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Soggy Man; Running Man; Swollen Man; And Petty Theft, Succulents
Photo Caption: A fender-grinder in the parking lot outside Retro Junkie on N. Main Street in Walnut Creek on Saturday night resulted in damage to both vehicles, a DUI charge for the driver of the Challenger and a repair bill for the owner of the food truck. Another small drama unfolding in the Big City.…
Read MoreCrash On Westbound 24 In Lafayette Following CHP Pursuit Wednesday
California Highway Patrol officers were behind a Ford F350 pickup truck wanted as a stolen vehicle Wednesday morning, the vehicle fleeing down I680 and onto westbound Highway 24 where it crashed just west of Pleasant Hill Road. Motorists report that a person fled from the crash site on foot but was detained shortly afterward. Two…
Read MoreGrass Fire Burns A Wee Too Close To Highway 4 Near Martinez Tuesday
Video Ace Craig Cannon on scene of a grass fire burning uncomfortably close to eastbound Hwy 4 near Cummings Sky Way Tuesday. Crew 12 works to put a line in front of it as traffic snarls on the freeway.
Read MoreParking Enforcer Takes A Break, Lends Helping Hand During Power Outage
When the lights go out in Walnut Creek – EVERYONE pitches in to help out, even the Meter People! Hat Tip to this public servant, taking it to the streets…
Read MorePedestrian Struck By Car In Walnut Creek Monday
A man walking with his wife was struck by a car in the area of South Main Street and Botelho Drive Monday afternoon, suffering a laceration to his head. The 1:54 pm collision touched off a brief road closure and resultant traffic jam as motorists looked for ways around the site. The victim was alert…
Read More“Hello? Is This NEWS24/680/80/580?”
We’re defined by our own company name, which is – for the record – NEWS24/680. We chose the name because our bisecting highways have served as ready identifiers for our area of coverage. None of that seemed to matter yesterday as we were flooded by incoming calls about a developing incident at a theatre complex…
Read MoreWalnut Creek PD Investigating Morning Shots Fired Call; Victim Located
Walnut Creek police are on the scene of a suspected shooting incident reported in the 100 block of Sierra Drive early Saturday. A police response to the scene located a victim suffering from unspecified wounds not far away. That person has been transferred to John Muir Hospital. The suspect’s custody status was not immediately known.…
Read MoreCareful When Picking Your Co-Conspirators
A gentleman in Walnut Creek found himself in bracelets Friday after allegedly asking a passersby he met on the street if he wanted to help burglarize a local business in the 2600 block of N. Main Street. Turned out the chosen collaborator was related to the owner of the targeted business so – as they…
Read MoreSome Photos Are Just Begging For A Good Caption…
We’re in a bit of a news cycle here on the site and Holy Moley are the wires singing with Flashers Flashing, readers writing, photographers shooting and writers overloading and trying to put it all into words. Fat chance. Most of you know about the unfortunate crash into a Walnut Creek post office branch on…
Read MoreBuilding-Ramming Trend Continues – This Time It’s A Walnut Creek Post Office
Hopefully not a portent of things to come but a second vehicle made its way into a local building Friday morning, hours after an Orinda police SUV lodged itself in the local Wells Fargo Bank branch. This time, a Jeep driver pushed through the front doors of the postal branch at 2244 Oak Grove Road,…
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