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Wait. We’re Talking About Banning Books? Again?
We’ll state flatly that we weren’t at last night San Ramon Valley Unified School District board meeting. We just couldn’t bring ourselves to go. It’s not that we’re afraid of the “Angry Parents,” the description most often used to describe people upset over, well, just about anything these days, all looking for an opportunity to…
Read MorePursuits End In Arrests, Damage To Structures And Cars Tuesday
Unrelated attempts to outrun the Long Arm of the Law resulted in widespread damage to private property, arrests and possibly a case of pneumonia as one desperate individual plunged into a Pleasant Hill Creek in his effort to avoid arrest. Things got off to a raucous start in Martinez as detectives attempting to detain a…
Read MoreLifeless Eyes; Bald-Faced Lies; And The Voyage Of Discovery
Discovery motions underway in a widely watched (by some, at least) court action against a propaganda peddler masquerading as a news outlet have turned up some interesting tidbits. Turns out the purveyors of disinformation swallowed whole by a large part of the nation knew they were pushing the political leanings of their corporate master, knew…
Read MoreShooting In San Ramon Saturday, One Wounded
A woman was shot and seriously wounded by a masked gunman who fired several shots before leaving her outside the Mill Creek apartments in the 900 block of Waterstone Place in San Ramon Saturday. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire at approximately 11 p.m. and responding officers quickly located the wounded person. She was transferred to a…
Read MoreTesla Impacts Firetruck In Walnut Creek; Driver Killed, Passenger Injured
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District’s Truck 1 was struck by a passenger vehicle while blocking I-680 lanes from a previous accident in Walnut Creek at 3:54 a.m. this morning. A Tesla Model S approaching the scene south of Treat Boulevard crashed into the rear of the fire engine at that time. Crews pronounced the…
Read MoreFelony Charges Filed Against Former Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Deputy
From the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office: Martinez, California – Today, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed multiple felony charges and one misdemeanor charge against 41-year-old Matthew Buckley for offenses that occurred when he was a deputy with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office. Buckley is facing charges of grand theft, unlawful possession…
Read MoreStandoff In Danville Neighborhood Following Alleged Assault Friday
A Danville neighborhood was cut off and homes evacuated as police attempted to talk a man suspected of an attack on a family member out of his residence. Details of the alleged attack, reportedly with a knife, remained murky as the suspect retreated into the family home on Glasgow Drive and resisted efforts by police…
Read MoreBurglary Crew Runs From Airship, Valley Officers In Morning Dash South On I-680
A Parks Police helicopter and various San Ramon Valley law enforcement officers pursued a car with suspected burglars aboard early Friday, eventually cornering the vehicle in Milpitas and taking at least one person into custody. It was not immediately known if the crew involved in the chase was responsible for a burglary reported in San…
Read MoreLathrop Man Arrested For Hoax Shooting Threat At Las Lomas High
Walnut Creek police have announced an arrest following the threat of a shooting at Las Lomas High School on Feb. 10. Police said they arrested Demoni Costello, 18, of Lathrop on suspicion of making criminal threats and a false emergency report. The arrest follows a series of threats against California schools in recent weeks, but…
Read MoreAntioch Homicide Suspect Arrested During Bizarre “Return Trip” Pursuit To Orinda Charged Wednesday
The threads of many of the stories we chase are interwoven – and sometimes unravel in mysterious ways. Take the case of Corey Hill, a 19-year-old Antioch resident wanted by police there as a suspect in the January 17 killing of liquor store employee Emani Flenoid, 25, of Pittsburg, after a dispute between the two…
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