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Carloads of apparently fearless and extremely brazen thieves, at least one of them armed, are reportedly striking various retail locations around the East Bay tonight (Saturday). Among the victims are area pharmacies and the Walnut Creek Nordstrom store, frozen and crippled when as many as 80 thieves descended on the store, stealing merchandise and intimidating…

Two people were seriously injured in an early-morning crash on northbound I680 in Pleasant Hill early Saturday, the crash closing all northbound lanes shortly after it was reported at 1:39 a.m. Passersby reported a white pickup truck and crossover vehicle were involved. Two people were transported to John Muir Hospital, one after firefighters extricated them…

From the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged Lori Everett, 51, of Lafayette with a misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter in violation of Penal Code section 192(c)(2), for striking cyclist Joseph Shami with her vehicle in Lafayette on April 13, 2021, shortly before 7 AM. Mr. Shami…

Days after a crew of hammer-wielding thieves blitzed a Sunvalley jewelry store, police in Fairfield announce arrests made after a similar attempt at a jewelry store at the Solano Town Center Mall Wednesday afternoon. At around 2:10 pm, Fairfield Police Department Dispatch received calls regarding individuals entering the store and using bats and hammers to…

Concord police have closed Adelaide Street in their city as officers comb the area looking for evidence associated with a shooting reported earlier in the evening. Police began a search for clues after a man walked in to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. The severity of the victim’s wounds were…

Police are searching for three, possibly as many as four men who robbed a cannabis distributor as he was delivering to Embarc Cannabis Dispensary in Martinez a little after noon Wednesday, brandishing guns and making off with a large amount of cannabis and the victim’s personal belongings. The brazen robbery was reported at approximately 12:11…

A squad of masked, hammer-wielding thieves stormed a Sunvalley jewelry store Monday, attacking display cases with construction hammers and making off with an undetermined amount of goods. The robbery was reported by patrons who saw the robbery crew – comprised of seven to nine males in their late teens to early 20s – enter the…