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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…
Read More“… 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…
Read MorePolice 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.…
Read MoreOne 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…
Read MoreMobile 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…
Read MoreOne 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…
Read MoreHere 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…
Read MoreOne Dead After Incident On I-580 In Livermore Sunday
Police dispatched to a report of passengers assaulting an Uber driver on westbound I-580 at the Isabel offramp arrived to find two people down after an apparent collision with a vehicle – one of the pair dead at the scene. The incident was reported at approximately 9:20 p.m. with Livermore police dispatched to an assault…
Read More“Ish M’okay, I’m Only Gunna Leave It Here A Minna…”
Car gets away from driver later judged to be impaired on Meadow Lane in Concord Saturday. As you can see, heavy damage to the residence. Np injury to driver or occupants – who were gone at the time, luckily. All photos: Concord PD.
Read MorePittsburg Pair Arrested After Attempted Carjacking, Kidnap In Walnut Creek Saturday
As we reported when we first got wind of it this evening, two men were arrested after an aborted kidnap/carjacking in the 2500 block of N. Main Street in Walnut Creek Saturday. The pair, William and Emmanuel Hleza, both 20, of Pittsburg, allegedly approached a man in his car in the area at 5:42 p.m.,…
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