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Alamo Home Burgled Wednesday – Firearms Reportedly Taken
NEWS24/680 is attempting to confirm multiple reports of a residential burglary on Alamo Country Circle in Alamo on Wednesday, an apparently successful crime which netted the thief or thieves a number of firearms of undetermined type. Attempts to confirm our information through official sources failed to yield any substantive details though residents and neighbors reported…
Read MoreCars Catching Fire In A Deluge? Hey, It Happens…
Along with cars slipping and rolling off our roadways a few were catching fire despite the rainfall Wednesday. Sean McDonough found the smoky remains of this car in the 3000 block of Oak Road in Walnut Creek and a few of the firefighters recognized him from their last fire together – a garbage truck. So,…
Read MoreCareful Out There, Folks – The Roadways Are Unforgiving
Our roadways are slick and little things – too much speed in the turns, a misjudged rise – are turning into big things, as it did for these folks on eastbound Marsh Creek Road moments ago. Numerous spinouts and crashes so far today and with more rain predicted, there’s sure to be more of the…
Read MoreVallejo Man Faces Murder Charges For Crash That Killed Mother And Son In Rodeo
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – Murder charges are part of a six-count felony complaint filed today by the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office against 20-year-old Ralph Ellsworth White, III of Vallejo. The charges stem from a short high-speed police pursuit that resulted in a vehicle collision that took the life…
Read MorePursuit 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…
Read MoreStockton 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.…
Read MoreWalnut 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…
Read MoreWeather 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.…
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