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Pursuit Ends After Car Crashes Into Concord Home Monday

A police pursuit on Port Chicago Highway in Concord ended with the suspect vehicle burrowing into a home at Port Chicago and Gehringer Drive and the occupants attempting to elude police. That strategy didn’t work as police closed in on the scene. Officers had been actively pursuing the car as it fled east on Port…

Stockton Man Arrested For Attempted Burglary In Walnut Creek Saturday

An 18-year-old Stockton man was arrested on an array of charges following an attempted burglary on Crescent Drive in Walnut Creek shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Isaiah Taylor of Stockton was reportedly spotted climbing over a prospective victim’s home while wearing mask and gloves, according to a release issued by the Walnut Creek police department.…

Walnut Creek Heats Up Saturday Night

First, residents spotted an aspiring burglar on Camino Verde and called police, officers calling out the troops to locate him – requesting the sheriff’s helicopter orbit the area. The whirlybird was called off to assist with another assignment but, almost unbelievably, returned almost to the location of their original search to assist with stopping a…

Weather Clear – With A Probability Of Burglary

Beautiful days in the 24/680 as we hang out the laundry between storms and pluck the mushrooms from our pockets, bracing for the next wave of precipitation and prepping ahead of the storm. Our (cherished) readers have been deluging us with photos of the deluge and we’re using the best ones, of course, though after…

“… And In The Valley, Children, Was A Village…”

“… where happy people danced and sang, the skies clearing once more and the rain fresh in their fields, their celebration songs spreading to other valleys until the whole region was alive with the sound of their voices…” Second graph, courtesy of “Criswell.” “…..and then, for the third consecutive Tuesday, another mesocyclonic bomb descended upon…

Police Apprehend One Of Two Concord Murder Suspects

One of two people considered prime suspects in Tuesday’s murder of one man and the wounding of another in a Solano Way shopping mall was arrested by Concord police detectives later that night. Haley Sparks Hadsell, 19, of Martinez was taken into custody, according to police, who did not detail the circumstances of her arrest.…

One Dead, One Injured After Tree Crushes Car In Rossmoor Tuesday

A local attorney was killed and his wife injured when a tree fell on their Tesla at 1010 Stanley Dollar in Rossmoor at the height of Tuesday’s storm. The eucalyptus came down at approximately 7 p.m. in an area between the gated community’s event center and popular Creekside Grill, crushing a white Tesla with Thomas…

Mobile Burglary Crew With Mobile Communications Spotted In Lafayette

A crew of four suspected burglars traveling in a Nissan Rogue and apparently communicating via two-way radio scouted and possibly entered homes on Rancho View Drive in Lafayette on Tuesday. Neighbors apparently spotted the crew, dressed in black and wearing ski masks, prowling the gated, walled area in the 1500 block of Rancho View before…

One Dead, One Wounded In Concord Shooting Tuesday

One person was shot and killed and another seriously wounded after shots were fired in the area of Argyll Avenue and Broadmoor in Concord on Tuesday. Officers from multiple agencies descended on the scene, establishing a perimeter and conducting a search for the suspects, believed to be a man and woman wearing hoodies and baggy…

Here Come The Robo Sapiens – Pepper, Digit, And Sophia

Internet friends Paul and Akari Nelson have just returned from their semi-regular trip to Japan and a tour of that country’s cultural assets – along with some newfound insight into the country’s fascination with technology. “It’s widely embraced,” Akari said. “From Japanese television to children’s toys.” But the friends said they were most surprised by…