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Fire At Pleasant Hill Senior Care Facility Injures One Thursday
A two-alarm fire at the Hookston Senior Home facility on Hookston Road in Pleasant Hill left one person injured before it was brought under control at 1:41 p.m. Thursday. Con Fire crews were summoned to the senior care complex at 1:15 p.m. and are still at the scene. The cause of the fire was determined…
Read MoreSun Valley Mall Shooting Victim Dies In Hospital
Concord police, in a released posted through social media Thursday, announced that a man mortally wounded during a shooting at Sun Valley Mall on New Year’s Day had died of his injuries. The unidentified victim, believed to have been shot while reportedly coming to the aid of a robbery victim inside the mall, died at…
Read MoreConcord Homicide Victim Identified; First Murder Of 2022
A man mortally wounded during an altercation in a Bennett Way home has been identified by county coroner’s officials. Deputies said Thomas Arellano, 31, died of stab wounds inflicted during a struggle inside a residence in the 3000 block of Bennett Way the evening of January 22. Investigators said police found Arellano suffering from stab…
Read MoreNeighbors Report Burglary, Attempted Burglary In Walnut Creek Neighborhood Tuesday
Residents reported police activity in the Northgate neighborhood Tuesday after a trio of burglars successfully breached one home and are believed to have attempted entry on another. Local skywatchers reported the presence of a fixed-wing aircraft over Arbolado Park from approximately 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and neighbors reported the trio at work off Sutton…
Read MoreOakley, Concord Residents Arrested On Suspicion Of Starting Separate Weekend Fires
From Con Fire: CONCORD, CALIF., Jan. 25, 2022 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators, working with Clayton, Concord and Pittsburg police, made arrests over the weekend in two separate intentionally set fires in Pittsburg and Clayton. On Saturday, Jan. 22, Con Fire and Pittsburg Police were dispatched…
Read MoreArmed Carjacking Attempt Reported In Walnut Creek
We first Flashed word of what this site had heard was an attempted carjacking near Walnut Heights Elementary School on Sunday and queried a city spokesperson asking for additional details. We did not hear back until police posted this information on a social media page. Police confirmed our information that an attempted carjacking did occur…
Read MoreMonday Morning Quarterbacking
G’morning 24/680 People – and welcome to a new week. We’re doing some broken field running through the stock market this morning as they take a bit of a hit but we know the more sports-minded among us are still recovering from a weekend of nail-biting contests on the gridiron and in hoops arenas. Local…
Read MorePursuit Ends In Standoff On Moraga Dead-End Saturday
A pursuit through Moraga found its way to the dead end at the eastern end of Donald Drive Saturday, a person in the fleeing car engaging in a brief standoff with police before they were taken into custody. Officers from multiple local jurisdictions were involved. The issue appears to have been resolved and we have…
Read MoreCop Tech: “This Is Car 54 – Preparing To Launch The Probe…”
We’re old enough to remember the times when police and press were at least in sympathy with each others’ needs and the press tip toed around advancements in police technology so they’d at least have a sporting chance against a criminal element determined to outwit them. Public Safety was the over-arching interest, after all. Those…
Read MoreCandidate Filing Period Begins For April 5, 2022 Election
The April 5th, 2022 Special Election gets into full swing on Tuesday, January 25th as nomination papers will be made available for candidates running for the California Assembly District 11 office. The nomination period runs through 5:00 pm Thursday, February 10, 2022. Papers for the California Assembly Office are available at the Contra Costa Elections…
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