It’s A Gusher! Lafayette Gets A New Water Feature

A truck-trailer rig sheared a hydrant on Acalanes Road in Lafayette Thursday, creating either an impromptu free car wash or the city’s latest water feature, depending on your preference. Gushing water is no laughing matter these days, of course, so the city mobilized to turn off the geyser as soon as possible.

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Dublin Thunder Runner Makes It To Concord Before Stolen Car Unravels

A suspected armed robber revved up a battered Toyota and led a procession of law enforcement northward from Dublin Wednesday before his getaway car gave up the ghost and crashed on Concord Boulevard in Concord. The unnamed suspect was taken into custody by police, who also summoned a medical crew to treat the driver for…

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Pre-Dawn Fire At Briarwood Apartments In Pleasant Hill Wednesday

Fire crews raced to answer calls for help after fire broke out in a unit of the Briarwood Apartment complex, 141 Golf Club Road, in Pleasant Hill Wednesday morning. The blaze was reported at 4:43 a.m. and crews arrived to find an upstairs unit fully involved with fire and smoke evident. Pleasant Hill police evacuated…

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Tax Information For Property Owners In Contra Costa

From the Assessor’s Office: March 29, 2022 Subject: Your Property Taxes *Important Information Regarding Your Property Taxes Help us provide you with the best service possible and let us help you avoid high-interest rates and penalties. Please remember to pay the second installment of your property taxes on or before April 10, 2022. If you…

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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…

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Two 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…

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Letters: 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…

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Witnesses, 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…

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Lafayette 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…

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