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Pleasanton 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…
Read MoreNot TactiCool – 24/680 People Fed Up With Paintball/Airsoft “Drive-bys”
When did it become fun to load up your buds in Mom and Dad’s un-Tesla and drive around looking to pop unsuspecting elders, bag-hampered shoppers, and others generally not like you with guns designed to shoot balls or beads great distances? Some have suggested the current “prank” leaving welts on unsuspecting victims is an offshoot…
Read MoreLongbrook Way In Pleasant Hill Sealed Off As Police Investigate Apparent Explosives Case
Police in Pleasant Hill cordoned off a section of Longbrook Way in their city Friday while investigating the apparent discovery of explosives or the ingredients needed to make an explosive in a local apartment. The discovery was apparently made while police were investigating earlier – unspecified – vandalisms in Pleasant Hill and Clayton. Clayton PD…
Read MoreCouncil Studying Noise, Distancing Restrictions For Protestors At Walnut Creek Planned Parenthood
Abortion protesters may have to keep their distance and the noise down outside Walnut Creek’s Planned Parenthood clinic if an ordinance under consideration by the city council is formally approved two weeks from now. If passed, the ordinance would require protestors to stay a set distance away from patients within a 100 feet of the…
Read MoreCrash Into Power Pole In Concord Sunday
Vehicle into a power pole on Treat Blvd. near Cuneo Drive with wires twanging. PG&E is on the way. Not hearing of any outages yet but Treat Boulevard is closed in both directions between Cowell Rd. and Navaronne Way as well as a bunch of side streets including Cuneo Dr. Expect road closures into the…
Read MoreLETTERS: America’s Train Wreck – Watching The “Slow-Motion Coup”
Editor; I write out of a growing sense of concern I have over the direction taken by a significant number of my countrymen and women I feel is pushing us further away from democracy and closer to an apparently preferred conservative dictatorship. After the defeat of the disgraced former president I believed for a moment…
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