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Stolen Escalade Crashes After Lafayette-Orinda Pursuit Thursday
The driver of a reportedly stolen Cadillac Escalade led police on a circuitous tour of Lafayette before taking to westbound Highway 24 and bolting at high speed for the Caldecott – coming up short and crashing just west of Orinda Thursday. Officers took the lone occupant into custody shortly after the chase kicked off at…
Read MoreHomicide Reported In Concord Wednesday
One person was stabbed and killed at a shared sober living residence on Esperanza Drive in Concord Wednesday, police subsequently arresting another resident they believe was responsible for the attack. The killing was reported at 4 p.m. at a residence in the 3500 block of Esperanza Drive, police said. Officers located a deceased 66-year-old resident…
Read MoreHealth Advisory Lifted After Weeklong Mercury Cleanup in Martinez
From County Health: Contra Costa Health (CCH) today lifted its health advisory for downtown Martinez after hazardous materials crews completed a cleanup of spilled mercury that contaminated streets and a train station. The advisory, issued May 9, asked the public to avoid walking in the street along a five-block stretch of the city, including parts…
Read MoreThree Dead In Antioch Crash
From Antioch PD: On May 15, 2023, at 10:23 pm, the Antioch Police Department Communications Center received 9-1-1 calls reporting a vehicle collision at 4198 Lone Tree Way. Officers arrived and located a vehicle with three (3) occupants that had collided with a tree. All three occupants had major injuries and were subsequently pronounced deceased…
Read MoreTaking Off The Muzzle; Ducking The Rocket’s Red Glare
We’re back, lifting a self-imposed “cone of silence” after a difficult news run and sensing that – like a ringing telephone no one is answering – we were just adding to already-bubbling stress levels out there. Things began to manifest last week when, in the face of some unsettling national headlines and apparent confusion over…
Read MoreScreenShots: Invasion Of The Capgras Delusion
Never a fan of gore and splatter movies and with limited time to entertain ourselves after a workday we searched for a sci-fi classic in black and white and settled on the trailblazing “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” No, not the Donald Sutherland/Leonard Nimoy re-make in which dear old San Francisco becomes the garden of…
Read MoreCounty Currently “Swimming Upstream” On Homeless Issue; Annual Count Deemed “Consistent”
Almost to the day Contra Costa Supervisors admitted they were “swimming upstream” with “absolutely no system” to effectively address the issue of homelessness, County Health released findings showing a four percent rise in the number of people homeless in the county in 2023 compared to 2020. The report, released by Contra Costa Health’s Health, Housing…
Read MoreThe Last Call; Skull Highway; “But Baby, I…”
Here we are, coming up on the end of the week and looking for reinforcements after a messy Mercury spill in Martinez, shenanigans on our local campuses, crashes, fires and other calamity all duly recorded on our pages. During our week, when we weren’t busy decontaminating or dodging street people asking if we were “The…
Read MoreVideo: Tandem, Fatal Crash In Martinez Wednesday
Two people died following a crash on westbound Highway 4 east of Center Avenue Wednesday, a collision causing both cars to come off the freeway together and into separate trees along Arnold Industrial Drive in Martinez. Killed were Diana Zuniga, 18, of San Pablo, and Jeremiah Smeby, 49. The crash occurred at around 10:40 p.m.…
Read MoreKnifing Reported At Concord Home Depot Wednesday
A 19-year-old woman has been detained and Concord police officers have locked down a crime scene at the Home Depot store on Meridian Park Boulevard after a reported stabbing at the store Wednesday. Details remain sketchy as the incident was only just reported at approximately 6:30pm, although a woman – reportedly with blood on her…
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