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San Ramon, Concord Residents Among Suspected Gang Members Netted In Bay Area-Wide Investigation
From the San Francisco Police Department: Since the beginning of 2023, members of SFPD’s Community Violence Reduction Team (CVRT) and the Crime Gun Investigations Center (CGIC) have led a lengthy investigation into a criminal street gang that is based in San Francisco but has several ties all over the Bay Area. They are known to…
Read MoreWeather, Other Factors Contribute To Local Crashes Tuesday
On a day of crashes: There was this one in Walnut Creek (12:23pm) on westbound Ygnacio at Oak Grove. One person was trapped in the wreckage, with crews successfully extricating that person at 12:39pm. Moderate injuries…
Read MorePleasanton Police Ask For Information After Fatal Stabbing
From the Pleasanton Police Department: Pleasanton Police Department requests the public’s assistance in locating two suspects involved in a fatal stabbing that occurred earlier today. At approximately 10:31 a.m., an adult male died after he was stabbed during an attempted robbery in an apartment complex located in the 5700 block of Owens Drive. A witness…
Read MoreApparent Swatting Call Prompts Significant Police Response In Lafayette Sunday
A carefully scripted “Swatting” call focused police attention on a small, quiet street in Lafayette Sunday, police and fire personnel swarming into the area and standing by until threats made in the call could be proven false. Officers and deputies honoring a mutual aid protocol for potentially deadly incidents descended on East Street at approximately…
Read MoreAlmost A Suribachi Moment At Ruth’s Chris In Walnut Creek Saturday
A sure indicator that a photographer knows their stuff is their ability to take a relatively normal occurrence and find beauty, composition, a story in their frames. Sean McDonough did that as firefighters made their way up a ladder to the roof of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Walnut Creek Saturday, searching for the origin of…
Read MoreAnother ConFire Unit Struck At Highway 24 Crash Scene Saturday
Firefighters at the scene of an earlier off-highway crash on eastbound Highway 24 at Oak Hill reported being struck by a second, unrelated vehicle that impacted a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District unit at approximately 6 a.m. Saturday. Crews were assessing and retrieving two people from a car that had driven off eastbound Highway…
Read MoreDriver Dies In Fiery Concord Crash Saturday
One person died when a pickup truck struck a freeway exit sign on northbound Highway 680 at Highway 242 with such force early Saturday that witnesses reported an “explosion” in the area. The Ford F150 struck the Willow Pass Road/Taylor Blvd. Next Exit sign, overturned and burned, according to witnesses. The driver was declared deceased…
Read MoreLetters: Firing The Rage Engineers
Editor; Apparently Tucker Carlson is out at Flux News. Don’t know if you’d heard about it. CNN also cut Don Lemon loose. Neither of their dismissals caused me to lose much sleep. If you believe the official party line (which I don’t) the story is everyone parted ways after contributing greatly to their respective journalistic…
Read MoreFlashPhotos: “Rough Ride In Lafayette”
Subscribers using our Flash Alert system have been reciprocating with news and photos of their own – which has made The Flash that much more interesting for us. Seemingly within minutes of issuing an alert for 3-car collision at Deer Hill and Oak Hill in Lafayette we started receiving photos from our users. Tony Del…
Read MoreStudent Stabbed, One Detained After Fight At Northgate High
A male student is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder and mayhem while a female fellow student undergoes surgery following a “violent assault” at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek Tuesday. A 14-year-old girl was reportedly seriously wounded during the attack by a male classmate, who allegedly assaulted her with a sharp implement. Both…
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