up crew in a blue grey sedan as she went about her business in the Danville Livery Shopping Center, 661 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Thursday. Police recovered the victim’s phone, apparently jettisoned from the car and found in the middle of…
Read MoreMissing Your Mail? Concord Postal Carrier Robbed At Gunpoint Thursday
A Concord mail carrier was held at gunpoint as his mail and packages were taken by up to three armed men Thursday. The getaway car with reportedly Nevada plates and gunmen is still at large. Happened on Salem St. just off Mendocino Dr. A large Concord Police presence at the scene about 1:30pm. Agents were…
Read MoreArrest Made In Lafayette Freeway Shooting Investigation
From the California Highway Patrol, Golden Gate Division VALLEJO, Calif – Detectives assigned to the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Golden Gate Division (GGD) Special Investigations Unit (SIU), with the assistance of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO), arrested 24-year-old Damari Calvin of Vallejo on Tuesday for his involvement in a freeway shooting that occurred in…
Read MoreWe’re Getting Cruised – Just A Little Bit
We don’t know why we channeled DeNiro’s oft-repeated line from Goodfellas but it came to us and seemed appropriate this morning. People who know us would say we tend to swing more to the realist than the alarmist. Being frightened of things we see happening around us tends to shut down the brain and we…
Read MoreSuspected Package Thieves At Work In Lafayette
Police have detained three persons suspected of stealing packages in the area of Happy Valley Court and Lois Lane – near Lafayette BART – on Tuesday afternoon. Officers saturated the area and took the trio into custody after a brief foot chase, the second of the day. Police are attempting to locate the owners of…
Read MoreLafayette Gas Station Robbery Ends Badly For Robber Tuesday
A robbery at a downtown Lafayette Chevron station sparked a circuitous pursuit, crash, brief foot pursuit and eventually ended in the capture of a suspect on Howard Hills Road. The incident was reported at approximately 12:30 p.m. with a suspect holding up a person at the station and fleeing west on Mt. Diablo Boulevard in…
Read MoreThe Walking Invisibles – When The Demons Take Control
We get a lot of photos now. People send them to us because, apparently, it’s clear that we like them. Some are unintentionally funny, a big, fleshy finger across mid-frame, or the composition disrupted and a-kilter – as if the picture had been taken in the middle of a 7.2 quake. Bobcats. Butterflies. Baseball games.…
Read MoreOrinda Neighbors Look Up “EOD” After Military Ordnance Turns Up In Local Home
Eyebrows lifted skyward in Orinda Monday when a truck carrying a military bomb disposal squad and with EOD painted on its side rolled up to take possession of a rusty old missile located in a local home. No one in an official capacity was willing to talk on the record but to our untrained eye…
Read MoreSuspects In Moraga Wells Fargo Mugging Sought In Other Bank Assault Cases Sunday
A woman robbed outside the Moraga Wells Fargo Bank Branch Sunday was the latest in a string of victims targeted by thieves driving a white BMW SUV and striking at bank branches throughout the East Bay. The unidentified bank patron told police she was confronted by a group of young, black males ages 16 to…
Read More“Saturday’s Alright For Fightin'” – Brawls, Arrests In Downtown Walnut Creek
The city’s downtown club scene turned a bit ugly Saturday after a sizable brawl broke out at 1515 Main Street, spilling over into several smaller fights and skirmishes that kept police on the run and busy into early morning. Other disturbances were reported at Main at Bonanza by a Wells Fargo with a large number…
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