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Fire In Walnut Creek Motel 6 Displaces Occupants
Fire in a unit of the Walnut Creek Motel 6 at 2389 N. Main Street brought firefighters on the run and occupants out into the cold early Sunday morning. The fire was reported at 1:51 a.m., damaged one unit of the motel and affected others. Stunned occupants watched the two hour effort to control the…
Read MoreTeen Shot And Killed In Antioch Saturday
From the Antioch Police Department At approximately 11:22 a.m. Saturday the Antioch Police Department Dispatch Center started receiving numerous 9-1-1 calls reporting multiple gunshots being fired, at Williamson Ranch Park, located at 5000 Lone Tree Way. As officers were responding to the scene, witnesses called to report a subject running from the park and entering…
Read MoreYou Meet The Finest People After A 3.8 Quake
We’re down, the animals stirring and trying to keep warm, REM sleep still far the road – when WHAMMO, a 3.6 Shaker rolls through the East Bay, the 24/680 and… our bed. We go into survival mode, peel the cat claws out of our hide, and take stock – popping onto our Facebook page to…
Read MoreCar Burglars Wreak Havoc In The 24/680 Friday
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and car burglars are thankful for any early presents left behind in vulnerable cars – particularly if the item is a nice, juicy laptop or other electronic device. There are multiple reports of at least two sets of thieves at work, making frequent and repeated hits in…
Read MoreSerious Injury In Auto Vs. Bicycle Crash In Lafayette Thursday
A male cyclist was injured in an auto vs. bicycle collision in downtown Lafayette Thursday, the subsequent investigation into the crash throwing traffic in the area into a snarl. Police quickly sealed off the area of Mt. Diablo Boulevard and Moraga Road after the crash was reported at about 1:48 p.m. with officers arriving to…
Read MoreFrost On Our Punkins – And Spidey In Lafayette?
We’re out and about in the 24/680, staving off frostbite and a rising bile as our national paroxysm plays out and we hunt for a local story to keep our mind off things. If we were to give you The Bullet – the quick and dirty brief we’d give an impatient desk editor tapping his…
Read MoreScreenShots: “Epées, Sabers, Or Pistols?” – The Duellists
Ever have a small, perceived offense – taking someone’s parking spot, stepping on someone’s sneakers, inadvertently cutting someone off on the freeway – turn into a long-term sparring match with an individual of questionable mental equilibrium and a penchant for weaponry? Right. Such is the motivation behind the debut effort of director Ridley Scott, who…
Read MoreThieves Swarm Dublin Camera Store Wednesday
Mike’s Cameras in Dublin is trying to reorganize and re-open today after as many as seven armed thieves descended on the business with hammers Wednesday, smashing display cases and making off with a substantial amount of merchandise. The morning robbery left employees stunned, with thieves ordering everyone on duty at the time down on the…
Read MoreSan Ramon Valley PDs Pursue Dublin Lucky Store Bandits Tuesday
Two men have been detained at gunpoint at La Questa and El Rincon in Danville following a police pursuit northward on I680 after the robbery of a Lucky’s market in Dublin. The sheriff’s helicopter is orbiting the scene. The pair are believed to have been with another man, all described as Hispanic, who fled the…
Read MoreTracker Cracks Stolen Tools Case In Walnut Creek Monday
Monday turned out to be a busy night for crime and the people tasked with keeping a lid on it, police tracking a carload of stolen tools in Walnut Creek and a pair of suspected car thieves in Orinda. Arrests were made in both cases though the custody status of those detained remains unknown. Two…
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