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Right Wing Callers Troll Walnut Creek Council Meeting; Leave Signage In Lafayette Thursday
Within hours of a troubling telephonic trolling of a Walnut Creek City Council meeting, signage ostensibly left by a California skinhead group and referencing former mayor Kevin Wilk appeared on a Lafayette overpass. Two bedsheet banners, one pointedly addressing Wilk and challenging the Walnut Creek council member to take down the messaging, the other referencing…
Read MoreMan Kills Self At Dublin Shooting Range Tuesday
A 35-year-old Bay Point man shot himself at a Dublin shooting range Tuesday – taking his life before police called to the scene to check on a possibly distraught person could reach him. Dublin Police Services officers were called to the Guns, Fishing & Other Stuff gun shop and shooting range at 6705 Amador Plaza…
Read MoreCon Fire Ramps Up Wildfire Responses; Urges Resident Precautions
From the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District: CONCORD, CALIF., June 7, 2023 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District today announced return to full fire responses for all grass, vegetation, and wildland fires across the district because of the arrival of seasonal fire weather. Full responses include a minimum of five firefighting apparatus and…
Read MoreLetters: A Population In Crisis Creating One
Editor; I write to express my concern about the increased presence of unhoused people on our roads and underpasses and to ask if anything is being done to find help and housing for them. The number of campfires getting out of control and spreading also appears to be increasing as people move into these areas…
Read MoreArmed Robbery Reported In Downtown Walnut Creek Tuesday
Our readers alerted us to an armed robbery near the Wells Fargo Bank branch at Main and Bonanza in Walnut Creek around 3:12 p.m. Tuesday. We were told a man was robbed of his watch and other personal belongings by a suspect who exited a vehicle with two other passengers inside, approached the victim and…
Read MoreGrass Fires Spark Up In Pacheco, Martinez Monday
Some grass fires have been reported burning up along SR4 in Pacheco. Appear to be multiple starts with a fresh report coming in for a blaze along I680 North at Marina Vista.
Read MoreMotorcyclist Killed In Clayton Crash Sunday
A motorcyclist was killed on Marsh Creek Road near Three Springs Road in the City of Clayton Sunday, firefighters finding the rider down at 9:09 p.m. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters found the rider down on the road at that location. The person was declared dead at the scene. Police said the motorcycle…
Read MoreSunday In The Numbers
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Read MoreCHP Investigating Fatality On SR-242 Thursday
Investigators responded to reports of a possible pedestrian down in the southbound lanes of SR-242 just north of Gregory Boulevard Thursday, recovering a body at that location. Officers are attempting to determine how the person came to be on the freeway. The discovery was made at approximately 11:33 p.m. and officers were reportedly talking with…
Read MoreBicyclist Injured By Concord Hit And Run Driver Wednesday
Concord police are looking for the driver of a black 2015-16 Honda Civic which kept going north on I680 after striking a bicyclist at Diamond Boulevard and Willow Pass Road Wednesday. The collision was reported at 9:44 p.m. Police closed the location of the crash for several hours Wednesday in order to facilitate their investigation.…
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