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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…
Read MoreRetail 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…
Read MoreLetter: 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…
Read MoreConcord 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…
Read MoreTensions 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…
Read MoreLetters: 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…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Killed In Concord Crash Sunday
A 32-year-old man aboard a motorcycle on Ygnacio Valley between Crystyl Ranch Drive and Cowell roads was killed early Sunday in a collision with a car driven by a juvenile male, a passing ambulance crew coming across the scene at about 1:20 a.m. Police arrived to investigate the cause of the collision shortly after it…
Read MoreHang Onto Your Bins! It’s Raining In The 24/680!
Heavy rain is coming down in places today, Thursday, with some areas getting more precipitation than others. Craig Cannon was out and about today, looking for things to photograph as usual, when the skies opened up.
Read MoreOvernight Chase Winds Through Lafayette; Ends With Crash In Orinda
A twisting, often wrong-way pursuit over rain slickened streets made its way through a good portion of Lafayette early Thursday before the object of police attention – a white work van – crashed at 16 E. Altarinda Drive in Orinda. The chase kicked off shortly after 2 a.m. when the van was spotted by a…
Read MoreKiesle Charged In Fatal Rossmoor DUI Case
Defrocked priest Stephen Miller Kiesle was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol, and special allegations for prior felonies Wednesday in connection with the April 16 death of fellow Rossmoor resident Curtis Gunn, 64. Kiesle is being held in the Martinez Detention Facility on $600,000 bail. Investigators say Kiesle,…
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