Architect Frank O. Gehry b. 1929 – d. 2025

Canadian-American architect Frank O. Gehry, creative force behind construction of the Concord Pavilion and whose soaring architectural style reshaped city skylines around the world, died December 5, 2025, at his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness. He was 96. Gehry designed the original Pavilion in collaboration with landscape architect Peter Walker in…

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DA Files Murder Charge In San Ramon DUI Case

A 28-year-old Pleasanton man was drunk and speeding at more than 150mph seconds before his Tesla struck the rear passenger side of a Ford Bronco traveling west on Crow Canyon Road on Saturday, Nov. 29 – killing a Castro Valley woman inside – investigators say. Badal Devendra Dholaria was arraigned Thursday on a five-count felony…

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Two-Alarm Fire In Rossmoor Tuesday

Residents of a multi-level condo in the 3200 block of Terra Granada Drive in Rossmoor called for help from the fire department Tuesday after detecting smoke in the unit. Firefighters arriving at the scene at approximately 1:15pm confirmed there was fire in the unit’s garage, entering the unit and conducting a search for the origin…

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LETTER: Our Streets As Speedways

Editor; Re: your Nov 30 article “Pleasanton Driver Arrested…After Fatal San Ramon Crash” I would like to express my sympathies to the innocent woman killed in this senseless act while wholeheartedly condemning the driver now accused of killing her. I realize justice moves slowly but I would argue that driving a high performance car at…

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Walnut Creek Hit By Another Burglary Swarm

Police response to a burglar alarm at the San Miguel Shopping Center in Walnut Creek on Tuesday led to the discovery of additional break-ins at nine nearby businesses at the Countrywood Shopping Center. Police made the initial discovery at 4:15 a.m., the current “witching hour” for similar crimes reported recently in Walnut Creek, Lamorinda and…

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Old(er) Dudes Try Driving The Waymo Way – Would You?

We’ve broached the idea of getting where you need to go autonomously in the past – usually getting a firm “Hell No!” from committed gear jammers and others wary of the technology behind driverless motoring. But Mountain View-based Waymo appears in it to win the autonomous transportation game, recently applying for and getting Department of…

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San Ramon Teen Shot, Wounded Sunday Night; Union City Woman Arrested

A 17-year-old San Ramon youth was treated and released from a local hospital Monday after he was shot in the upper shoulder by a woman subsequently arrested at her Union City home the previous day. The incident came to light at approximately 6:15p.m. Sunday when the teen, bleeding from a wound to his upper shoulder,…

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Barricaded Suspect Found Dead In Concord Home Sunday

A suspect wanted for allegedly assaulting someone with a firearm barricaded himself in his home in the 2600 block of Ward Way in Concord Sunday, resisting police commands to exit the residence before ultimately taking his own life inside the residence. The unidentified individual first came to police attention at 10:44 a.m. Sunday, with someone…

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Major Injury Crash On Highway 24 In Orinda Sunday

Roving lensmen capture haunting image of a crash on westbound Highway 24 east of Camino Pablo this mornin and we’re sorry to report that major injuries were incurred. The driver had to be extricated with passersby pitching in to help. The crash was reported at approximately 8 a.m. when a silver sedan collided with a…

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