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Orinda BevMo Robbed Saturday
Latest in a series of uncharacteristically violent thefts to shock Lamorinda was recorded Saturday as thieves struck at the Orinda Beverages and More store at 6 Camino Pablo in Orinda. Members of this site’s Flash Alert network reported police activity at the store at around noon, with reports the thieves left the scene in a…
Read MoreRobbery Crew Blitzes Lafayette’s Panache Cafe
A crew of thieves raided the popular Panache Cafe in Lafayette at approximately 5 a.m. Thursday while the owner took refuge inside her store armed with a baseball bat, the thieves wrenching a safe off its base and making off with money and other items despite triggering a business alarm. News of the blitz-style robbery,…
Read MoreSerial School Trespasser/Burglar Arrested After String Of On-Campus Thefts
A “prolific thief” suspected of cruising Bay Area schools in search of teachers’ credit cards was arrested following his incursion at a Fremont elementary school and linked to similar cases in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Solano and Yolo counties. Police identified their suspect as Christopher Britton, 34, of Fairfield and said he routinely walked onto…
Read MoreInjury Crash At 24/680 Interchange Early Thursday
Six-car pileup at our namesake interchange overnight (with injury) continues our streak of crashes in the area. This one was reported at around 3 a.m.
Read MoreWalnut Creek Ready To Ban Satan’s Whistles
While your local Mo-and-Blo crew has been blowing sticky wet leaves down the road, past your window and under your front door at runway sound levels for the past decade or so it appears Walnut Creek is ready to look at alternatives – after we get through the current Winter Leaf Drop, at least. Local…
Read More“The Bear Roared” – Californians Pass Prop 50
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gamble on a risky proposition countering a presidential decree to gerrymander Texas congressional districts paid off with a landslide win in California Tuesday night. Voters approved Proposition 50, a ballot measure reconfiguring the state’s U.S. House map temporarily in response to Republican gerrymandering efforts in other states. The approved measure will set…
Read More“Rope Tricks”
Gent, believed to be unhoused, got into some trouble in a culvert near Treat and Sheppard in Walnut Creek this morning and a whole buncha folks with muscles and ropes came to get him out…
Read MoreSan Francisco Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested In Pleasant Hill
Police working the disturbing case of a sexual assault on a child in a public restroom at Golden Gate Park last week announced the arrest of a suspect Thursday in Pleasant Hill. Few details of the arrest were forthcoming, though San Francisco police said the 19-year-old suspect – a resident of San Francisco – was…
Read MoreCar Fire Snarls Traffic In Lafayette Thursday
A car caught fire at Quandt and Pleasant Hill Road in Lafayette Thursday evening and our Flash Alert system swung into action with alerts going to readers and photos flooding in! Flashers were quick to report the flames and that arriving firefighters quickly knocked down the blaze but by then the damage was done and…
Read MoreJury Finds Aggravating Factors True In Former Teacher’s Sex Crime Conviction
Martinez, California – A Contra Costa County jury today (Wednesday) found that aggravating circumstances applied in the case of Nicholas Brandon Moseby, a former middle school teacher previously convicted of sex crimes against minors. The 44-year-old Concord man was found guilty on October 17th, 2025, following the first phase of his bifurcated trial. The convictions…
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