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Arrest Made In 2020 Walnut Creek Shooting Case
On March 22, members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and Central County SWAT Team conducted an arrest warrant service in unincorporated Walnut Creek. Anthony Hamid, 22, was arrested for attempted murder related to the July 6, 2020 shooting on Homestead Ave and Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek. Detectives are continuing follow-up investigation…
Read MoreTwo Shot At Pinole Valley Bowl Following Argument Sunday
Two people were shot following an argument at Pinole Valley Bowl in Pinole Sunday night. Witnesses dining or picking up dinner at the Habit Burger Grill across the street scattered and sought cover after gunshots rang out shortly after 8 p.m. A patron inside the bowling alley said things kicked off when a group of…
Read MoreLetters: The Ongoing Fight For “Good Vs. Evil”
Editor: I write hoping to adequately express my deep concern over the recent revelation that the wife of a sitting supreme court justice is a raving Q-Anon member who ACTIVELY lobbied a White House Chief of Staff to overturn the lawful election of an American president. The context of the messaging between Ginni Thomas and…
Read MoreWitnesses, Drone Pin Down Local Arson Suspects
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) announced the recent arrests of two separate subjects sought in connection with suspicious fires believed set in Antioch and Bay Point. On March 22, Con Fire investigators arrested Emanuel Serrano, 25, a transient, in the vicinity of two vegetation fires burning along Highway Four near Evora and…
Read MoreLafayette Man Killed In Taylor Boulevard Shooting Wednesday
A masked gunman stepped from a black BMW on Gloria Terrace and Taylor Boulevard in unincorporated Lafayette and fired a shot into a dark grey or black Mercedes at approximately 1:05 p.m. Wednesday – killing the occupant before fleeing the area. Police identified the victim as 20-year-old Basel Jilani of Lafayette. Investigators spent much of…
Read MorePleasanton Car Burglary Precedes Danville Burglary, Chase Wednesday
At about 10:18 a.m. Wednesday Pleasanton Police responded to a report of a car burglary at Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, determining that a garage door clicker for an address in the 1800 block of Ridgeland Circle in Danville was among the items taken. Pleasanton Police alerted the Danville Police department of a potential burglary in…
Read MoreMoraga Resident Reports Rolex Robbery On Moraga Way Tuesday
A Moraga resident reported being accosted, pistol-whipped and robbed at gunpoint outside a residence in the 1500 block of Moraga Way Tuesday afternoon. The incident was reported at approximately 5:35 p.m. after the unidentified victim was surprised by two armed, masked black males who took his watch and iPhone. Reports that the car used by…
Read MoreTwo Dead In Fiery Chain Reaction Crash Sunday
Two people died when an apparent wrong-way driver traveling west in the eastbound lanes of I-80 near the Carquinez Bridge slammed head-on into another car, bringing both to a halt in the eastbound lanes – where they were struck by a third car and burst into flame. Officers with the California Highway Patrol said the…
Read MoreAlamo CVS Store Robbed Saturday
Police are looking for a man, reportedly armed, who robbed the CVS location at 3158 Danville Boulevard in Alamo Saturday. The robbery occurred at approximately 7:13 p.m. with witnesses describing a white, possibly Hispanic male in his 20s wearing a ski mask, gloves and hoodie entering the store and holding up a sign informing cashiers…
Read MoreFlash UPDATE: Major Injury Crash In Concord Saturday
We put this crash out when we first heard of it but it appears the driver in this instance suffered major injuries – whether as a result of the crash or perhaps prior to it we don’t know at this time. Neighbors reported the sound of a crash at Mohr Lane and Nuala Street at…
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