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Moraga Man Fights To Keep His Truck Sunday; Freeway Melee Ensues

A bold attempt to steal a truck from a Moraga household in broad daylight Sunday ended badly for at least one of the would-be thieves after his companion mistakenly ran him over during a freeway fistfight with the persistent, pursuing homeowner. The resident, whose name we’ve agreed to withhold in the interest of his family’s…

Sunday Percolator: Boutonnieres, Burglars, Bad Boys And Firebugs

Lovely weather for the weekend as we slide into post-prom Sunday morning, some local kids floating down to breakfast with stars in their eyes after a night out with classmates and romantic interests. If we squint real hard we can almost remember those nights ourselves. Hope you had as much fun as we did back…

Suspicious Fires Light Up Martinez Saturday

A series of fires apparently set along southbound I680 at Pacheco Boulevard early Saturday brought firefighters on the run and left investigators looking for a cause. Several patches of roadside grass were reported burning at approximately 12:35 a.m = with an additional blaze in the area of Nardi Lane briefly sparking concern that the fires…

Concord Man Sentenced In 2019 Hate Crime Case

From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Concord resident Ross Anthony Farca was sentenced today in a hate crime case the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted last year. On December 1, 2021, Farca was found guilty of four felonies and one misdemeanor hate crime, two counts of criminal threats against…

Arrests Made In Livermore Murder Case

Livermore police announced the arrest of a 17-year-old murder suspect as well as the arrest of an adult relative suspected of helping him elude police. Police officials, in an announcement posted to their Facebook page, said that the principal suspect was arrested with the assistance of Hayward police on Tuesday, April 26 at a Super…

Retail Thieves Pay Return Visit To Sun Valley Mall Thursday

Customer loyalty is a trait most businesses do their best to foster, but the people at Sunglass Hut in Concord’s Sun Valley Mall would like to see four of their most loyal customers go away forever. Four men suspected of stealing $30,000 worth of goods from the store shortly before noon today are believed to…

Letter: Holding Onto Our Water

Editor; Our current drought emergency appears to be getting worse with this spring promising to be one of the warmest and driest on record with another destructive fire season ahead of us. We have been asked to conserve and I believe some of us are. But for every one of us showering less and sinking…

Concord Motorists Get A Little Heated Tuesday

Drivers navigating the area of Market Street and Concord Avenue found themselves getting a little hot under the collar Tuesday after a fire – allegedly set by transients in the area – suddenly flared up. Con Fire crews arrived at the on-ramp to northbound SR-242 from eastbound Concord Avenue and ordered it closed to put…

Tensions High At Area Schools; Fights, Online Threats, Weapon Recovered

As if kids today didn’t have enough to worry about. Instances of student-on-student aggression, online threats, fighting and – on April 21 – the confiscation of a pistol from a student at Ygnacio Valley High in Concord have made the 2022 school year an especially hard one for students. In emails to parents, school districts…

Letters: Cody Supports Murphy For Contra Costa Clerk-Recorder

Dear Reader(s), Representation and civic engagement do not start and end on Election Day and we need to 100 percent continually ensure all communities in Contra Costa County have the tools, resources, and energy to make our voices center in our own future. In Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda, this is especially important as Lamorinda is…